https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/atevans/activity/ Activity feed for atevans. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:31:01 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 8d878a67de5f6db5746ac2c83c5b5559 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393733-advice-on-ways-to-finance/#post-4590302 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:38:47 +0000 Try Rural Home Loans.  They found me a 95% LVR loan on a Rural Property through one of the big banks at a reasonable interest rate.

]]> f8f5aee842e6081cf181b2dff2b155c8 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4384147-investment-property-for-defence-housing-australia/page/2/#post-4540457 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:30:36 +0000 Hi God,That would be the reserves – not full time defence.  If you are deployed overseas in warlike conditions, your pay for that time is also tax free (I'd rather not be shot at thanks…) All defence force pay and conditions are available on the internet.Cheers

]]> 1d8fcf03c6b826fe85eae9f3155734cb https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4384147-investment-property-for-defence-housing-australia/page/2/#post-4540455 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:57:32 +0000 GodFirstly I'd like to point out the salary Defence members get paid is not tax free.   Yes we do get subsidised rent, but so do many other individuals.  I can certainly say that the money I get paid including all those 'bonuses' is not much greater than someone in the 'real world' in the same career.  But then I don't serve for the mone…[Read more]

]]> 934081ca3bbf1e9b46ab1a8deda4db64 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393556-is-there-any-way-for-me-to-take-advantage-of-the-first-home-owners-grant/#post-4589346 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:25:08 +0000 Good luck with it all!

]]> ff8612f8be6a95e5891d2902250ed09a https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393556-is-there-any-way-for-me-to-take-advantage-of-the-first-home-owners-grant/#post-4589344 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:06:47 +0000 Not so sure of the legal ramifications here if she holidayed in that house….though I did visit and stay with my parents over christmas etc and that doesn't count.  I guess if she had a residence elsewhere and was just visiting her investment property….If I was in your situation, I would put the application in and see what happens

]]> bae28a9d1e7cd59d5dd2a100728f9bcd https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393556-is-there-any-way-for-me-to-take-advantage-of-the-first-home-owners-grant/#post-4589339 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:52:03 +0000 I wouldn't be so quick to disregard.  The following is from the QLD Office of State Revenue.You and your spouse must not have previously held an interest in residential property in Australia on or after 1 July 2000 in which you or your spouse have resided (Ownership of an investment property after 1 July 2000 will not prevent you from obtaining…[Read more]

]]> 128af3be9ecdcf0a434da93391e6b6fc https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393502-reclaiming-lmi/#post-4588999 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:27:37 +0000 I managed to reclaim a portion of the LMI on my PPOR when I refinanced about a year into the mortgage.  I found most of my information by googling.  Off the top of my head, the amount you get is relative to the timeframe the mortgage is paid out – I think it must be within 2 years to get anything back though.  The way I went about it (and this wa…[Read more]

]]> 9f246e0006b72f51b3fe34edd70e1248 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393475-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-advice-please/#post-4588822 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:25:35 +0000 Hi Shayde,Thankyou for your feedback!  It's good to get some useful comments.As far as affordability goes, holding the property would not cause us grief financially, although it does consume about $700/fn of our money.  Including the depretiation (I haven't done this yet) I expect a nice little tax return.  Our main reason to consider selling is…[Read more]

]]> 732792211855b96f6d02f9bc09af3964 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393475-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-advice-please/#post-4588818 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:46:25 +0000 I completely agree with you about positive gearing vs negative gearing.  And once we start buying investment properties, we will be searching for positive cashflow opportunities.$300 is low for the area (Yamanto is near Ipswich).  Market rent would be around $330-$350 for the house.  However my tenant is a defence member also, so I have added se…[Read more]

]]> b71e9ef94570cecd6c92209c66b59db0 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393475-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-advice-please/#post-4588816 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:42:10 +0000 Does anyone have any constructive comments they would like to make.  I'm a bit sick of reading Scamps 'doom and gloom' comments.The house was my PPOR…it was not purchased as an investment property.  It is currently tenanted while we decide what to do with it.

]]> 74f73906dd54a4bd2125170838eb43ea https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393475-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-advice-please/#post-4588813 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:24:53 +0000 Just because the mortgage is $305000 doesn't mean the house cost $305000 to build.  The house including landscaping etc cost around $330000, and then if you consider two years woth of interest….well $320000 would be a loss in my opinion.

]]> d44dc15d42d2296baece9528ccc54dc9 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393475-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-advice-please/#post-4588811 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:57:19 +0000 I'm with the Defence Force and as I was posted from the location I am entitled to have the costs of sale of the house reimbursed if the sale takes place within two years of my posting notification.  You can find info in http://www.defence.gov.au/DPE/PAC/From what I can establish, houses in the same neighbourhood are being listed from about…[Read more]

]]> 34634021df1f3071867cb916c5585f0f https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393449-canterbury-vic-to-render-or-not-to-render/#post-4588663 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:37:11 +0000 Have you looked into a 'bagged' (?) finish as an alternative.  I'm not sure of the exact differences (it looks almost the same to me), but when I built my house, I wanted it rendered – until I found out the cost.  After talking to the builder, went with a bagged finish, which only cost about $5000 more than a normal brick finish.CheersTanya

]]> e500b1baf1df63c28b13f7073ea67707 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4393314-financial-advisor-in-act/#post-4588032 Tue, 27 May 2008 06:43:29 +0000 Hi Richard,We are really just starting in the investment game.  We own a house which was our PPOR and converted to an investment in December last year.  It is highly negatively geared, and having picked up Steve's books recently, are now looking at selling in the near future.  Even with the market the way it is, we should walk away from the ho…[Read more]

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