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May 28, 2013 - 11:12 am

I think there are some key winners in the infrastructure stakes for Brisbane <10k CBD, follow the tunnels and busways, there's a few of them to watch these days.

Also check the density ratios (strata property as a % of total housing stock), it's very high around some of the activity hubs in the town plan, I like stepping one suburb further out from the heavily developed hubs and looking there, have to be a little bit general as the Brisbane market is small and I'm allready facing far too much competition for my liking this year, wish it was 2012 actually.

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March 1, 2013 - 9:48 am

It's a big area, lots of different categories and markets. Excellent distressed buying, also yields are starting to look attractive, things like brick homes a few years old being sold at 7%+ in good areas as the builder has gone bankrupt, lots more like that.  Still a lot of negativity around, probably likely to continue for some time, though it has picked up in recent months.

If you are looking for a project such as reno and strata as one example then I know there are superb properties out there at the moment.

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February 23, 2013 - 11:17 pm

That's an excellent gift and great family member you have

Probably a good idea to cast the net wide to begin with in terms of looking for ideas for you strategy as there's many ways to start climbing the ladder.

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February 23, 2013 - 11:16 pm

Interested to see how it all works out, will help rents push up if they have any success in cracking down on all the scenarios, the up/down house rental where d/stairs is not legal height would comprise a lot of examples in greater Brisbane.

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February 23, 2013 - 11:12 pm

That's a strong equity base to start with, also the cashflow wouldn't be shabby either! I would suggest trying to work out the end points, where do you want to go and what do you want to achieve with your investing? Then it's easier to find a strategy that will suit your goals.

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February 23, 2013 - 10:38 pm

It's a trendy area these days, I'm always meeting people at Nundah Village as it has a good range of coffee shops and restaurants. I quite like 'C Word' and the Coffee Club there as the owners always looking to talk about property Also if you would like a good laugh have a read of the online reviews for 'Jam cafe'. Impressive how  Nundah has transformed over the last 20 years. Also I tend to view Nundah/Northgate as a potential package in that you might consider both.

Excellent improving area with train and will grow as a location strongly, no problem with that, the issue you need to work out is whether the higher density and incoming supply will be of significant impact on your target property. Chermside and other activity hubs have similar issues. 

A few quick issues to watch for

> plenty of low lying land, check for flood/overland flow

> some busier roads cutting through the suburb

> high proportion of strata properties than many other suburbs in the 10k radius, 59% of total stock last time I checked, issue of supply again so important to check you are buying your apartment well and the rents/yields are checking out

> Some nice stand alone villa/townhouses come into play depending on your price points

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February 23, 2013 - 2:30 am

It does happen when you are dealing with expensive investments and the risk associated with them. Development especially so.

Trying to put things in a different perspective might help, if it's only money then that's bad but it wasn't something like an injury or worse while someone was working on site etc.

Good luck resolving the issue and the experience will be worth the price I hope

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January 12, 2013 - 12:22 am

Saw a 1 bed about that size advertised for 199k in a nice Brisbane suburb recently, creative use of space and it still had a shared laundry, 2 beds in 24m2 sounds a little tardis like!

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January 12, 2013 - 12:18 am

I'm doing research into the new possibilities as well, they are going to shift a lot of values and the market will take some time to catch up, there's massive opportunity for the early movers I believe.

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January 11, 2013 - 8:55 am

Otherwise there is some excellent commentary about the potential capital growth issues. One bedders by themselves can be excellent and there's some powerful demography pointing that they could be strong performers in our future, the issue is really the scarcity factor (or lack of in large complexes where they are all the same product), supply and demand again, rather than any issue of 1 v 2 or more beds.

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January 11, 2013 - 8:51 am

Perhaps it's a funny thing about yields but a 10% gross yield on a lower priced property might not be as impressive as lower gross yields on higher priced property as the fixed costs (rates, strata etc) take up a much larger percentage of the gross income. 

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January 11, 2013 - 8:47 am

The future.. pretty much like the past, opportunity mixed with difficulty! To quote Jim Rohn

For some punditry who has time to do anything else than defer to someone more intelligent, and with considerably more time to read the tea leaves, than themselves when it comes to Global Macro? Of all the commentary I've ever read on that score I can't think of any much better than Cam Hui. Not the most well known money manager but I've found him to be impressive. http://humblestudentofthemarkets.blogspot.com.au/

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January 11, 2013 - 8:40 am

Yes it's money well invested in the B&P report as it's a drop in the bucket compared with the growth or lack of from the asset you eventually buy.

I'm open to the idea of NRAS, would love to see an example of one that I'd consider suggesting to an investor in Brisbane yet though.

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January 4, 2013 - 4:24 am

Don't settle for anything less than fully documented and verified information about their compensation, then you can compare the sales person's conviction with some reality. 'Free' can be a very expensive option in some cases!

Birds of a feather marketeering companies; but very generally you are looking at 25-40k margins on top of the developers profit, I have seen as much as 100k though when they are squeezing this much the valuations are understandably harder to make stick. Some 'clubs' operate off 6.6% commissions, whatever way you slice it the markups tend towards intolerable.

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January 4, 2013 - 4:06 am

I'm quite excited about the new town plan. Change = opportunity! and there's some crackers coming in I believe, will be a while before the best opportunities are widely known and exploited as well.

Regarding Brisbane in general it's hardly surprising that I would be positive about it's prospects but I'm really looking forward to 2013, should be a good year, and interesting, they mostly are!

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January 3, 2013 - 5:24 am

Excellent article Jane, I particularly like the referral method for trades people, if they've done good work for other investors then that carries a lot of weight.

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January 3, 2013 - 5:06 am

Good advice. it's more than buying at a 'cheap' price, it's actually making sure there's enough fat between your total project cost and the projected end value having done your research well. 

I regularly notice property that sells to a renovator because it presents as a cheap price for an area, they renovate and place it back on the market in a few months only for no sale to occur as they slowly realize that the renovated product isn't going to sell for what they were hoping. 

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January 3, 2013 - 4:53 am

A growing and quite large market segment unfortunately, people in their 40's early 50's usually and recently divorced and looking to rebuild wealth.

Of little consolation I'm sure but to move forward it's probably best to focus on what has been retained. In this case it's a good salary and flexible time and also a motivation to rebuild, combine this with your health and hopefully good relations with the ex and children and it's beginning to look a whole lot better. Good luck with your journey!

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January 3, 2013 - 4:33 am

I note that Steve mentioned in the book that he was never able to make share trading work and I would add my vote to removing it completely from anything related to income enhancement or extra cash on the side, for a few hours a week, the kind of dream most people making money from selling the dream (rather than actually trading) would have you believe.

Most difficult way to make easy money I have yet encountered! Sales on the other hand would have to be one of the more useful and valuable skills you can teach yourself in life, we all have our own bias on viewing the world however Transitioning and improving the sales skills into a business that has potential sounds like a decent idea.

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December 21, 2012 - 1:05 am

Finding a good networking group can help with the education process, we have an excellent one in Brisbane that meets once per month where real investors are sharing the deals they are doing in the current market place. Important to make sure that the group is actually focused around education and networking as opposed to selling you property as most don't qualify judged on that criteria.