PropertyInvesting.com | ShootingBlanks | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/shootingblanks/activity/ Activity feed for ShootingBlanks. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:28:20 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 109a5dd47d58592e6e066da968025de2 ShootingBlanks replied to the topic 0 - 130 does not make you wealthy in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4368301-0-130-does-not-make-you-wealthy/#post-4430824 Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:13:25 +0000 I’m new to all this but this is what I think. It’s a lot easier to get positively geared property in Melbourne/Brisbane than it is in Sydney. You can drive 1 hours west/south/north of Sydney and the property prices are still over $500,000 (which is just ridiculous). You drive 1 hour away from Melbourne and you hit the country areas where in…[Read more]

]]> 21594a117e92c77afe3d3d746c7786a4 ShootingBlanks replied to the topic Negative Gearing - Interest as a tax deduction? in the forum The Treasure Chest https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4368286-negative-gearing-interest-as-a-tax-deduction/#post-4430717 Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:10:28 +0000 Thanks Simon. You are correct. Just spoke to a tax accountant. The book I read was misinformed (Your Investment Property (Anita Bell), page 2 – point 2)

]]> b4538295b17817813e7eee0e06df8455 ShootingBlanks replied to the topic First Home Owner/Investor in the forum The Treasure Chest https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4368279-first-home-ownerinvestor/#post-4430667 Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:03:12 +0000 Thanks all. I have spoken to the OSR and my solicitor now. Just to let you all know for future that you just have to move in within 12 months of settlement. Which I can do as my newly renewed lease will be finished by then.

For those who want to move in and then rent it out is another story. A minimum of 3 months will probably get you out of…[Read more]

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