PropertyInvesting.com | arrowsmith | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/arrowsmith/activity/ Activity feed for arrowsmith. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:11:27 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 7750f8e58103287ae6e6ef6dfe83b614 arrowsmith replied to the topic Invest in property...looks like a dud to me. in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4387224-invest-in-property-looks-like-a-dud-to-me/#post-4556566 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:41:16 +0000 DLPP,

At this stage we are looking at a property as a PPOR. I realise this is not the most tax effective thing to do.

Annual yield? I would estimate the hovel we live in to be worth no more than $450k and that would be mostly land value. We pay $12,500 a year rent, so yield is around 2.7% and the place needs serious work. If we weren’t renting…[Read more]

]]> 42fe6c916ed5e0059726ac1d9a7a224e arrowsmith replied to the topic Invest in property...looks like a dud to me. in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4387224-invest-in-property-looks-like-a-dud-to-me/#post-4556563 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:21:37 +0000 Mortgage Hunter,

I am not interested in high risk style investments.

As far as other investment options go I have been looking at some 5 star S&P managed funds which are a blend of property, cash and int securites. Even interest rate securites are attractive right now.

Some of these funds are getting returns approaching 20% (annual) steady over…[Read more]

]]> a8013166d946b51cbf499027e7edbf23 arrowsmith replied to the topic Invest in property...looks like a dud to me. in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4387224-invest-in-property-looks-like-a-dud-to-me/#post-4556561 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:49:03 +0000 No not going to buy the place we rent. It is a duplex and it is extremely run down. Ready for the bulldozer I would say.

What has your experience been with buying property?

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