PropertyInvesting.com | brownrabbit | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/brownrabbit/activity/ Activity feed for brownrabbit. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:36:57 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1fbe5934afad98dacb134c892211b747 brownrabbit replied to the topic The Future? in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370324-the-future/page/3/#post-4446969 Wed, 11 Feb 2004 02:20:17 +0000 Hi everybody,
These are certainly very interesting times. I know for myself, if i am unsure about something my best strategy is not to act but sit back and watch and learn .
Which is why i love this site so much . I do have a few thoughts as to my next move though ….
one strategy i am considering at the moment is to temporarily get out of…[Read more]

]]> ee8ccd3e978f00d9075dbc178ec02d7f brownrabbit replied to the topic What if? in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370724-what-if-2/#post-4450404 Sat, 24 Jan 2004 01:24:41 +0000 Hey everyone ,
Great new site, love the changes!!
Scotty this is my doom and gloom plan… I am dumping extra money into all my redraws so that even at 10% i still have the same re-payments i have now. All my loans are IO, but i make my payments at the calculated P+I amounts,(go loan calculators!) so this way i still have a lower minimum…[Read more]

]]> 39cdc317c7bbe5f2fe1631b0121d0336 brownrabbit replied to the topic bill managment in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370210-bill-managment/#post-4445992 Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:37:53 +0000 Hi Philip,
I have done a fair bit of re-organising myself lately, it sure can be a bit of a financial juggling act when it comes to multiple properties!! And now that i have 5 separtate loans i have had to change a few things to make life easier ….. I had my property manager direct credit the rent into the corresponding mortages, and i changed…[Read more]

]]> 1bb87dfdf5589d726d178807293cfda9 brownrabbit replied to the topic Finance in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370044-finance-7/page/2/#post-4444870 Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:45:49 +0000
Sorry that should have read
“i changed all of my addresses over to the second knowing that the first would be rented”

i hope that makes sense now ……

]]> 45c45351681ab4607a04152b4dfb7d6a brownrabbit replied to the topic Finance in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370044-finance-7/page/2/#post-4444869 Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:42:41 +0000
Hi everyone ,
Just on the PPOR and CGT stuff , how does this senario stack up ….. i have three properties and i need to sort out the “structure” of. One i have lived in for 10 years , which i want to keep and rent. The second i bought more than 12 months ago with the view of renting. I have nearly finished renovating this one and due to a…[Read more]

]]> 01cd188c0581d07583175a69ea0aac42 brownrabbit replied to the topic Do various House Styles provide different Returns? in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370131-do-various-house-styles-provide-different-returns/#post-4445491 Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:05:20 +0000 Kevin,
http://www.homehunter.com.au/calculators/stampduty.asp
here is a stamp duty calulator i find quite useful , it also calculates the stamp duty on the loan amount, and allows for different states having diferent rates. I hope this helps.

RABBIT

]]> 2385d755f0b2a1068d24b6f2a260c7b3 brownrabbit replied to the topic Dolf De Roos 101 Book in the forum Heads Up! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370082-dolf-de-roos-101-book/#post-4445167 Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:10:56 +0000 Yep Mel, there is only so much you can rent you can charge for any property. But for me that is only a part of the equation. When one lot of tenants move out i always spend a well planned out week or two to lift stakes a bit higher.I am up to new blinds and a dishwasher on one property. I figure, i am not only increasing the rent but also…[Read more]

]]> 1523a7a01097d2599539989f3b53c45d brownrabbit replied to the topic Dolf De Roos 101 Book in the forum Heads Up! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370082-dolf-de-roos-101-book/#post-4445163 Sun, 21 Dec 2003 07:52:06 +0000 I don’t know about carports, but i just put in a shed for one lot of tenants (they had heaps of stuff to store), cost $273 and i put it up myself . I increased the rent by $10 a week.
And in another one of my IP’s there was no off street parking but room at the front to put a drive way in . So i applied to council for a permit $70, and paid a…[Read more]

]]> 912ed1762cd3eccd14011f4496f728d1 brownrabbit replied to the topic How to get 90% loan in rural areas in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370070-how-to-get-90-loan-in-rural-areas/#post-4445088 Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:58:19 +0000
I have been wondering about this subject myself …. my low doc status limits which postcodes i can buy in , but there is a few properties i have been looking at both in Tassie and rural Vic . I was wondering if buying outright from existing equity, was one way to get around it. Mind you i would want to be fairly sure of a good +ve return to do…[Read more]

]]> beb7435ee0ee3b27cb80e226a186c433 brownrabbit replied to the topic property that makes a difference in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370071-property-that-makes-a-difference/#post-4445091 Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:09:29 +0000 Hmmmmm , very very interesting stuff , i am also thinking of building something in the next year or so with different but similar thinking in mind… ESD (environmentally sustainable design). I have two possible sites already . Might be worth exchanging emails for future reference. What is your address?? Good luck rabbit
BTW love Yoga
but might…[Read more]

]]> cbf056f3b5dea0bce482ef58833d189f brownrabbit replied to the topic good mortgage broker in melbourne? in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4370073-good-mortgage-broker-in-melbourne/#post-4445098 Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:57:56 +0000 I know one who is in Geelong who is brilliant .. he is in Melbourne a fair bit also . He has a background in finance, and is pretty clued up on IP’s … what’s your email addy??

