check out this sitehttp://www.firmfinance.com.au/Was originally advertised in Herald Sun

This link will help them in their endeavorhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

The rental market is a supply and demand situation. If supply is less than demand the rent price increases.So if investors were buying lots of properties and then trying to rent them out there would be an over supply of rental properties on the market and the rent charged would decrease.The increase in rent has been caused by an increase in house…[Read more]

Do not buy stuff that depreciates in value. Examples :- nice new car , nice 3d Tv, Nice new computer.Take money out of the bank account your wage goes into and transfer it into a power saver account at higher interest rate.If you do not have easy access to the power saver account as some of them are only accessable online you won't be tempted to…[Read more]

i am wondering if i should just pay the stamp duty on her half to get her name off the title From a legal aid document on the  internetIf you have a court order to transfer half the ownership you could be exempt from NSW stamp dutyhttp://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=515It talks about an application for consent order (form 11) from…[Read more]

If you are not too worried about selling at a lower price then if you put the words "Motivated Seller" or "Must Sell due to ill Health" in your internet advertisement  you will attract investors. This is because those words end up in the search engines on the internet and when an investor is searching for a motivated seller they will search for…[Read more]

Roz70 wrote:
Hi all,New to this forum and would really love some good advice on how to set up our loans. We have 3 properties all cross collateralised, which I now realise is not ideal! We love investing and want to continue in a much bigger way. Our current loans are as follows, PPOR $25,000 last bank valuation $500,000. IP 1 loan 230,000 las…[Read more]

A heat pump for hot water may be an optionhttp://www.dux.com.au/products.php?name=D2FH00000Cor a solar / electric hot water http://www.dux.com.au/products.php?name=D2F136W2AC

When you have shared property you need a body corporateseelink belowhttp://www.homeiown.com/strata-title-and-body-corporate/http://www.bodycorponline.com.au/body_corporate_facts.phpshared driveways'see What is common property?first line of paragraphhttp://www.acebodycorp.com.au/sa/what-is-a-body-corporate/

Terryw wrote:
Not stamp duty, or legals – they can only be claimed as capital expenses when you sell. Borrowing costs can be claimed over 5 years -this would include LMI and I think maybe registration of title and mortgage – not sure on these.

http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/00113245.htm

I am not an accountant so don't listen to me check the ATO web site links below .If you claim building write off depreciation it can be a large expense on paper.How do you get a depreciation report as advised by Dan ? Answer – you can employ a quantity surveyor who will work out a depreciation schedule that you can then hand to your…[Read more]

Search for properties with land size 800m squared or greater 1000 m squared.Always check property found with local council before committing any further as I encountered a development ban in one area I was visiting as the area was already over developed.

Qlds007 wrote:
Yes but they charge 16% per annum.

Can be higher than this if credit rating is bad Interest rate versus credit risk

JacM wrote:
The "extra repayments" calculator indicates that a 25 year loan is cut to 13 years by making an extra payment of $1000 per month.If you look at the regular calculator (not making extra payments) you will see that at the year 13 mark, there is still an amount owing of $294,721. 

At this point you have 12 years of 6.54% p/a on…[Read more]

You may find the services of a quantity surveyor may be useful to work out the full depreciation mentioned by Terry.

www,igrin.com.auThis site lends in smaller amounts of $2000 – $5000 loans of higher value can be tried but chance of getting the funding low.http://lendinghub.com.au/This site does have larger loans processed through it These sites are a new concept called person to person lending and may be a way for you to gain a loan for the problem you have.

20 Years ago I was in  Noosa QLD and I was walking past a real estate agents office when someone came out asking if I wanted to buy land at the back of Noosa on a man made water canal. Me in my stupid mind set was worried about the mowing of the lawn as I lived interstate in Victoria. I think they wanted $15,000 for it and I reckon it would be…[Read more]

Method of  lay buying shares http://www.atcbiz.com.au/journalarticles.php?new=r8fh4cm8u9&num=5https://www.rbsmorgans.com/download.cfm?DownloadFile=939DBBB7-D60D-540D-6808B2C4E8B62D2Cdepending on your time frame if ten years you could go endowment warrantshttp://www.switzer.com.au/your-money/investment-advice/share-trading/endowment-warrants/Not a…[Read more]

You need to plan  backwards. For exampleIn twenty years time we (you and life partner) want to earn as passive income $200,000 a year and based on a yield of 5% we would need to accumulate $4 million in property equity by twenty years time.$200,000 in twenty years is most likely be about $110,000 a year in today's figures using 3% inflation

Like the steel roof that was a great way of fixing the broken tiles.