It may be difficult to get the block now, but if you all stick together you can make it hard for the developers. I myself rescinded a contract for a unit I purchased off the plan after the sunset clause had expried (didn’t go up in value enough), and the developer could not do anything about it – they had to send back my deposit bond.

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Yeah, stamp duty and CGT would be payable, and probably legal fees. It may be better to just leave them as is and buy any future properties in a trust.

If you a sued, the assets held in Trust are usually untouchable – as they are not your assets. The ATO is looking as various schemes related to trusts such as the refinancing princple (where you can claim deductions for things that are usually not dedcutible) and renting your home from a unit trust that you are trustee of. In general, I don;t think they have any problems with Trusts.

If your trust income goes into negative, then this is quarrantined in the trust to be offset against future income, ie you cannot distribute a loss. Hybrid trusts can get around this.

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Say each property returned $2000 pa after expenses (or $38 pw). then you would need 50 of these properties to get $100,000 pa income.

You shouldn’t have to worry about future inflation etc as the rents will hopefully keep rising, so just calculate in todays figures – as Yack suggested.

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The University of Western Sydney also used to run short courses on this subject.

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Probably nothing as you are not running a business from the house. You may be able to claim a portion of the heating and lighting etc. please check with an accountant as the ATO has been tightening up on this area recently.

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Some banks will take valuation price for LMI calculation purposes. One of my clients was able to get a 95% loan with no mortgage insurance because the property valued at about 20% more than pp.

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There is still plenty of cheap stuff around in Sydney. You can get units in Campbelltown for $150,000.

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There’s not much he can do really. If he hasn’t got much of a deposit, then he won’t be able to get a loan. he will need at least 10% (plus costs) for a low doc loan (with a very high rate). I would suggest vendor finance.

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It should make a difference on deductibility of interest if you go as your broker suggested (If I have read you posts correctly). As Simon said, if you withdraw equity from you IP, you won’t be able to claim this extra interest as it is for domestic purposes.

It may be a good idea to rent for 6 months anyway. Since your from out of town, it would be good to get to know the area.

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Found it. please have a look at
http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?locid='CGD/TD51/NAT/ATO‘

CGT Determination Number 51
Capital Gains: What factors are taken into account in determining whether or not a dwelling is a taxpayer’s sole or principal residence?

1. Whether a dwelling is a taxpayer’s sole or principal residence is an issue which depends on the facts in each case.

2. Some relevant factors may include, but are not limited to:

(i)
the length of time the taxpayer has lived in the dwelling
(ii)
the place of residence of the taxpayer’s family
(iii)
whether the taxpayer has moved his or her personal belongings into the dwelling
(iv)
the address to which the taxpayer has his or her mail delivered
(v)
the taxpayer’s address on the Electoral Roll
(vi)
the connection of services such as telephone, gas and electricity
(vii)
the taxpayer’s intention in occupying the dwelling
The relevance and weight to be given to each of these or other factors will depend upon the circumstances of each particular case.
3. Mere intention to construct a dwelling or to occupy a dwelling as a sole or principal residence, but without actually doing so, is insufficient to obtain the exemption.

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