Steven, Can’t you see the obvious here?

No

1. It’s possible
2. Perhaps
3. No

My suggestion is to seek legal advice!
Sorry I don’t take calls.

Yes

Why would you want to invest in mudgee?

I guess these are new properties?

Consider then if you are required to be registered

What conference?

What conference?

It might be smart for you to uses them as you could borrow 104% potentially.
Whether it is smart for them is another question.

Are you registered or required to be registered for gst and conducting an enterprise?

Are you registered or required to be registered for get and conducting an enterprise?

Depends on the situation but yes stamp duty can form part of the costbase.

Stamp duty and cgt would be triggered unless done via a will.

I am a Sydney based solicitor – what exactly do you need?

This is something you need specific legal advice on.

A unit trust may be a good structure, but the trustees could also just buy as tenants in common – should always be a company trustee for SMSF I think.

Also consider having the SMSF borrow to acquire the property as once it is purchased it cannot be leveraged or mortgaged in the future.

A trustee can give a guarantee for another trust, if the deed permits. But a lender will nearly always require a personal guarantee from a human person.

Whats your security?
How do you get your money out again?

Are you based in Australia?

You can just look at the law itself. It is pretty clear.
See s110-25 ITAA97
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/itaa1997240/s110.25.html
Look at the 4th element

no mention of the word “major”