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8 Mistakes Made By Young Property Investors

Most people who start investing in property never make it past their first or second purchase. In fact, around 92% of Australia's 2.3 million property investors stall out early, and only a tiny fraction, around 20,000 people, ever build a portfolio of six properties or more.

8 Mistakes Made By Young Property Investors

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Most people who start investing in property never make it past their first or second purchase.

In fact, around 92% of Australia's 2.3 million property investors stall out early, and only a tiny fraction, around 20,000 people, ever build a portfolio of six properties or more.

That's a sobering statistic, but it's not because property...

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Most people who start investing in property never make it past their first or second purchase. In fact, around 92% of Australia's 2.3 million property investors stall out early, and only a tiny fraction, around 20,000 people, ever build a portfolio of six properties or more. That's a sobering statistic, but it's not because property...

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That's a sobering statistic, but it's not because property...

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