21/09/2011 |   INFORMAL FAMILY AGREEMENTS TO BUY PROPERTY – THE PITFALLS Let’s face it, finding the money to buy your own property can be tough. Property prices these days are steep and getting a loan can be difficult. Getting a little help from family to enter the property market often makes sense...

31/08/2011 |   STAMP DUTY SAVINGS WHEN YOU TRANSFER PROPERTY TO YOUR SUPERFUND A useful tax planning strategy can be to transfer real estate that you own in your own name, to a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) of which you are a member. Until recently, doing this would have meant paying the NSW Government...

17/08/2011 |   WILL AWARENESS Wills. We think about making one from time to time. Or we make one and then forget all about it, regardless of our personal circumstances changing. Or we make one using a store-bought Will-kit, without advice, and hope it all pans out...