Hi Richard,

Thanks for your earlier post… definitely happy with ‘baby steps’ to start with while I find my feet and QLD does seem like a solid place to start (and a great state). Thanks for helping my decision along.

The changes to lending are definitely interesting and I will certainly follow developments even closer now (when I have the time…[Read more]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your earlier post… definitely happy with ‘baby steps’ to start with while I find my feet and QLD does seem like a solid place to start (and a great state). Thanks for helping my decision along.

The changes to lending are definitely interesting and I will certainly follow developments even closer now (when I have the time…[Read more]

Evening all,

I do need to clear something up from an earlier post when I had only been on here for a day: I would like to apologise for using the phrase “I have also found a couple of [brokers] on this forum and emailed their business addresses”. In fact I have only been in contact with two in total: one I found on another forum and the broker I…[Read more]

Hi Richard,

I’m looking at either WA or QLD but, again, I haven’t made up my mind. Perth seems good (and is my home town) but then again the growth from mining is on the decline. A lot of investors have been focussing on QLD for a while, especially south-west, so I do wonder whether I’ve ‘missed the boat’ there or not. I don’t have much time to…[Read more]

Thanks Benny,

I hadn’t found that one but will definitely spend some time reading through it. The meeting with the mortgage broker was informative but I have also found a couple on this forum and emailed their business addresses this afternoon. I look forward to hearing from them too since they seem more savvy when it comes to investors in…[Read more]

Hi Andrew and all,

I have also just signed up to this forum and about to embark on my first investment. I have equity in my home, a desposit to put into an OA and an appointment with a mortgage broker this afternoon to see how I could structure my finances and then I want to find a good buyers agent.

I’ve been to a few seminars and spoken with a…[Read more]