It doesn’t make sense to some fellow investors why I’m risk-averse. Or ‘so cautious.’ ‘There are limits’ they say. ‘At some point you’ve just got to for it and let the chips fall where they may.’ Or ‘When does Helen actually do a deal?’ 🤔😂 It’s only when I share the true WHY - complete with details and context and, if I trust the person, the names involved, then they go ‘Ohhhhhh...' 'Sh*t....now I get it!’ 😂😩 Because this is the reality of those two particular bad investm

Once of the things I enjoyed most was writing my monthly articles for Property Investor News. When I spoke to Richard Bowser at the beginning of this year about having a monthly article in Property Investor News, gave him a little heads up… 😂 ‘It’s not all going to be property investment tips or money-making FYI! I want to talk RISK, and MINDSET!’ Not because there’s anything wrong with talking about investment strategy, but because a) I didn’t want to rewrite what other pe

‘You say no to EVERYTHING!’ said @JohnHoward to me while we were filming Property Elevator 😅 Recently I’ve been talking about my particular approach to risk, and why some ‘decent-looking’ deals still don’t make me bite 🍔 In summary, here’s why: The downside is not worth the extra few percent projected return. Well, there’s more: ➡️ They don’t have a proper EXIT strategy. No viable plan B. Or C. ➡️ There’s major risk they haven’t analysed. ➡️ They’ve overblown the potential,