PropertyInvesting.com | Retire Guy | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/retire-guy/activity/ Activity feed for Retire Guy. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:50:25 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 9120778516a9d52b97d0eab4e17654d7 Retire Guy replied to the topic Credibilty of Promoters in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399221-credibilty-of-promoters/#post-4620012 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:38:34 +0000 Excellent!! Retirement is a dirty word!

]]> 4b18db3b497cd9b60f227d7673e71c7e Retire Guy replied to the topic Opinions on purchasing hotel apartments in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4400097-opinions-on-purchasing-hotel-apartments/#post-4625320 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:11:45 +0000 To give you a commercial property investor’s perspective on this….

If a sophisticated property investor (like a listed property trust or similar) were to acquire a hotel property, say a serviced apartment complex in a CBD, they would buy on a NET yield of around 8-9%, as this is reflective of the risk premium attached to tourism…[Read more]

]]> 1eef703e6c41483920d360dfe11a5df6 Retire Guy replied to the topic Credibilty of Promoters in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399221-credibilty-of-promoters/#post-4620010 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:03:35 +0000 Hi wealth4life,

If you are interested in retirement as an investment sector drop me a line and I will give you some angles you might be interested in.

Just to be clear – I have no interest in the sale of these properties! Just happy to share my knowledge on the sector…. ;-)

Richard

]]> 7879b416c76233d7ae8f60d27b9c7c33 Retire Guy replied to the topic do I invest into this in the forum Finance https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399381-do-i-invest-into-this/#post-4621126 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:55:08 +0000 Yeah, be careful with these types of retirement units. There is no established secondary market for them and they take ages to sell.

RE agents typically wont touch them because the low sale price means a low commission – why should they put they same effort into selling a $185k place as for a $300k place and get half the commission?

Also your…[Read more]

]]> f888c6fa93218a669f5fc72c2c6cce57 Retire Guy replied to the topic over 55 villa in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4400203-over-55-villa/#post-4625854 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:49:16 +0000 Hi Jan,

Be careful with “Over 55’s” complexes as an investment.

1. Villages like these are not typically “registered” retirement villages so confirm what structures are in place to restrict entry age.

2. Many villages have strict “owner-occupier” provisions, so check to make sure you can actually rent it out.

3. The performance of your unit as…[Read more]

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