The 12 Christmas gift ideas for property investors
Looking for the perfect gift idea or stocking stuffer for a property investor in your life? Here are our 12 suggestions:
A helpful guide to buying, selling or managing property. Examples include Buying Property for Dummies, Selling Property for Dummies and Simple and Successful Property Management.
A toolbox or tool belt. Whether the investor wants to do an entire DIY makeover or just spruce up a property between tenants, good tools and a can-do attitude can save thousands.
A calendar with the dates of the Home Buyer and Investor Shows during 2013. The show will hit Perth from March 23-24, Brisbane on June 1-2, Sydney from July 19 to July 21 and Melbourne on August 23-25.
A year's subscription to Hotspotting.com.au to identify the next property hotspot. A subscription includes reports, a weekly newsletter and insights from Australia's premier property hotspot expert, Terry Ryder.
A landlord magnet, shirt or teddy bear, all available from Cafe Press.
Build-a-Lot, a real estate computer game where you can flip houses for quick cash or invest for the long term.
A donation to a homelessness charity, such as Melbourne Citymission or Hutt St Cetnre in Adelaide. Christmas is a time to think of those less fortunate, and a donation in someone's name will be much appreciated.
The new Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia book about houses by Petitt & Sevitt and similar project builders of the 1960s and '70s. It's written by Judith O'Callaghan and Charles Pickett, who is curator of design and built environment at the
A gingerbread house. Wouldn't this be the sweetest investment? Lisa the Gingerbread Lady makes them for delivery and pick-up in Melbourne, or you can try That Gingerbread Place in Sydney
The Sydney Monopoly game. Who wouldn't want to buy and sell the priciest real estate in the Harbour City?
A Saint Benedict Home Protection Kit, given Saint Benedict is known as the protector of hearth and home.
A crystal ball. Wouldn't every property investor like one of these to predict what the market will do next year?