Finders Keepers

With vacancy rates starting to creep up in some areas, finding and keeping quality tenants is more crucial than ever. Chris Rolls explains how to find the highest quality tenants and reduce the risks of vacancy and damage to your property.

It is a fact that happy tenants in an investment property are more likely to renew their lease and more likely to look after the property they are renting. Its also a fact that vacancy rates across most residential rental markets are starting to rise. So the question is, whats causing the increase in vacancy rates, and what can you do to keep your tenants happy, so they stay in your property longer?

How to avoid capital gains tax while renting out your house

One downfall to renting out an investment property is the capital gains tax (CGT) that will be payable upon the sale of the property. CGT is the tax charged on capital gains that are procured from an asset. You are liable to pay this tax when your capital gains exceed your capital losses in an income year.

However, there are legal ways to avoid paying CGT while renting out your house. Capital gains tax exemptions are allowed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) under certain scenarios.

NRAS: Steaming Ahead

With thousands of NRAS houses blooming across the Australian suburbs, tenants are in and investors are reaping the financial rewards. Lauren Barker takes a closer look at the Scheme’s progress so far. 

At Your Investment Property magazine, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the federal government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) and updating our readers as new information comes to hand.

As the call for third-round applications echoes through the Australian suburbs, ‘mum and dad’ investors are crunching the numbers and hunting down those opportunities ripe for the picking.

Top 10 Money Apps

Since the release of the iPhone, there has been a frenzy of software developers coming up with new applications to make our lives more fun, more productive and more informed. Now with over 200,000 apps already on the market (and growing), there really is an app for everything. But sorting the useful from the useless can be time consuming. Your Investment Property Magazine has done the heavy lifting for you to find the best money apps on the market to help you with all your financial needs: