Does the accountant need to be in Albury, or will any accountant from NSW do? Also are all properties in Albury or are some on the Wodonga (Vic) side of the fence?

I have seen rentvesting work particularly well when you rent in a share house with 3-4 others. Had a number of friends do this to get their first IP. If you’re splitting a nice place in an (expensive) inner city location with a few others, and buy a property elsewhere to lease out the numbers often add up nicely.

However not sure if it works as…[Read more]

I would suggest it depends on your time horizon and the quality of the property/location over the long run. Warren Buffett is fond of saying he looks for a great company at a fair price rather than a fair company at a great price. Then hang on forever. If that’s a good enough strategy to make $80 billion, then there’s probably some truth in it for…[Read more]

If there is clearly a “Greed Button” being pushed by the seller then buyer beware!

That is great advice!

If there is clearly a “Greed Button” being pushed by the seller then buyer beware!

That is great advice!

If there is clearly a “Greed Button” being pushed by the seller then buyer beware!

That is great advice,

Hi Ethan

What do you use to run the numbers, have you built your own spreadsheet or use a program?

Thanks
Brett

Looks like we’ve got a mystery to solve Scoob

Hi All, still learning the terminology here – what’s a DA?

Thanks guys. I found one that does the combined Cert 4 and diploma. Appreciate the assistance.

Thanks very much for the feedback. Looks like I need to understand the mentor process a little better.

As for mortgage broking courses, looks like they’re all more or less the same.

Finance institute: $695. http://www.financeinstitute.com.au/mortgageconsultant.html
Kaplan: $585.…[Read more]

Thanks Terry, I’ll check it out.