Hi Richard,There's not too many details I can send you at this stage. Rather than spending time on this now, I'll email you in the next month or so when I have enough details to advance further.Many thanks and regards,Chris.

Hi Richard,Thanks again for your quick response.This was a cooperative development project, with cost shared evenly and profits (lots) distributed at the end of the project. We are still waiting for all the costs to come in before calculating final purchase prices.Assuming you would be interested in helping us with this, would you please advise a…[Read more]

Hi Richard,Thank you very much for your quick response. Please find additional details below:What is the Contract purchase price.The contract purchase price is yet to be finalised however is expected to be approx $170,000 per lot ($340,000 total).What do you need to borrow.Approx $100,000 per lot ($200,000 total).Where are the Lots, zoning, size…[Read more]

Gday All,

I’ve emailed the spreadsheet to all addresses above this post. Anyone else that’s interested can download the spreadsheet from:

http://www.fastcontrols.com/pi/Regional_Populations_WA.xls

The spreadsheet shows population numbers and growth in all 10k+ WA towns over the last decade.

An interesting observation is the towns with…[Read more]

Gday Barry,

I’ve produced a spreadsheet showing population numbers and growth in all 10k+ WA towns. Post your email address and I’ll send it to you, unfortunately tables don’t post well on this forum.

Over the past decade Geraldton shows a -0.5% p.a. population growth although a rise is forecast through to 2016. I think it is probably one of the…[Read more]

Hi Peter, thanks again for your posts.

To summarise:
• Towns with fluctuating or declining populations present advantages, predominantly higher returns and a greater number of investment opportunities.
• The risks of reduced rental income, vacancies and depreciation are also higher.

As you point out some of these risks could be reduced by inv…[Read more]

Thanks for your detailed reply peterp.

My preliminary investigations into Kalgoorlie indicate that there are potential CF+ investment properties available!

Kalgoorlie’s negative population growth is the only thing making me hesitate. The average population growth over the last 10 years is +1%, however population growth only increased early in…[Read more]