Who was promoting this idea Rebecca?

It might be OK in a strongly rising market – I would be loathe to suggest it otherwise.

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Even if the tree is not on your property?

Think he meant near his building instead of property – is this correct?

Otherwise if it is not on your property you may well be breaking a law by removing it yourself.

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Seems that much of the above advice is opinion. You are the one that takes responsibility for your tax return – not well meaning strangers [biggrin]

I suggest you contact the ATO or an accountant and check that it is not of a capital nature.

Would be great if you could let us know.

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If I refinance the T/H and take the money out and put it in a offest against the new PPOR does that makes the new interest on T/H tax deducitble or not ?

This wont be deductible. because in this case, the purpose of the loan will be to put funds into your PPOR.

This is why a change of ownership with a whole new loan needs to be considered.

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Transfer the townhouse into another name – a spouse or a trust. Take a 110% loan out against it and place the funds (after costs) into an offset account on your current PPOR.

There are stamp duty issues with this. Full stamp duty (at SA Govt exhorbitant rates) may be payable.

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I must admit that looking back I have regretted the sale of every property I sold…

Tax wise you are in the wrong position with your debt against your PPOR.

Here is one idea.

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Mt Isa is good for cashflow but it’s future is linked to one industry – I wouldn’t be too keen on it for a CG prospect. Is also not so popular with the banks.

Blue Knob is a place I have never heard of.

But Nimbin is certainly in a nice part of Australia – long time since I was there tho.

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I think the only way you would be able to get a loan is by using a NODOC loan. You need a 35% deposit for one of these. Can you pull a large enough deposit from your farm loan?

Perhaps you need to reconsider whether this is the right track – $4000 plus a disability pension is a very small household income and must make it hard to even meet the…[Read more]

For this to be of any value could you list the reasons why you like those places?

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I think you will find that depreciation starts overagain when the property is sold. Not at original value but rather at curent market value.

A Quantity Surveyor will help here.

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Contact me if I can help.

Good idea to start looking early – Is impossible to find anything good at the start of the uni year – come a few weeks early.

What course are you doing?

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I have never felt poor – even when I had no money.

Poor is a decision to choose a state of mind.

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I think it may be deductible if the landlord is refurbishing it back to it’s original condition between tenants – as long as it is AVAILABLE to rent it wont be an issue how long it stays empty.

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Thats because Wizard products can be quite inflexible.

You need to speak to a good broker as you suggested.

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I would need a lot more info to help.

Have you a deposit? How long has this been saved over?

What rent would the properties get pw?

Do you have dependents?

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Use the location wizard on http://www.pmigroup.com.au

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Is easy. You need to apply for a home loan and have a solicitor change the title.

No need to use a real estate agent.

You can go direct to a bank or use a mortgage broker to find you the best deal.

All the best,

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Check out the deferred establishment fees or penalties for early payment.

Most mainstream lenders pay for the valuation or it is part of the application fee. I doubt you would save by sourcing the valuation yourself.

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Will you live in the new place or rent it out?

What rent would it achieve?

You are only really sitting at the minimum amount of equity required here.

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Please get in touch with a good broker. They have access to way more products than any single lender.

Cheers and good luck,

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