Accountant for Property Investment.

If you’re looking for an accountant for property investment, you’re in the right spot.  Over the past few decades, Australia has seen some fantastic opportunities in property.  All the while suffering from down turns in the early 90’s and also during the GFC.

At Inspire CA, we look after a variety of clients who are involved in property and gone through the good and the bad times, with the many intricacies that follow.

Some of the types of clients we look after are:

• Property developers
• Property investors
• Property managers
• Real estate agents
• Private investors who hold property in Self Managed Super Funds

What is important when it comes to property?

There’s a few things that you must get right when it comes to property, such as:

• Having the right structure for both asset protection and tax planning ability

• Being sure that bank lending is structured to avoid cross-collateralisation
• Ensuring your properties are geared (or leveraged) appropriately
• Performing due diligence when it comes to purchasing a property

Numbers you need to know

At Inspire CA, we have a strong focus on making sure that you understand the numbers that grow your wealth.  For property as your accountant for property investment, our key numbers to focus on are:

• Debt to equity ratio to ensure that the banks are satisfied with covenants
• Amount of working capital for interest repayments, expenses and unexpected cash outflows
• Net rental return percentage to benchmark your properties
• Minimising the number of days that the properties are untenanted
• Negative gearing effect on taxable income

How can we help you achieve your goals as an accountant for property investment?

At Inspire CA, we can help you in a number of ways by:

• Performing financial forecasting on transactions before they’re purchased
• Setting up cloud software that makes reporting for property investment a dream
• Ensuring that the property is owned in the correct structure
• Setting up appropriate structures of trusts and other entities to hold the properties
• Accounting and record keeping for the properties
• Setting up and running a self managed super fund to hold the properties

Resources for Property Investors

Property Investment – MoneySmart.gov.au [Government Information Website]
Millionaire Real Estate Agent – Gary Keller [Book]
Millionaire Real Estate Investor – Gary Keller [Book]
Australian Property Investor – API Magazine [Print & Online Magazine]