Hi Jacob,

Check out the buy, swap & sell section of the forum
https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/community/buy-swap-sell/
Seems to be a few copies floating around out there for sale, but couldn’t tell you if they’ve already been bought or not.

Some further topics that I would want to read:

– How to assess landlord insurance

– Property mobile app of the month (something different than just your run-of-the mill apps).

– Where the Federal and State infrastructure $ are going

And just in general be clear on downside risks in all of your articles. I think property successes gets trumped far too much, and it would be good to read about people who are burnt and lessons learned.

If you have mortgaged IPs held under your name I can only assume that when you die your bank will sell them rather than allow you to give them to somebody in your Will. My logic is that they don’t know the credit history of whoever your beneficiaries so why would they allow the mortgage owners to change name (?)

Therefore I imagine this would be a good reason for IPs under a Trust, if your intention was that your portfolio continues to grow, acheive capital gains, and rental cashflow for your family even when you pass away.

Any other thoughts on this?

I would go with JacM's advice about doing it yourself and bumping up the rent & claiming depreciation.

I was considering it the other day in fact. An electrician told me to go with the dual light/fan combo with a remote control…the remote control means they would not need to install an extra earth wire, therefore install costs are substantially cheaper, and the fans don't really cost that much more for this option.

The tenant gets the added advantage of being able to turn the fan on/off from bed. Just ensure the remote holding bracket is fixed to the wall so there's a place for it rather than just getting lost.

For this he quoted $60 for the install plus $20 if a wood beam had to be installed for support. So at most $80 per fan (Western Sydney)