The idea seems so simple: Buy-to-let. You assume the risk, secure the loan, pick out the ideal rental property and then buy it. Next you have a tenant pay down your bon. What could go wrong?

Imagine if there was such a thing as a perfect business. Imagine it was guaranteed to be successful. It was guaranteed to be easy to run. And it allowed you to have the personal freedom you've always dreamed of... Extra holidays... Flexibility... Financial freedom... Well, multi-millionaire Michael Masterson believes he's identified 17 characteristics that every perfect business has. And today I'm going to share them with you...

9.1 million tourists visited South Africa last year.  Just imagine how many more will come in 2010.
It’s no surprise then that analysts have identified tourism and property as one of the two best value-for-money sectors to invest in over the next 5 years...

The media doom and gloom suggests that now is not a good time to get into property. Don't be fooled! It's the PERFECT time to scoop up property at bargain prices and set yourself up for massive wealth creation when the market recovers.

As you’d expect, fears over Mexican swine flu hammered airlines and other travel stocks this week, while pharmaceutical companies made solid gains. But overall, the wider market actually managed to end the day higher...

Thanks to property investing, I no longer have to work full-time. If I want to go hiking in the mountains with my dog in the middle of the day, I can. If my husband and I want to pop up to Lesotho to ski, we do it mid-week to avoid the crowds. That’s now. But when we were just starting out as property investors, we had some serious missteps...