Reaching over 40 I find that employers do not employ older workers rather they employ younger workers so I wish I to had kept working as I haven't worked for 9 years through looking after my children and wasting my time at university . But how many men can say they helped raise their two kids and watched them grow from birth. I can't put a price…[Read more]

Australian Paper Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Mill at Maryvale, Monash University and the Central Gippsland Institute TAFE, the Australian Securities Commission's National Information Processing Centre are other industries in the area.

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Anitav wrote:
I have a rental property that I would like to raise and build in under an additional living area to maximise the rent and value of the property. I don't quite understand difference in "rapairs and maintenance" and improvements.

AnitaThis is a grey area of tax law.If you repair an item that back to its original state when you…[Read more]

Banks like to stitch you up to as much security against a loan as is humanly possible !Here is what I would doPPOR Value = ?PPOR Loan = 120kI would get a line of credit loan against 80% of PPOR value – PPOR LoanLOC=PPOR Value * 80 / 200 – existing loan(it is usually 80% LVR for an LOC loan)I would get a line of credit loan against my existing…[Read more]

Always factor in a higher interest rate when working out your figures. I have paid 10.5 % interest in mid 1990's so factor in a higher interest rate and if it happens to be lower you have some breathing space.

Sash the reason for interest rates rising is because the economy is growing.There is a concept in economics called sustainable economic growth.see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contractionary_monetary_policysee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetary_policyIf an economy grows faster than 3 % there is a danger that inflation can ran away due to wages…[Read more]

No – but go find a private town planner in Tassie and ring them up and find out what is involved as it varies from council to council

http://www.rookiedeveloper.com.auand http://www.activepropertynetwork.com.au/You would be better getting into a joint venture and providing the planning and ground work and then sharing in part of the profitTo find investors you need to network and find like minded people.Active property Network is going to be in every State of Australia soon.

slowachiever wrote:
When I had to view one of Steve's video updates a while back it asked to install VLC Media Player to view it , now it behaves as the default media player in my computer, instead of windows media player , I cannot choose what or when I use it .There is no choices in the programme anywhere to change it , even in the help…[Read more]

Don't forget to claim depreciation on that furniture !

dehgam wrote:
We really need some help in deciding whether to sell the land or the house.

Why do you want to sell ?If it was me I would sell the land as it is not producing an income and is a drain on your cash flow. However it depends on your reason for selling. If it is to reduce debt and help you pay off the new PPOR loan then it might be…[Read more]

http://www.gumtree.com.au/change state with option to change right hand top side of web page.Go to property for sale

719 m2 house I reckon $320,000 – $340,0001042m2 house I reckon $370,000 – $400,000This is my guessMedium house price is 299,000 however you have more land than average properties in the area.May get high end of price range if it has a garage and Brick Veneer.You could ask for a free appraisal from local real estate agents alsoIf you have council…[Read more]

Thinking outside the box here.Has the house got a big backyard that you could sub divide and sell off instead.

http://www.infochoice.com.au/calculators/stamp-duty-calculator/You can find out how it is calculated by visiting your State revenue office web site I do not know what state you are in but vic is…[Read more]

Learn as much as you can about property investingI am going to attend this seminar listed in the link below in Melbourne 1/5/10 even though I have a lot of knowledge I never stop learning.http://www.jenniebrown.com.au/You can buy books also as a cheaper optionwww.businessmall.com.auDon't be embarrassed as it is easy to spend money on stuff that…[Read more]

step 1get a joint venture agreement from a commercial lawyer drawn upstep 2 ask bank how much deposit needed for loanstep3google stamp duty calculatorwith from au selectedand work out how much stamp duty you are going to have to paystep 4Are you going to pay mortgage insurance google mortgage insurance calculatorwith from au selectedYou may wish…[Read more]

This is a double entry in the forumhttps://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/property-investing/help-needed/4331909

I have seen one valuer that had an amazing database that would have been updated with the recent sales prices for the whole suburb. A laptop with internet connection wireless instantly updated with recent figures.