Hi,
I had an older IP too that was just one painful and expensive repair after another. The phone would ring and I would dread it being the real estate agent with another disaster. I sold and and it was like taking an enormous weight off my shoulders. I would probably offload the worst of them before you get “past it” and/or maybe put some money…[Read more]

Hi,
I am a new investor too. Do you have any equity in the property you owe? Maybe get a valuation that you can use to borrow from. Otherwise I think the answer is just hard slog saving. You could sink it into shares to move it along. Anything in Asia seems to be going great guns right now. But that of course is taking a punt. If you want…[Read more]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I just want to expand on the stay at home thing since it has fired you all up. I actually get asked a lot “so you dont work ?” to which my standard reply is ‘yes I am always working but I just dont get paid”. I dont work because it is just not possible. My youngest baby is 10months and I have 3 under 5yrs. Add to…[Read more]