Your Property Success with Renovation

"Jane Slack–Smith is one of the true property successstories and property professionals in Australia. Her style is easyto read and to the point; worthy in every sense of theword."

Bernard Salt
Social commentator, author and columnist

Put $1 million in the bank in 15 years, with just twoinvestment properties and one renovation.

Your Property Success with Renovation provides astep–by–step approach to buying the right properties, doing arenovation and managing your portfolio. By using JaneSlack–Smith s Trident Strategy for low–risk investment,you ll learn how to research and select an area withabove–average capitol growth, and then buy below market value.Simply add value through renovation and watch your assets grow.Through easy, actionable advice, you ll learn how to:

 understand and use Jane s successful TridentStrategy
 locate the right property for your home or investmentgoals
 manage your finances and secure a mortgage
 assess a property for renovation potential, andrenovate for reward!

Don t buy into the hype that you have to work 40 hours aweek for 40 years just to afford a meager existence in retirement.You can secure the lifestyle you want with a few well–placedproperties that can earn you $1 million in just 15 years.

About the author vii

Acknowledgements ix

My story xi

Introduction xix

Part I: The foundations 1

1 Knowing what you want 3

2 Establishing your goals 11

3 Assessing your finances 19

4 Understanding your risk profile 27

5 Developing your property investing strategy 33

6 The Trident Strategy: minimising risk 43

7 Setting your buying criteria 55

Part II: The purchasing process 63

8 Funding your purchase 65

9 Getting your loan approved 75

10 Locating a property 87

11 Knowing your demographics 101

12 Hitting the streets 109

13 Finding a renovator′s dream 115

14 Purchasing your property 131

15 The buying process 143

Part III: Renovating 149

16 Renovating for prosperity 151

17 Costing your renovation 157

18 My tips, mistakes and recommendations 165

19 Organising the renovation 177

20 Review, repair, repent and replicate 187

21 My renovation examples 197

22 Bringing it all together 213

Glossary 221

Index 227

JANE SLACK–SMITH amassed a multimillion dollar propertyportfolio that started with an initial investment of just $45,000.In 2005 she founded Investors Choice Mortgages and in 2010 she wasawarded Mortgage Broker of the Year by YourInvestment Property magazine. Visit Jane s website at www.yourpropertysucessnow.com.aufor more information.