Property vs Shares: Discover Your Knockout Investment Strategy

Property, shares or both? If you're like most investors, you deliberate over which form of investment is better: property, shares or both. Property Vs Shares cuts to the chase and outlines the facts, benefits and risks of each so that you can make an informed decision about where to invest. Whether you're hoping to supplement your income or give up your day job, this book offers succinct, easy-to-use explanations on: how property and shares have performed historically how to research your investment options and find advice how to avoid scams and schemes what the implications are for purchasing properties overseas what to consider when investing through an SMSF what to ask a broker or agent. Property Vs Shares shows you how to achieve success across both asset classes, so you can develop a diversified investment portfolio that helps you achieve the lifestyle you've always wanted.

Disclaimer vi About the authors vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction ix Round 1 The basics of investment 1 Round 2 Why invest? 9 Round 3 History of the property and share markets 23 Round 4 Investment cycles 39 Round 5 Where to do your research 52 Round 6 Understanding the tables and statistics 64 Round 7 The ri sks of investment 79 Round 8 Return on investments 90 Round 9 Costs of investing 101 Round 10 Market participants and facilitators 111 Round 11 Managed investments 124 Round 12 Trading vs investing 134 Round 13 Financing your investment 149 Round 14 Investment structures 161 Round 15 Self managed superannuation funds 172 Round 16 Tax and investments 184 Round 17 Legal issues 195 Round 18 Overseas investments 206 Round 19 Schemes and scams 216 Round 20 Top questions to ask 231 Round 21 Case studies 242 Round 22 Advanced investment opportunities 254 Round 23 Conclusion: and the winner is . . . 271 Glossary 281 Index 288

Peter Koulizos is the author of The Property Professor's Top Australian Suburbs . He is a lecturer in property, a highly sought-after speaker and a contributing writer to News Limited, www.realestate.com.au and Money magazine. Zac Zacharia is founder and managing director of financial services company, The Centra Wealth Group. He is a lecturer in share investment at TAFE SA and a trainer for Kaplan. Zac is a regular speaker at investment seminars and contributes to numerous publications including inBusiness magazine, The Advertiser and the Sunday Mail .