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lookinginvest
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January 2, 2011 - 1:15 am
Hello All,
I'm still new to the investing game. I read some months ago an article in the Australia Property Investor (API).
The article was about Natalie Cook the Olympic gold medalist and it specifically spoke about and I quote "So rather than living in a home that she owns, Natalie now rents her PPOR".
It goes on further to say and i quote "My new strategy is to never buy the house that I live in," she says.
So my question is how would one achieve this? Would it be through an investor setting up a property investing company / trust and having that buy the house and then rent it from the trust or company? I would expect that certain legal tax structures which would be seen by the ATO as being acceptable would have to be setup.
I understand that I would need to seek legal and accounting advice.
I welcome advice from all who are a lot more experienced in the investing game and thank you for your time.
Jamie Moore
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January 2, 2011 - 1:43 am
Hi there
Welcome to the forum.
Maybe she's simply renting (as opposed to owning) the home she lives in? I have a few investor clients that do this – they rent where they want to live while owning multiple investment properties in other areas.
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Paullie
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January 2, 2011 - 1:44 am
I don't think thats what shes doing.
What she is doing, is buying property, renting them out and renting out another property to live in, a property not her own.
Wattoette
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January 2, 2011 - 7:45 am
Correct me if I am wrong but I have heard you can rent your PPOR as a property investor and the rent can be a tax deduction !! Can this please be confirmed.
I have also heard a lot of investors rent their PPOR as it is cheaper to rent in certain areas than buy and you can afford to live in a more prestigious house without the expense of maintaing this property. Not sure if it is a good idea or not, I guess it would come down to individual financial sitiuations.
Jamie Moore
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January 2, 2011 - 10:27 am
Wattoette wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but I have heard you can rent your PPOR as a property investor and the rent can be a tax deduction !! Can this please be confirmed.
Hi Wattoette, weclome to the forum. The answer to your question is no – it's not possible.
Wattoette wrote:
I have also heard a lot of investors rent their PPOR as it is cheaper to rent in certain areas than buy and you can afford to live in a more prestigious house without the expense of maintaing this property. Not sure if it is a good idea or not, I guess it would come down to individual financial sitiuations.
Yep, some do it. It's often a lifestyle choice – rent in the area you want to live in and invest elsewhere.
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eilatan28
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January 2, 2011 - 10:40 am
hi wattoette,
i read that same article, and i think it WAS about her now choosing to rent where she lives as apposed to having a massive mortgage herself. that way, she has a larger amount of money available to fund other investment properties. – a common strategy used by some if they are happy renting themselves.
for your other question – do you mean renting out part of your PPOR while you are still living in it yourself ?? or renting out the entire house to another party?? My understanding is that if you are still living there yourself and renting out a room then only a percentage of the interest on the loan is tax deductible. and i believe this scenario can get really messy come tax time ?? may be wrong, but we have done the second scenario ourselves – we rent out our entire PPOR while we choose to rent in another suburb. – The entire amount of interest charged is tax deductible, AND our PPOR remains CGT exempt while we continue to rent!! best of both worlds!!!
happy investing! hope that helps
JT7
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January 3, 2011 - 1:20 am
eilatan28 wrote:
but we have done the second scenario ourselves – we rent out our entire PPOR while we choose to rent in another suburb. – The entire amount of interest charged is tax deductible, AND our PPOR remains CGT exempt while we continue to rent!! best of both worlds!!!
happy investing! hope that helps
Hi Wattoette,
eilatan28 is on the money here.
We also use this strategy of renting out our PPOR and as eilatan28 correctly states the entire loss on that property is tax deductible. Our PPOR also remains CGT exempt for a period of 6 years. It’s a very useful strategy.
JT7
eilatan28
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January 3, 2011 - 7:31 am
thanks JT7 – i forgot to mention the 6 year thing!!
Wattoette
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January 4, 2011 - 1:15 pm
Thanks eilatan28 & JT7,
I thought I had read something along those lines but could not remember the exact way that it worked.
Cheers for the info