Here are my tips I have found works very well if you are looking for short to medium term capital growth so as to leverage against and build your portfolio faster.
Look to invest in areas that are planned for and/or are about to go under gentrification.
Look to where the following 3 sectors are injecting money -
1/ State/Federal Government. ie Major arterial roads, New Public Transport, Hospitals etc
2/ Big Multi National Retail & Commercial type companies. ie Major Shopping Centres, McDonalds, Bunnings, Harvey Normans, Good Guys, etc. These companies spend $Millions on market research before going into and setting up shop in an area. If there was no current of immediate future demand for their products and services they would not be moving in, so leverage off the back of their research.
3/ Private People/Investors. ie Owner occupiers and Investors bowling over old houses then rebuilding new modern homes and redeveloping town houses / villas.
All these ultimately beautify and uplift an area. People are attracted to the new look/feel so start moving in creating demand.
I hope this helps.
I will also post them in a new thread.