I would like to start when I'm 20-21, although I'm not sure if i could get finance without a guarantor as I would still be attending uni studying Commerce and completing a accounting cadetship simultaneously. Most probably 22, starting small and finding a positive cash flow property and then repeating a few times. When I'm more experienced I would…[Read more]

How old are you? I'm currently 17 and its good to see young people like myself all so motivated about setting themselves up for the future ! 

To the op, i think it would be good for the next 2-3 yrs to just do as much research as possible, knowledge is power. You will be more confident and additionally have a bigger deposit to use.

Thank you for clarifying.

With you example, wouldn't it be better to just continue to hold it due to the high exit costs and just move on to the next property with the equity made?

Well when buying a property which is negatively geared, i would like to renovate it so i can also manufacture some additional equity into it as well. 

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That's what i mean, the tone here to me seems that you shouldn't negative gear as you're losing money etc but how else would you access those properties with higher potential rates of CG?  I'm no where near having an IP strategy, I'm only 17 lol. I just want to get a head start in my investment knowledge for later on. 

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Thank you, greatly appreciated

How would one have a positive geared property within 10km from the Sydney CBD for example? Don't inner city suburbs offer good growth prospects? Most properties i have looked at on realestate.com for example would be ( not 100% sure) negatively geared. I'm new here, so its a learning process for me. 

I know this is a bit of a thread dig but would it be possible if you could send me the article Qlds007? My email is daniel_vk1985@hotmail.com

Cheers,
Daniel