My concern is that the article focuses too much on new or off-the-plan properties -- some of them are already overpriced. Bank valuation of units in Rhodes are typically lower than the purchasing price.
The better part of Inner west region is probably from glebe to five docks. Those that also have a train station enjoys stable growth as many professionals working in the city tend to rent there (till Summer Hill).
Last but not the least, as a rule of thumb, properties that have high rental returns do not have high capital gains -- the typical example is those CBD properties.
Compared with spruikers in China, this is nothing.
It is rather eye-opening to see the way those companies selling Australian properties to Chinese people (many of them are not really investors) -- misleading, to say the least.