PropertyInvesting.com | rob | Mentions https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/rob/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning rob. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:03:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 95c473909aed7a1f40b505d047a162a6 Colin Rice replied to the topic Other ways to get a deposit! in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5029311-other-ways-to-get-a-deposit/#post-5029341 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:29:54 +0000 @Rob H yes thats right and you can borrow 105% in order to cover all costs involved.

If you do have savings you now have the option of holding it back as a buffer in an offset account. This helps you pay less interest on the loan as it “offsets” the debt.

Many other benifits in addition to the one mentioned, if done right.

]]> 80e6905e9d2e085b70cfe434e2a47ca7 luvaul replied to the topic Depreciation of overseas property in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4386979-depreciation-of-overseas-property/#post-5023824 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:50:05 +0000 I looked high and low for either a US-based or an Australian-based firm that could produce ATO-compatible depreciation reports for my Texas properties. Washington Brown (Australian firm) was the only one I found. But I only used their reports for my ATO filings, not for my IRS filings in the US. For that I generated a depreciation schedule…[Read more]

]]> 335613c3ad4b986b9cf116132daaeb57 DeanCollins replied to the topic Expat buying an apartment in Melbourne in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5022423-expat-buying-an-apartment-in-melbourne/#post-5022486 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:04:08 +0000 @Terryw but that only matters if he is planning on selling.

@Rob, just buy it in your own name, yes you don’t get 50% cgt BUT you will get a pro-rata based on how long you live in it yourself eg if you buy and then move there in 10 years AND live another 20 then you will get 2/3rd of the 50% CGT
(lol that’s IF and its a big IF the 50% CGT is in…[Read more]

]]> 0cf38e4fbc1f1a9259a294cb26fd72f1 DeanCollins replied to the topic Expat buying an apartment in Melbourne in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/5022423-expat-buying-an-apartment-in-melbourne/#post-5022486 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:04:08 +0000 @Terryw but that only matters if he is planning on selling.

@Rob, just buy it in your own name, yes you don’t get 50% cgt BUT you will get a pro-rata based on how long you live in it yourself eg if you buy and then move there in 10 years AND live another 20 then you will get 2/3rd of the 50% CGT
(lol that’s IF and its a big IF the 50% CGT is in…[Read more]

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