If the loan is being used to build an investment property, you may find that you can also borrow the interest that would be payable whilst construction is taking place.  Talk to a mortgage broker to see if they can help you out with that.Matt.Bhttp://www.realestateinvestar.com.au/matthew

It sounds legal enough, but you might want to chat to a lawyer just to make sure, but two things immediately spring to mind.1.  Tax deductions – doing it the way you suggested you would obviously be able to claim interest, repairs, etc. on tax so that may make the proposal quite attractive depending on your circumstances, and that of your…[Read more]

I agree with the others – it doesn't have to be professionally cleaned but it sets the standard for the property to be returned at, and it gives you a receipt to prove that it was done.And on top of that it's tax deductible.Matt.Bhttp://www.realestateinvestar.com.au/matthew

I have used PriceFinder as part of Real Estate Investar membership, and it is really quite easy to use and learn.   The information provided is probably going to be the same as RP Data, but the way it is presented is extremely useful.  Through the use of Google Maps and Google street view, you can get a colour coded outline for an area showing re…[Read more]

This may have already been said in these forums, but a good way to find CF+ properties, and save a hell of a lot of leg work and time, is to use Real Estate Investar software.As I said, this may have been mentioned once or twice (I didn't troll through all 19 pages of this topic to find out), but the tools are incredibly powerful, and can…[Read more]

Snoop,From a purely unprofessional opinion, it sounds like a complicated way of doing things.What state you are in is going to be a big factor, as you may get absolutely murdered with stamp duty when exchanging the properties with each other, but at the end of the day you can still do it, as the properties seem to be in your individual names (thus…[Read more]

Yeah ok – i got it to work but clicking on Australia before the page had fully loaded.  Once it fully loads you are stuck in a You Tube loop….lolI can see the advantages of the website, but the downside is that you are just being redirected back to the main real estate sites to get your information.  I can see that it may cut down some time in t…[Read more]

Kaylah – http://www.philspropertydeals.com looks like an interesting site (at least from the youtube videos) but I'm unable to do anything on it except watch the videos.  Maybe it's just a glitch.I would like to find out if it is as useful as it first appears to be.  Going from the brief glimpse I saw, whilst it brings back results, it looks as if you a…[Read more]

Ipalad,The site is very accurate and yes I do use it myself.The research tool utilises PDS Live which is one of the other major players to rival RP Data.  So it's actually PDS data and tools that are provided in the package.The advantage of the website is that it's the only one that allows you to search for IP's specific to your own investment…[Read more]