Piggy Wise

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Tips for Investing in Self-Storage Facilities

Self-storage investment is the fastest-growing commercial real estate investment. At first, it might look like a straightforward investment without much downside to it compared to other commercial investments but just like any other investment, some amount of leg work required to make it profitable. Until we purchase one and gain experience with operations, management and maintenance- we can't neglect to leave any stone unturned. The best is to seek and learn from professionals in the initial stages. When it comes to owning a commercial property, it is generally considered as a higher risk …

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Overseas Property Investment and Tax Deductions

Last year in September I had gone to India to meet and greet my family and friends, also to attend a family wedding. It was also an opportunity for us to introduce my daughter and celebrate her first birthday there. I have been to India many times, almost every year but this time it was different financially. My long-term plans have always been to go back to India and live there for the rest of my life. Part of the plan was to buy a home and be mortgage-free before I go back. If I want to maintain the same lifestyle and standard of living, if not same at least to a comfortable extent then the …

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Are Self-storage Units a Good Investment?

For the past few weeks, I have been on the lookout for my next investment, that's when self-storage investment caught my attention. I had been curious and been doing a lot of research on this, I haven’t yet decided though to invest my money on these eggs or not. I have almost paid off my mortgage, which means there is a whole set of equity sitting with the bank and doing nothing. I would like to use this equity on home as surety and purchase an investment property without laying any cash on the table. I have purchased properties before but all of them being residential, it's challenging to buy …

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6 Lessons Learnt Investing In Melbourne Property Market

If you take into account the wealth of all Australians, the majority of that wealth is in the property segment. Ironically the reason is not that properties perform better than other investments but rather most of us (including me) invest with the belief that properties are a safe bet and will always win in the long run. Most of us invest our hard-earned money into properties because we don’t know anything else that is less risky than property and return mediocre (compared to other investments) returns. I am not saying money can’t be made in the property market, I think the dynamics have …

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How to prepare your business for sale- by owner

No matter how much you love your business, there might be a day when you want to either pass this to your successor or put it on sale. Everyday grinding might place the owner to be complacent at what the buyer needs or looks for in a business. Owners might not actually look into preparing the business for sale until they have engaged with buyers, most of the time this will make the owner leaving a large amount of money on the table. If running a day-to-day business is one thing then preparing it for sale is the whole new art. There are many strategies you could use to sell your business like …

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Complete review on Steve McKnight’s RESULTS mentoring program -Part 2

If you have come to this review post from Google or other sources I suggest read Part1 of this review before this post. I would also request the reader to pardon me if I have miss quoted the dates or any other info. I have gone through my emails, journal and all RESULTS documentation that I hold, in order to give you as much accurate information as I can, it’s been more than 5 years that I have joined this course, my memory has faded a bit since then. If you read the book “From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years” by Steve McKnight he has been famous for finding properties that are positive in …

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