Property vs Shares: Discover Your Knockout Investment Strategy

Advanced investment opportunities

We wrote this book to act as a guide for those who are new to, or just beginning to invest in, property and shares. We have discussed many of the fundamentals that relate to buying property and shares.

This chapter introduces some of the choices investors have once they have mastered the basics of direct investment in property and shares. We strongly encourage all investors to gain a thorough understanding of direct investment in property and shares before they embark on the riskier (and potentially more rewarding) advanced investment opportunities. You can mitigate some of your investment risks by arming yourself with this specialist knowledge and gaining an understanding of the potential benefits and pitfalls of these advanced investment strategies before you start investing.

Property investors can make money in a number of ways: buy and hold for the long term, build to retain or sell, or renovate and rent or sell, for instance. These approaches are common and used extensively. However, some investors like to think outside the square and deal in some advanced investment strategies. In this section, we outline two of these strategies: property options and joint ventures.

Options

Have you ever wondered how new housing estates and suburbs ...