Hi Searching

Thanks for the feedback, I would like to know a bit more about your problem with Excel, if you can recall what you were doing and maybe the error message I would love to hear from you.

You can drop me a line at detective@propertyinvesting.com if you like.

Many thanks

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Rick

At the moment my plan is to have a beta ready by August, but that could change.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Rick

The two loan options, loan and equity, are just different loan options that allow you to split the finance across two different loan settings if needed.

The principal figure is the principal payments paid for that period of the loan, a bug has been fixed for the next release where principal payments still show even if interest only is…[Read more]

Hi Katie

If you would like some help, feel free to post your questions here or drop me a line at detective@propertyinvesting.com, I am more than happy to help.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi

ID is designed to be country neutral, and as such country specific calculations like taxation are not included, as well as the only way to get your tax position is to see your accountant, there are just too many factors to do it accuratly any other way.

Also integrating tax law for all the countries ID is used in would be an impossible…[Read more]

Hi Wille

The figures here do not quite add up, if you have a cash needed figure of 99139.80 then you have entered the deposit and balance as cash options, but you say you have a loan of 71200 (the balance), this could only be if you have entered that amount in the closing costs as well and allocated it to loan. It looks like the balance has been…[Read more]

Hi

If you have lost the link to download ID, then you can send an e-mail to detective@propertyinvesting.com and I will conform your details and send you the download link

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Sue

Legal questions should really be answered by a licensed professional, sorry I can’t help.

ID is not designed to calculate the numbers for a renovation, it’s primary feature is to evaluate and track cash flow investment properties.

I have in mind a new calcualtor for doing the whole reno evaluation and tracking, however it is quite a way…[Read more]

Hi

Goto Options then Preferences and set the “Financial Year Start”

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Andrew

Principal payments is the amount repayed of the principal for the period. There is a bug, (fixed for the next release), that still shows an amount for principal payments on the budget page even if Interest Only is selected.

You do not need to resize the left panel as doing so will not reveal any more information.

Regards

Philip…[Read more]

Hi Sam

Just to clarify, each user has access to free updates for 12 months from the date of their purchase.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Michael

To calculate rental yield you need to use the raw purchase price and rent figures.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi

The calculators are all available in the wizard.
If you’re having trouble accessing them, it may be the OS, could you let me know which operating system you are running ID on?

The depreciation figure is the amount by which the capital items can be depreciated for the year. This is the cost to the owner.

The amount of appreciation will be…[Read more]

Hi

You got the right forum [biggrin]

1. You can copy the budget figures to the actual page by selecting the budget page and then right clicking on the budget tab. Select the option to copy the figures and accept if you are sure you want to proceed. This will delete all existing actual figures and replace them with the current budget…[Read more]

Hi

The principal payments reduce the capital amount you ow on the property, so this goes to increasing your profitability.

Hope this helps

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Foston

Just download the new version and install.

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Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Steve

1.0.3 is now available from the download page.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective

Hi Francis

ID is written in a language called Delphi, (Object Pascal).

Win98 has very limited resources, unlike W2K and WXP. There are also other compatibility issues to consider when programming for older OS’s (W98 is 6 years old) and as W98 will be de-supported by M$ in the near future (30/06/2006), unfortunatly it is not a productive option…[Read more]

Hi

You’re absolutly right, there is no substitute for being informed and educated about your investing (or anything else). ID is designed to do math quickly and let you see several properties side by side and help with that gut feeling. If you have 50 properties to choose from, its a great way to weed out the good from the bad and concentrate…[Read more]

Hi Francis

Windows 2000 and XP are the only operating system currently supported by ID, although some users have reported sucessfully running ID on Win98.

During my testing, I have encountered too many reliability problems with Win98 to support this OS.

Regards

Philip Batey
JATPAC Designs

Author of Investment Detective