David Johnston, Founder and Managing Director of Property Planning Australia shares his tips on the art of finding the next up-and-coming suburb, published in the Australian Financial Review.

Searching for the next up-and-coming suburbs and regional centres can be a risky exercise, but it has the potential to pay dividends. It requires a certain amount of crystal ball-gazing and a level of courage, but if you get it right, the rewards can be well worth the effort.

The supposed holiday house often morphs into a quasi-investment property during the property selection process. This mutation can result in financial heartache.

David Johnston explains the financial impact of mixing holiday and investment in his latest article published on domain.com