by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Dec 5, 2019 | Strategic Insights
For some investors, the process of securing an asset might seem like the most challenging step in building wealth. Hunting down an opportunity, negotiating terms with stakeholders, engaging professional advisors and ensuring contract completion and handover can seem...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Nov 18, 2019 | Strategic Insights
Our world has evolved to the point where specialisation is now common place across a range of disciplines. In truth, most of us excel at something, a particular talent we perform at a well-above-average standard. It therefore follows that in other fields, there will...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Nov 12, 2019 | Strategic Insights
You can’t work for an extended period in my industry without being struck by the broad range of approaches to property investment. And because it’s an unregulated space, it carries some dangers for the consumer. While I personally know of many highly intelligent,...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Oct 18, 2019 | Strategic Insights
The Answer is Yes! The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) recently released their report, PIPA Annual Investor Sentiment Survey 2019. It found that 82% of the 1,200 investors surveyed believed now is a great time to purchase an investment property....
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Oct 12, 2019 | Strategic Insights
When new builds go bad Like all reputable property investment advisors, I’m sick and tired of unscrupulous operators fleecing money from decent people looking to build a real estate portfolio. Property as an investment vehicle has numerous advantages. Still, when an...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Oct 7, 2019 | Strategic Insights
For property owners who are new to the building process, constructing a home to live in can be daunting. There are multiple factors to contend with and myriad decisions to make right from the get-go. But among all the choices, the single most important will be...
