If you were selling property to me wouldn't you be encouraging as well?

Property developer pays hefty commission to people who can move their property >> Marketer or promoter does everything possible to disguise that they are actually selling property >> Poor retail investor pays over the mark for property in whatever location the developer built the property.

Now your example might be different… Sad reality is that a lot of property is sold this way however.

2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 garage.

No easy answer to what people prefer, would need to narrow that question down a little. 'Depends' would be a good answer I think. If you are thinking of renovating then it would be a good idea to connect with people who do that, the Brisbane property networking group might be a good place to start.

For early 300's then I think entry level 2+1(or 2)+1 older units in good blocks and locations in this 5-6k from the CBD range and very run down condition would be good targets. Idea being you cosmetically renovate to add value and yield, perhaps look for a twist such as fully furnished if you need higher rents.

I'm interested in data.

For Brisbane there isn't much around from the early 1800's Areas I have researched have information about the original subdivisions of larger blocks, going rate was around 1 pound per acre in the 1850's, 1860's, can track these values through to modern day land sales and look at the compound growth.

Interesting exercise, not sure how practical it is for making money but it's fun to do.

Probably a good a place as any for doing your own independent research would be: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ where you can browse the Sydney Gazette from 1803 and have a lot of fun!

Multi century studies are around the net from other countries such as Holland and Norway.

There's quite a bit of choice under 400k in the Gold Coast – Brisbane corridor, healthy yields as well.

Profile might be newer 3-4 bedroom brick house on a decent sized block of land, can get plenty brand new for 400k and well under if that's a consideration, all comes back to your criteria and goals.

Don't start cold. Go knock on a few doors and have a chat with the principal, offer to buy them a coffee if they are busy and demonstrate your product/service, offer to supply for free for a trial period.

No definitive answer but if you are a small business and trying to bootstrap your way up with a small marketing budget then the value of a personal connection is many multiples of paid advertising.

Last month was busy for me, reports around that it's been the best month of the last 7 for various parts of the industry, hard to spot trends till they are well established and likely it's just catch up from a slow period. Interesting none the less.

Hi Saqib,

Best advice I can think for you at the moment is to go seeking knowledge rather than asking for specific directions, you have many choices.

Beware of marketing companies that take money from developers for selling their property whilst dressed up as buyer helpers.

Also you are talking a mix of lifestyle (you will live there) and investing decisions here, so nobody but yourself will be able to answer the really important questions about what might be good to buy, where and when.

I don't want to be too specific and cross over into the area of advice but I would raise two points.

1) Small block
2) Lots of money

Do plenty of homework into the property and who is marketing it:)

Start by plugging different price ranges into realestate.com and seeing what pops up, nothing wrong with the two areas you mention, just beware of who is selling the property and where the money trail leads.

For North Lakes I look at suburbs surrounding here, just look on google maps and plug ideas into realestate.com.au and see what's available.

350k can get you a large well designed 4+2+2 brick house under 10yrs old in good condition on land 600m+ renting 360-370 in areas not too far from NL and Mango Hill, also there are oceans of cheaper established houses and plenty of cow paddocks still to be developed, the really broad acre stuff (think Stockland) might be land banked already but there's still plenty of land around.

Everything makes sense at the right price, your property might be great and selling at a bargain price, just some general thoughts to add to the mix.

That's an amazing figure 8-15%!