"Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the Keys To Success Club e-newsletter Success Insight
2010 is shaping up to a big year; those of you that laid the foundations over the last year or so whilst other people waited and watched will reap your rewards.
It is been an incredible start to the year for the club; for a change I have done a small video for you fresh back from a yoga and meditation retreat.
Aside from that we have another action packed edition packed full of news, great tips and strategies across our three divisions:
Success In Property Investment
Where to next for the Australian Property Market…?
The Australian Property market in 2009 was one of the hottest asset classes in the world. Have you missed the boat or will the growth continue? As part my upcoming property colum for Rex Airlines, I asked 4 property buying experts on their exclusive views for 2010.
On our expert panel we have:
- Chris Gray, CEO of Empire, a consultancy that builds property portfolio’s for time-poor professionals. He’s also the host of ‘Your Money Your Call’ on Sky News Business Channel,
- Rich Harvey, Managing Director of Property Buyer, of multi award winning Buyers Agency,
- Sam Saggers, CEO of Positive Real Estate, a leading buyer’s agency and Education Company. Sam has personally brokered over 1,500 property deals in his 15 year career.
- Alex Henderson, Director of Prosper Group, the buyer’s agent of choice for property investors, home buyers and businesses.
Chris Gray
“In the last few months I’ve interviewed all the heads of the top property research firms in Australia (incl. BIS Shrapnell, RP Data, Rismark Intl.). Their common belief is that if you want long term high capital growth then you should stick to median priced properties ($500-750k) in the blue chip suburbs located 2-15km’s from the major cities. Sydney prices are the closest they’ve been to the other cities and so it’s thought that Sydney might well grow even more to get back to its previous gap."
Rich Harvey
“I believe that 2010 will see solid performance in the property market in selected locations. With population growth very strong we’re not building enough new properties to satisfy demand. This situation of undersupply will underpin price growth in most capital cities. I’m expecting capital growth of between 7% to 9% in Sydney and slightly lower rates in Melbourne and Brisbane. Vendors are starting to get more confidence which will see listings rise. Investors will start to come back in larger numbers as rents continue upward, vacancy rates low and prices edge forward. I’d be investing in quality locations with long term demand and essential infrastructure, transport, lifestyle appeal in capital cities or large regional/ coastal centres with strong employment.”
Sam Saggers
“The residential property market is very buoyant and optimistic for 2010. Many market growth drivers are apparent and one market in particular stands out for sustained and emerging growth. Many key Macro and key indicators such as strong population growth supply demand and stronger rental returns combined with lower rates compared to mid-2007 means the Australian market will prosper throughout 2010. Given the likelihood of a market cycle recovery and growth prospects my first choice market would be to invest in Sydney – the market has been dormant since November 2003 and has shown early signs of growth from mid 2009. Investors should migrate their money to Sydney.”
Alex Henderson
“The strong performance of the residential property market in Australian Capital Cities experienced in 2009 is expected to continue throughout 2010. Within the Sydney market, we are experiencing a severe shortage of properties being listed, however no shortage of buyers, this is causing a supply and demand problem or more simply strong competition for well located and presented properties. This strong demand is expected to diminish in outer Sydney Suburbs if the RBA continues its run on increasing interest rates, as is expected. However within the 10km radius of the CBD most buyers have already factored these increases into their calculations resulting in demand to remain strong."
New Expert Panel Members - Property Renovation
Cherie Barber & Stephen Tolle
Areas of expertise Property
Specialities Property Renovation
With a solid 10 year history behind them as full-time professional renovators, Cherie and Steve have conducted major renovations to 36 houses and transacted $48.6 Million in property in this time.
They’ve appeared as regular TV renovators for Channel Seven’s Today Tonight program and are widely acclaimed as the Australian Renovation King and Queen™.
Unrivalled in what they do, Cherie & Steve are Australia’s top renovators, continuously averaging a staggering $300,000 to $600,000 profit on each property they touch. With each property taking just 3 to 5 months to complete, they firmly prove that lucrative profits can be made if you know how to renovate the right way.
The tremendous success achieved by Cherie & Steve is attributed to very specific strategies and a systemised process for all renovation projects they undertake. They’ve developed their own unique due diligence system, know suburbs intimately and are masters in knowing property values in their chosen suburbs. They educated others in their methodologies through their business Renovating For Profit.
New Expert Panel Member - Property Development
Carly Crutchfield
Areas of expertise Property
Specialities Property Development
Carly Crutchfield is the founder and CEO of CCORP. Having left school at the age of 12, she had no other choice but to start working. By the age of 16 she had developed an entrepreneurial streak and started to learn about investing and more specifically, property.
By the age of 20 Carly had travelled the world, owned businesses, sold businesses, volunteered for numerous charitable projects throughout the world and gotten involved in the property and share market.
In addition to running her National company CCORP and its 5 subsidiary companies Carly is also one of Australia¹s top public speakers and Australia's number one property development coach having educated more than 22,000 people on the topic. Carly herself has been involved in property projects through-out Australia, New Zealand and America with a value of more than $200 million dollars and she continues to develop today through her company CDevelop.
What does KTSC offer members interested in building wealth through property?
- Providing access to Exclusive Property Deals
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- Providing a Property Investment Education Platform
Click here for Property Education!
Improve Your Business Success
How to Assess a Business BEFORE you invest
Our newest business expert panel member, Clennel Collingwood (see below), has kindly shared his thoughts on the areas to investigate when assessing a business. This is also very powerful information if you are looking at finding money for your own business venture!
