Property Investment Strategy & Examples
Our key investment acquisition strategies
Success in investing comes from having strong researched-backed property investment strategies. The more strategies you can layer into a single purchase, the greater your success will be.
Typical strategies we apply for our investor clients to help them exceed their investment goals include:
Passive
- Off market purchases
- Under market value purchases
- Acquisitions in strategic long term growth locations
- Acquisitions in strategic school catchment locations
- Acquisitions in strategic rezoning locations
- Dual income
- Conversion of built strata to survey strata
- Distressed homes sales
- Under-valued properties
Active
- Retain and build sites
- Larger development sites
- Properties for conversion to rent by the room (HMO)
- Renovation sites
- Special disabled accommodation (SDA)
- Adding bedrooms/bathrooms
- Under-valued properties
Examples
Ballajura
Passive: Dual Income
- Dual income property 3 x 1 with 1 x 1 granny flat
- Paid $545,000 – Leased for $720 per week
- 8% yield
- House was leased to long term tenant, putting off owner occupier’s who couldn’t move in
- Corner lot
- Agent unaware that zoning allowed us to subdivide off the granny flat to release equity, and didn’t price accordingly
- Interstate buyer
- Renovation to the main house will add significant appeal
Victoria Park
Passive: Acquisitions in strategic long term growth locations
- Time poor professional owner occupier client
- Fast purchase required
- Client had specific requirements around size, condition, maintenance, body corporate, property location (close to work + café strip) and needs for his dog
- In demand property with more than 140 couples through the weekend opens.
- Client did not inspect property until it was under contract
- Client really wanted the property
- 5 -7 offers. Property was secured through investigations into seller revelling they wanted a fast settlement. We offered cash 3 weeks to secure the property and beat out rivals.
- Good relationship with selling agent also helped to secure the property
South Hedland
Dual IncomePassive: Distressed Sale
- Semi on market sale
- Strong relationship with the sales agent
- Motivated seller who needed a fast sale (2 weeks) – 3 previous offers had fallen over
- Purchased as is where is for $155,000
- Was leased for $600 per week
- 20% yield
- Client has just finished a $10,000 renovation expecting $750-$850pw rent
- Neighbouring property which is inferior (original condition home) is on market for $419,000 (as of June 2022)
- 4thpurchase for this client
Joondalup
Active: Retain & BuildPassive: Off MarketPassive: Strategic Location
- High density zoning
- Retain and build site
- Client owns 2 neighbouring properties across 3 street frontages. It was imperative that we secure this property.
- 7 written + 2 verbal offers. Due to existing relationship with the sales agent, we were able to secure the property
- Paid $520,000. Leased for $550 per week
- 5% yield
- Client negotiating with owner of neighbouring lot to form joint venture, giving a total of 2826m2
- Intent is to commence planning for high density development (approx. 30 units) in 18 months
- 4thpurchase for this client
Heathridge
Active: Retain & BuildDistressed SaleHMOPassive: Off Market
- Purchased for $470,300.
- Retain and build site.
- Renovation property. Converted from 4 bed 2 bath to 5 bed 5 bath home
- Rent by the room for $1,235 per week in income
- Client is going to sell the block anticipated sale price $240,000
- $85,000 renovation (+ a lot of sweat) Independent appraisal at $680,000 – $720,000 as single lot
- $920-960,000 combined value
- 9% Yield
- 4thpurchase for this client
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