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For years the issue of houses versus units has been much debated. Richard Sheppard examines the fundamental comparisons between the two.

Mortgage insurance helps reduce the risk posed to a lender when a borrower only has a small deposit - usually less than 20 per cent of the property value.

In our second series of articles on helping mums and dads and small business owners gain access to better tax-effective ideas, we’d like to introduce the concept of negative gearing inside super funds (self-managed super funds, or SMSF).

In last month’s edition of Peninsula Living, we discussed the fourth step to successful property investment – risk management. We outlined how to minimise risk while still optimising returns.

After many years running my print shop, where I deal on a daily basis with the hundreds of people who walk through my door, being able to greet them by their first name and have a chat will always make my day – and theirs.

In the past few editions of Peninsula Living, we have examined three of the six steps to property investment success: education, research and strategy.

If you make personal New Year’s resolutions, it may be a good time to consider making some business resolutions to help you over the next 12 months.

There was a time when the printed phone directory was the backbone of promoting a local business. Now, according to research by Roy Morgan, the number of Australians who use it less than once per month has increased 55% between 2002 and 2009.

In last month’s edition of Peninsula Living, we examined the first step to successful property investment – education - and how being educated about the property market will help you make informed decisions on ways your money can work for you.

One thing we all have in common is that we could always do with more cash. So this month, I thought it would be good to look at some of the things that dry up our cash flow, and how best to manage them so that we have more to spend.

Buy One Get One Free (or BOGOF) sales have been a marketing strategy used for years. Particularly when retailers have an oversupply of stock and need to clear it in a hurry.