I just immigrated to Australia from Canada. The system surprised me! Piers (Quasimodo and also Australian) was Australian, not even living in Australia, and unemployeed (illegal for him to work in Canada). I applied for spousal immigration and had an answer within four weeks, and the final papaerwork in six weeks.

We put weeks of effort into our…[Read more]

Just something to keep in mind – there are major issues with the real estate industry in Australia, and Jenman does have some very valid points. Remember also that it’s a marketing strategy on his behalf to gain trust and build business for his company. You may be able to accomplish what you want without asking your agent to sign the Jenman form…[Read more]

Here are some numbers to consider:

Purchase Price: $400K
Wrap Price: $480K

Assume 20% deposit by investor (80K) and 20K deposit by buyer. On top of that between 12K – 18K payable by investor in transfer duty, and a second transfer duty of 15K – 25K payable by the person being vendor financed (if an Installment Sales contract is used – not needed…[Read more]