Thanks for replying Jamie and Shahin

as far as PPoR the theory of worst house best street is my primary focus ,as i am not too shabby with my hands and have alot of best mates in different trades in the building industry. 

The question i still ponder over every night is would it be better to just buy an investment first off ,as i am at home so little of the time with my roster in QLD , do i take advantage of this situation of living away most of the year to accumulate 1 or 2 investment properties,  then after a couple of years use the equity from those as well as the cash i am saving towards the PPoR in the suburb i would want to live in. 

then that opens the Interest only or principle and interest debate

to answer your Question Shahin i have $50 deposit saved so far ( and growing and growing as i take my time to plan my strategy)

what would you do in my position , i know you can never answer ones question for them but hearing how you would approach it may help me develop my strategy and to reach my goals. I always hear people say i wish i got into it when i was your age.

so how would you do it if you were 22 again ?

kind regards