WHAT'S IN API'S MAY 2008 ISSUE?
COVER STORY
Breaking through the serviceability wall
How do you expand your property portfolio when it seems like you’ve hit the serviceability wall? Financial experts provide 21 creative strategies to help investors overcome this common dilemma.
INVESTOR PROFILES/CASE STUDIES
Young Gun: Melissa Mouat
Melissa Mouat is in her 20s and already has three properties under her belt, with exciting plans for more.
Profile: Bruce and Shirley Duncan
Find out how a Queensland couple acquired 22 rental properties in 7 years worth close to $5.7 million.
Profile: David McDonald
How a father’s idea of a property trust helped 60 teenagers get ahead. And how others can do the same.
NEWS & VIEWS
Property news and views from around the country, including Tax Straight Up and auction clearance rates. WEB SPECIAL: Pop Quiz for Property Managers - Download PDF
FEATURE
Survival Guide
15 tips from the experts to help you survive times of financial stress.
HotSpot
Why Sydney’s Macarthur region is tipped to boom.
Top 20
A new series exclusive to API that road tests the country’s best performing areas. This month we look at the top 20 suburbs with the fastest growing incomes.
SMALL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
Part nine: Marketing your development
A valuation can make or break your small property development, so how can you make sure it works in your favour? WEB SPECIAL: Case study More
DEAR DIARY
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
An API reader tries to warn Phoenix Arrien about the neighbourhood she wants to buy in, but is he too late?
LEGAL
Strictly confidential
Inserting a confidentiality clause in your contract can give you a competitive edge.
Legal Help Desk
Can you on-sell a property before you’ve settled on it?
Real Estate Escapes
Why cooling-off periods can be legal minefields for buyers and sellers.
Bricks & Mortar
Our panel of experts answers more of your questions. More
API Connect
Investors previously featured in API take questions from readers. More
MY PROPERTY NIGHTMARE
Can of worms
One man shares his termite nightmare and calls for reform in the pest protection industry.
COLUMN
A dash of Salt
What women want.
LEGAL
Legal Help Desk
How can you prevent a buyer from using the finance clause to bail out of the deal when you know they’ve had their finance approved?
Real Estate Escapes
Everyone involved got it wrong
A licensed agent appeals his disqualification in the District Court.
STRATA
Strata titling in Tasmania
Got a property you want to strata title? Here’s how to do it in the Apple Isle.
TAX
A taxing time
Some clever tricks for tax time.
FINANCE
Protection for who?
Lenders mortgage insurance explained...
State of the market: What's happening around the country including colour-coded maps of Australia's capital cities. More
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