As Mel wisely pointed out you will need to ensure that this is your best option beofre yo utake it.

Perhaps there is a mortgage out there that will allow you to purchase the property on your own.

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Hey Monopoly,

Congrats from me too!

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Stephen,

I imagine there would be few people that would claim to be perfect as far as respecting copyright goes.

But to go on an author’s own forum and seek someone to help rip him off takes a special breed of person.

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Consider ANZ – they will allow you to borrow up to 95% (depending on postcode) and also borrow the LMI. This will leave you with more of your deposit which may come in handy with the reno!

Have fun.

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Be aware that you may be considering committing fraud against the commonwealth.

You may need to get legal advice here.

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I think savings are essential to get to step one. After that I agree with Rob and feel that any more than an emergency slush fund in the bank is not working for you unless of course you are deliberately timing the market and choose cash as a vehicle.

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Don’t let the lenders take security over more than they need to! Of course they are happy to do this – it probably even means they get to refinance the PPOR too.

The way I structure my new IP loans is to pull a 20% deposit plus costs from another property. I use a split so it is clear where everything comes from.

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I personally would include the cost of the deposit. You could have a deposit ranging up to 99% of the property value and in this case anything becomes +ve.

If you have a PPOR loan then I would counsel against using anything less than a 105% loan for any IP.

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What prompted this?

What a bizarre concept that you believe 90% of the contributors here are retired public servants.

I would lock this thread except for one glimmer of useful discussion – that being timing as when to enter the market.

How about we be a little less emotive and ridiculous in our claims folks [biggrin]

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Traci-Lee,

This is fine. Yo uneed to ensure that it is listed as a split on your statement. If it is all one loan then you will need to pay down the whole loan, including both “borrowings” at the same rate.

A split is the best way to do it and your bank will set it up for you.

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I am reading about Stalingrad – is actually quite an interesting book.

I can get the authors details if anyone is interested.

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Maybe this is related to the High Court decision on split loans – what does everyone else think?

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– 66 B of the B
6 – 52 C in a P (WJs)
9 – 39 B of the O T
28 – 23 P of C in the H B
29 – 64 S on a C B
30 – 9 P in S A
31 – 6 B to an O in C
33 – 15 M on a D M C

Would be:

66 books of the bilble
52 cards in a pack without jokers
39 books of the old testament

64 squares on a chessboard
9 p ( another word for state I guess) in South Africa
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I got it immediately….. does that make me a dummy?

It had taken Dr. Duke well over a year himself, and he would always explain that the smarter you were, the longer it took to figure it out.

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Full LODOC/NODOC are available from 6.85%.

Sapphire are pretty cool but remember they are fully securitised loans.

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I would pay it into my PPOR and redraw it for the pergola. Ensure it is shown on a split.

Or use a LOC if you prefer.

As always seek advice from a professional.

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Yes I think this is what you are doing. The entire loan will be deductible. You can also borrow all costs too and not incur LMI on the new loan.

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No, But I have it open on my screen all day.

Is that what you are asking?

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If you come into IPCHAT make sure you say hello to me!

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It is called a split. Whereas it is one loan the bank will seperate it on a statement to show Split 1, Split 2 etc. These can all relate to different loans and even to personal borrowings to make things easier at tax time.

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