- Company Background
- Where its come from
- Who has been involved
- What is the company structure
- What physical facilities does it have
- What financing has gone in and what has it been used for
- Team
- Who are the execs and what are their roles
- Who are the non-execs and what is their commitment - time/money
- What references have we taken up
- What do we think of them
- Who is missing
- What is being done about it
- Target Markets
- What is the need that is being addressed
- How big is it
- How fast is it growing
- What characterises the market now and in the future
- Perceived Risks
- Market Dynamics.
- What stage is it at – emerging, early, late, etc
- What stage will the market be at when the firm gets there?
- Technology and products
- What has been developed.
- Where and by who.
- What test results are available (internal and external) that validate the technology.
- Limitations and outstanding challenges
- What substitutes are there?
- What strongly differentiates it?
- Why is it ten times more valuable to the customer?Our KTSC Santa has chosen to give you a free download of "The Power Of Focus" - another powerful book that should set you well on your way both in your personal life and in business.
- Intellectual Property
- List Patents and applications
- Who has reviewed the IP position?
- Do they access to all the IP they need?
- If not, how will they get it or get around it?
- Are they open to IP leakage?
- Warranties and Disclosures
- Competition
- Who are they
- What are their strengths/weaknesses
- How are they likely to respond
- Are their any peculiarities to the target market
- Suppliers
- Who are they?
- How much power do they have?
- Customers
- Who are they?
- How much power do they have?
- What are their concerns? (Risk, Quality, Speed etc)
- Market Entry Strategy
- What are the main barriers to entry
- How will these be overcome/lowered
- What is the buying decision process
- Who are their primary customers
- Who have they spoken with and on what basis
- Who are their proposed channel partners
- What pricing info do we have
- What promotional efforts will be needed
- Financial Model
- Put in Financials from business plan.
- These should include both historic and future financials
- Sanity checks of Revenues
- Sanity checks of Costs
- Effects on Financials of checks
Interview with a Venture Capitalist
We are also giving you the opportunity to listen to an exclusive interview with Clennell held in Delhi, India. Just click below!
New Expert Panel Member - Venture Capital
Clennell Collingwood
Areas of expertise Business
Specialities Venture Capital, Business Start Ups
Clennell Collingwood is an experience player in venture capital working as an Investment Director with TTP Ventures in the UK.
TTP Ventures provides seed and venture capital financing for IT and clean technology companies based in the UK. They are currently managing a £34m fund and in the process of raising a second £30m Fund. TTP Ventures is part of the TTP Group, Europe’s leading technology development and licensing company.
Since joining TTP Ventures, Clennell has invested in electronics and telecommunications related businesses. He is currently an observer on the board of ZBD. Clennell was also board observer with Alphamosaic, which we sold to Broadcom in September 2004 for $123m.
More recently, Clennell has helped to establish the Carbon Trust – TTP Incubator, which supports start-up and early-stage businesses in the low carbon sector.
He has first class BA and MEng degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and has completed the year long Postgraduate Course in Design, Manufacture and Management (also at Cambridge).
Home Business Opportunity Update
With the home business sector exploding as more and more people look for ways to increase their income on a part time basis, we are continuing our role to provide an innovative offering under the KTSC umbrella.
I am excited to announce that we have now fully integrated our chosen home business opportunity (chosen using a 7 step due diligence process). Over the last 4 months we have been integrating and building systems to enhance it and also control the lead conversion and training experience under the KTSC brand.
All can be seen by clicking on the link below:
http://www.keystosuccessclub.com/businessopportunitywebinar
The feedback we have been getting has been very encouraging and through connecting with other innovators and doing things differently we are getting results.
We are in the fastest growing team in Australia and the 3rd fastest globally in a fantastic, growing market.
Need I say more...
What does KTSC offer to help people create additional income?
Click here to find out about an outstanding Home Business Opportunity!
- Providing a Business Education Platform
Click here for Business Education!
Achieve Success For Life
10 Stress Busting Tips
It is quite scary at times to sit back and observe the society and world we live in. Whilst you may be achieving great things and you in a good place? Do you have “peace of mind”?
To help you out, here are 10 tips to stress less
- Make someone a cup of tea
- Be physically active 30+minutes a day
- Break down tasks into manageable chunks
- Do something for your community
- Schedule more fun with others
- Learn how to relax or meditate
- Join a team sport or activity group
- Allow yourself and others to be imperfect
- Figure out what’s really important to you
- Perform a random act of kindness every day
New Expert Panel Member - Spirituality and Personal Growth
I am pleased to introduce our newest expert panel member Janardhan, founder of the Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditation Retreat to help our community members develop their piece of mind.
Janardhan is a fantastic supporter of the club, its vision and adds a great element to our club to keep the focus on “peace of mind” in this capitalist and goal orientated world.
Janardhan has already produced a fantastic set of answers to 30 or so questions I had on the meaning of life and is prepared to answer any question our community may have. How good is that!!
Janardhan McIntosh
Areas of expertise Personal Success,
Specialities Yoga, meditation, spirituality, personal growth
Janardhan McIntosh is a meditation and yoga teacher, the founder and the vision behind the creation of the Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditation Retreat, situated in North Queensland Australia.
His journey of self empowerment through the practice of yoga and meditation began in Auckland, New Zealand in 1983 and continues to the present moment.
His experiences obtained through meditation and the practice of yoga has given him greater clarity and understanding of both the eastern and western traditions of self enquiry. This has allowed him to develop and share with his students, simple but powerful tools of self empowerment, that enable his students to confront the challenges of everyday life with greater confidence and ease.
Janardhan welcomes the opportunity to share with you these simple powerful keys that allow you to unlock your own innate wisdoms, provide peace of mind, and empower all aspects of your life.
What does KTSC offer to help people become more successful people and develop their "peace of mind"?
- Provide a Personal Development Platfrom
Click here to accelerate your Personal Development
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