]]> c215bcc22854432d242d6b727270a169 brownrabbit replied to the topic To sell or not to sell that is the question ..... in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369988-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-that-is-the-question-2/#post-4444332 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:46:13 +0000
Yeah ZIZ,
i am definitely going to try to hold onto Prop 3, the tempting bit is selling it will wipe out 2 of my loans which would be nice,money to poor straight into the new venture in Ballarat …..(no CGT, or so have been told as i have been calling it my PPOR for the last 6 months while i have been working on it.) I’m sure i will have more…[Read more]

]]> 3c187d32ab01c2fe1f089300c6e07cbc brownrabbit replied to the topic To sell or not to sell that is the question ..... in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369988-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-that-is-the-question-2/#post-4444330 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:29:14 +0000

BTW ,
i was wondering how the ATO would deal with someone that was didn’t have a PPOR , ie was living BETWEEN properties??? Which i have been doing lately so i can renovate in between tenants.

I wonder how would they see me if i firstly moved into the main Ballarat house, then built a second cottage and lived there only when the main house was…[Read more]

]]> fe20be638d5edbe543e60040000f0809 brownrabbit replied to the topic To sell or not to sell that is the question ..... in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369988-to-sell-or-not-to-sell-that-is-the-question-2/#post-4444329 Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:46:04 +0000 Thanks Shaun, and REDWING. I will check out that book too . All food for thought .I am toying around with the idea of developing next . The fouth IP is in Ballarat on two titles, with a big victorian character house on one title, vacant land on the other . My idea is this ….. to build a second dwelling (or find a house for removal) on the land…[Read more]

]]> f9497907e07d128fc37c0909894d7438 brownrabbit replied to the topic FHOG, Tax deductions & PPOR in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369931-fhog-tax-deductions-ppor/#post-4443862 Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:29:50 +0000 Hmmm .. i have been battling with this subject myself . My mortgage dude who has a finance background tells me that all my loans are claimable as they are all low docs and HAVE to be for investment purposes ….. but my accountant has a different opinion and keeps telling me that my structure is wrong . I must admit i am a bit confused as to the…[Read more]

]]> c9ae8268a4066535d78fbdc8d1593af6 brownrabbit replied to the topic Which City/Suburb you live? in the forum Forum Frolic https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369744-which-citysuburb-you-live/page/3/#post-4442258 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 17:26:05 +0000
Geelong, 45 min from Melbourne were i have bought 3 IP’s. My 4th , the latest purchase is in Ballarat, where there is currently 12 new families settling each week .

]]> 8d864a630254f1b66f7b15403dd6b7b4 brownrabbit replied to the topic Search for properties during Christmas & New Year in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369843-search-for-properties-during-christmas-new-year/#post-4443216 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:51:33 +0000
Hi livi and others,
I was driving around my home town of Geelong today and i couldn’t help notice the huge amount of properties on the market. This last week in particular has seen a lot more signs gone up. It’s amazing how quickly (and badly) renovated some of these properties are. There will surely be good buys to be had with vendors wanting to…[Read more]

]]> 0b697b22f447ec23180bdd867a789a2d brownrabbit replied to the topic Is the bubble giong to burst!!!!! in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369699-is-the-bubble-giong-to-burst/#post-4441930 Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:21:53 +0000 On the “bubble” subject , there was a very interesing interview on this morning’s business Sunday program on channel 9 in Melbourne with Macquarie Bank’s Bill Moss. He disagree’s we are in a bubble . Here is a transcript if anyone is interested …….
http://businesssunday.ninemsn.com.au/BUSINESSSUNDAY/INTERVIEWS/STORIES/STORY_1997.ASP

I have…[Read more]

]]> e5ca9fd6d1feb70833a8871bc26d08bf brownrabbit replied to the topic I HAVE HIT THE WALL...I think in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369666-i-have-hit-the-wall-i-think/page/2/#post-4441607 Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:37:03 +0000 sorry cornel…
my email addy is brownrabbit@optusnet.com.au
cheers cathy

]]> 4a25a870ab9740a61ca62d9e1995c6e6 brownrabbit replied to the topic I HAVE HIT THE WALL...I think in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369666-i-have-hit-the-wall-i-think/page/2/#post-4441606 Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:26:49 +0000 C
Hey Cornel,
Email me and i will give you the name of my broker, i have done pretty well with his help . Cheers Cathy

]]> 17474600eff786b7218628a2354cd372 brownrabbit replied to the topic Secrets to getting Top Price in selling Your Home! in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369290-secrets-to-getting-top-price-in-selling-your-home/page/2/#post-4438546 Sun, 16 Nov 2003 07:44:49 +0000 Hi Bill,
I would really appreciate a copy of your info i am getting a property ready for sale in Mid Jan . Thanks
cathyscross@optusnet.com.au

]]> be6dbd47596eafe94c65fe81178b4013 brownrabbit replied to the topic 1.5% residential vacancy rate in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4369109-1-5-residential-vacancy-rate/#post-4437147 Sat, 15 Nov 2003 01:32:07 +0000 Hey all, new to this site ! . I have just bought My 4th property in Ballarat, an absolute beauty. This one i am going to live in and develop. It’s a very centrally located historic four bedroom home on two titles.I paid $395,000 for it, i can get $350pw rent for the house and i can sell or develop the second title.Or i could even turn the house…[Read more]

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