Asabove,
hopefully you are not in this situation, but from what I have been told the child support agency will look at an investment property a dad has and takes the view that the rent received is your income, without taking into account the loan you have on the property.

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If your gross return on the investment was 1100% then the figures would look something like this:

$55,000 X 2 = $110,000 times 1100% = $1,210,000

but based on your figures of $18k gross profit the figures are $18,000/$110,000 *100 = 16.36% gross profit. Net profit is $11k/$110k = 10%.

Well done anyway!

Clones,

my last comments should not be seen as advice. Just a personal opinion from an observer who digs holes for a living.

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Clones,

There is more than enough evidence out there that residential property prices (especially Sydney) are still correcting.

It is going to be some time before we see a general rise in the Sydney area, although there will be opportunities that arise in the interim.

Personally I am keeping my powder dry and keeping watch.

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