If you have more than 25% equity (this is, the difference between the value of your home and how much you owe on it), it’s considered ‘lazy equity’ and could be costing you as much as $50,000 a year in lost opportunity!
Property valuations are another area that can make or break an investment strategy. Unfortunately, valuations between lenders commonly vary by 5% and in some cases, up to an astonishing 25%. This is especially true if it’s a property being revalued to access equity. Putting that in perspective, for a $1 million property, it translates to a difference of $50,000 to $250,000, all because of contrasting opinions between a conservative valuer and a more confident one. We work with our clients to teach them method’s to legitimately get an appraisal that reflects a property’s true potential – something that can significantly increase your returns.
STEP 1
How to secure your loans separately and why this nearly always helps you make hundreds of thousands of dollars more over the medium to long term.
STEP 2
How to structure the ownership and borrowing to increase borrowing capacity, while reducing risk, income and land tax (this alone can save around $200,000-plus over 20 years in cash flow, which in turn can help you hold more property more safety and significantly increase returns).
STEP 3
Which lenders will allow you to make the most of this equity and how to effectively split your structure and strategy between these lenders.