https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/frangypani/activity/ Activity feed for frangypani. Sat, 02 May 2026 14:17:02 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1924c4d71a7037afb82e81e3a3504387 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4994154-advice-please-22/#post-4994316 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:29:17 +0000 Thanks for the advice – I will definitely explore holiday letting Benny and I think the prices have levelled out in Port Douglas now so maybe prices will start to gradually climb which makes me feel a bit better about the opportunity for capital growth. It just feels like such a doozy of an investment but I know that others are in a much worse situation.

]]> b221368bc9cfe83d8674bb89326c445d https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4994154-advice-please-22/#post-4994165 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:00:06 +0000 Thanks for this. So do you think the best strategy is sit and wait for a few years in the hope the market picks up?

]]> 612ab2fe6d8b50d8c92128ab3006045d https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4994154-advice-please-22/#post-4994159 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:31:37 +0000 Yes insurance is very high…but this is as low as we could get….it used to be over $3000K per year with the bank who wanted to up it to $4K a year! For some reason you say Port Douglas or FNQ and the figures jump unjustifiably.

]]> f6716e41d446bd4159f047a436fb6885 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4994154-advice-please-22/#post-4994156 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:21:02 +0000 I think we’re safer getting regular cash flow from a tenant and we’ve have to tart it up a bit if we were to rent it out as a holiday let. It’s rented unfurnished at present. But does have potential possibly for a holiday let as it’s got a pool, 3 bed/2 bathroom. Insurance is $2300 per year, shared driveway upkeep is $600 per year, council rates…[Read more]

]]> 6e6a30975d5eaf7e4f90c9c11e07ce77 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4994154-advice-please-22/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:06:30 +0000 OK…we bought an investment property in Port Douglas last year with an idea to eventually retiring here or using it as a holiday home. It is negatively geared and is costing us all up $8K a year. The positives are that it’s in the four mile beach zone and has no body corporate being freehold and has been rented out continuously so far. It cost us…[Read more]

]]> ead2df57336f016d729657345821f104 https://www.propertyinvesting.com/activity/p/297919/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:49:56 +0000