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    HK copying Steve McKnight, please….They’re
    both copying Robert Allen in creating their
    respective challenges and RA probably copied
    the idea from someone else.

    There’s not too many new ideas under the sun.

    Lets be careful not to turn this forum into the
    “Temple of Steve”, he’s a switched on bloke for
    sure but nobody has all the answers.

    andy

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    You’ll need to get permission from the vendor
    to access the property before settlement, it’s
    not a given that they’ll grant this, personally
    I wouldn’t let the purchaser onto the property
    unsupervised before settlement.

    andy

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    I’m fscked if I can remember where but
    there was a post going around about a
    year ago (not on PI.com) which was titled
    something like “top 10 things to increase
    the value of your IP.”

    On the list were things like:
    – replace powerpoint covers and switches,
    these cost a few bucks each and make it
    look like the house has been rewired
    – replace internal door handles with
    shiny new ones.
    – obviously, coat of paint is good bang
    for buck.

    Can’t remember the rest but if anyone
    has a link I’d appreciate it.

    andy

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    It’s really easy to lodge a null BAS statement
    with the ATO, you can do it over the phone.

    andy

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    ssh Kirby, don’t tell everyone about MP…

    We don’t want all these forumits stomping
    all over our suburb every weekend…

    [:)]

    andy

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    Olorin, during those sideways years less investors
    enter the markets and as rates rise some are
    forced to sell, these contribute to rising rents.

    The yield improves to a point where property looks
    attractive again and we have another boom.

    So a bust is (somewhat) good news to those who are
    in the market because it signifies that there will
    be bargains in the future and yields will improve.

    andy

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    PB, you’ve just described Kensington, it’s close
    to the CBD, has the yuppie ammenities, and is
    predominately older style housing.

    You should be able to get in there for the dough
    that you’ve got.

    Otherwise look to Brunswick/Fitzroy, but be careful
    not to buy too close to the commission in Fitzroy.

    andy

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    The catch is that it may be hard (read very hard)
    to arrange finance for this sort of investment.

    Banks have a problem with small spaces and also
    you’ll be borrowing on commercial terms.

    andy

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    Sorry to be a negative nancy but some tough love
    is called for here…Before your friends go into
    any more debt (even good debt) they need to
    reevaluate their attitudes towards money and saving.

    I realise that they are paying rent but yields
    in Sydney are so low that they will have to fork
    out significantly more to get into their own home.

    I feel a mortgagee in possession auction coming in
    the future…I won’t say they can’t do it, just
    that there are other steps which should be
    accomplished first.

    andy

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    Get copies of the leases and your questions
    will be answered, even the month-to-month
    tenants must have had a lease at some point.

    Generally with commercial the outgoings have
    been paid by the tenants but that not a rule,
    it depends on the lease.

    Victorian law recently changed so that you
    can’t pass land tax bills on to retailers unless
    they are a public company. Stupid meddling
    government just forcing people to put the rents
    up more to recoup their costs.

    Don’t sign anything until you have read the
    lease agreements, otherwise how will you know
    what you’re getting into.

    andy

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    I refinanced with Member’s Equity (I highly
    recommend them BTW) within 9 months, they
    refunded 30% of the LMI that I’d paid.

    It was better than nothing I suppose.

    In Victoria Mortgage stamp duty is only payable
    on the difference between the old loan and the
    new amount, unless the borrowers are different.

    In my case my partner was added to the loan so
    we had to pay the whole MSD again.

    andy

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    Maybe your super fund could invest in a
    unit trust which borrows to buy the
    property using the super fund’s money as
    the deposit.

    Talk to your accountant, there must be a
    way.

    andy

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    Like all things in life, if it’s worth having
    you have to work for it. That doesn’t
    necessarily mean get a job.

    It means that everyone here is sacrificing
    something, time, new cars, eating out, etc,
    in order to get what they really want out of
    life.

    andy

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    The trick to dealing with trolls on a
    forum like this is for the administrator
    to have a setting which makes the pest’s
    posts viewable by the pest only.

    That way they don’t just register again
    and come back because they never know
    that they have been banned.

    To them it looks like they’re being ignored.

    andy

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    When you have 130 properties to manage it
    is probably cheaper to pay someone full
    time to take care of them.

    Think about it, 130 * 100pw = 13,000.

    $13K at 7% is 910 pw which you could pay
    a manager to give your properties
    undivided attention.

    Additionally, find someone who is also
    handy and you’ve got your maintenance in
    the package.

    Also, the rents now come directly to you,
    if the rent is paid fortnightly, you get
    it fortnightly instead of waiting for the
    agency to do their monthly accounts.

    andy

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    I would call a “Cash paid for cars” ad from
    the local paper. Why should ratepayers pick
    up the tab? Or the body corporate for that
    matter?

    It’s obviously abandoned so recycle it I say.

    andy

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    Start by saving a deposit, even a car space
    will set you back $30-45K (from what I’ve
    read.)

    A car space will be a pure cashflow play I
    would think, so you just have to do the
    numbers.

    Gross yield – management – taxes – interest
    has to be enough to give you a positive
    cash flow worth your time. Otherwise find
    somewhere else to invest.

    andy

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    You may do better in shares in the short term.
    I think that the forum is mostly in agreement
    that the boom is near the peak.

    Watch the flood of money hit the sharemarket
    once broader sentiment has changed.

    I’m putting excess cashflow into the sharemarket.

    andy

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    I disagree, a bust sooner would be better.
    Cheaper property prices and higher rents.

    I guess I’m biased as my rates are fixed
    so a rise in interest rates won’t affect
    me for quite a while.

    andy

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    Alternatively, buy you new home within a trust.
    The interest will be tax deductable although
    you’ll have to pay market rent to your trust
    for the deductability to stand up.

    Also you’ll lose CGT exempt status but if you
    plan never to sell, or to move and turn the
    new property into an IP in the future then
    this disadvantage is reduced.

    andy

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