How have you used redraw, eg if you deposited your salary and then withdrew to pay expenses you might have very little of the loan that the interest would be tax deductible on, as most of the current loan would have been contaminated by redraawing for other purposes than earning assessableincome.
So as a corollary you cannot make more of your interest tax deductible by redrawing, nor can you by increasing the loan unless the increase is used for invrstment purposes.
The issue is not what the security for the loan is, the issue is what has the loan been used for.
do they hold 50% each directly or through a structure such as a trust or a company? the transfer would be a capital gains event, stamp duty would normally be payable, how us any depreciated plant to be treated, is the asset an active business asset for capital gains tax.
Look at your insurance, but unfortunately subsidence and movement except as a result of earthquake is not normally covered by insurance. Depending on the age of the building it might be s claim against the builder.
You can redraw, but the interest on the amount redrawn will not be tax deductible and any repayments of principal will go both to the investment portion of the loan and the amount redrawn for the car.
If current net profit is $100,000 is the rent to come out of that. If you mortgage the motel and use the cash to buy a unit to live in, the interest on the mortgage will not be tax deductible. Have you talked to Tony Neyle of statewide motel brokers. You are going to have to consider in the lease about who will pay for improvements to the units as after 30 years they are going to be outdated.
Just remember that because you have just purchased the property anything you do will generally not be deductible as repairs but will need to be written off over time as they willbe classed as initial repairs.
There are other ways that it could be dealt with eg making banks change their risk ratings on investment loans. The problem with these other methods is that you can have a credit squeeze which will affect sound operators too.
Back in the 80s and early 90s the banks did charge a higher rate on investment loans than on owner occupied housing.
Why separate the property from the other assets of the SMSF? You’re paying cash and the other assets in the fund shouldn’t be risky enough to jeopardise the property