Sonja,

Can you turn a 2bdrm into a 3 bedroom incorpaorating the 1 bedroom. Resulting a 3bd and a 2bd in the army flats. Cheers Len

Maybe Rob,the WOW factor is in the decor—-Do you remember the cafe furniture in “A Clockwork Orange” the movie.

Andrew, check out “mortgage registration “thru your search engine.

Cheers Len

Answers or replies in order of receipt,ie latest first, directly under original post would be beneficial.

Len

Hi shorter,

Try seeing if there is a co-op in town or a self-help group who have work for the dole employees?
We got a reasonable deal from a community development employment scheme. 3 bdrms, hall, and 6m*4m lounge, all ceilings and walls for $1500.

Cheers for now Len

Geez Loueeze,We seem to have a few interested parties to meet together .Nibody willing to bite the bullet,so maybe give it a go. I am in Beverly Hills and can travel to anywhere in Sydney. Any suggestions from anyone and we’ll try for a most convenient place, and time.

Cheers Len

Hi Andrew and Learning Guy,

I have often thought of a regular meeting of like-interested bodies to just kick around their ideas and use each other as a sounding board.If you or any one else thinks this is a good idea I am also in Sydney area and could meet one evening. Matbe try Southern Conveyancing on 95997500 for quote on Legals and “Stamp…[Read more]

Personally, me , myself, that is !!!!! I think Terryw and The Mortgage Advisor are secretly married—to each other— Seriously can you two or do you two ever agree on anything LOL

Cheers for now Len

Moree does ( supposedly) have an aboriginal problem but there are so many other areas with the same “problem”. It does depend on who you talk to and what areas you may buy into in these towns.
Best to go see for yourself and be your own judge.

BTW where abouts are you, Carlyle81.
Please email direct if you like –I do have some further info that…[Read more]

Hi Rye23,
We have LL insurance thru CGU via ANZ bank and receive the first 15 months cover for 12 months premium. ie: 3 months free cover after the 12 month period.

Cheers Len

Hi ProertyAngel

With the short term solution advice I am a little light on however if ther is some way you can either stay the debt of rent on the properties and suggest that the tenants pay thru Centrelink. then those on benefits can pay their rent direct to you from Centrelink and not even be a direct transfer from their bank. Simply,…[Read more]

Hi ArthurK,

I have found that a visit to the town where you are going to buy, is the best solution and therefore I wonder why you are looking interstate or too far away. I live in Sydney and buy within a radius of about 6hrs drive . The trip home on a Sunday after renovation work is a real crock but easy to get to in a rental emergency and have…[Read more]

Just a question—Isn’t stove ,carpet , hot water service, things that are in an unfurnished hiuse–do they not form part of landlords contents ???Cheers Len

Hi Hector,
My experience is limited and I believe the net is purely a means of finding out abotu cost etc in the area you want to go. As an example I have been looking since early March and have found 7 properties but, all the net was good for, was to give me a guide. The town that we bought the first property in has 8 Real Estae Agent and only…[Read more]

Greetings All,
As this is my first post/reply I would request that you all be gentle with me . We have a Negative geared property in Sydney which we are now keeping for the potential capital gains. And we have purchased 3 +ve properties in country areas which we have financed I/O . This way was chosen because we are now require to paying the least…[Read more]