I don't have tenants with kids.Our fence was deemed safe the first time the inspector came (because we have regularly maintained it without imposed laws)the inspector is from our suburb.he spent 25min inspecting the fence.i don't feel that I need a million laws to make me act as a responsible landlord/citizen. I'm quite happy to do it out of my…[Read more]

thanks for the replies.The main bathroom has a normal shower and normal bath.. So if anyone really wanted to not have to step into the bath for a shower they could use the main bathroom shower?i guess it doesn't make too much difference. we have considered an outdoor one but i think they cost a lot more.

thanks for the advice.duckster: we have tried patching the liner but it keeps getting more holes- it is just at the age that it is full of pin prick holes so patching is infeasible. we're not replacing the whole pool so wouldn't this clasify as repair? pool liners need replacing every 10-15 years..great article, tyron

Hi, my partner and I bought our first IP this year so we are going to have our tax done professionally this year. The agent that sold us the house recommended his own tax accountant and we had an initial appt with him which he didn't charge us anything for – but just spoke generally for about 15min. He has now given us a fee estimate after I…[Read more]

Issue solved – probation being shortened

Hi Todd,Personally I'd pay off your debt first starting with the highest rate (16.5%). But I'm no finance guru – to me it just seems like you'll get more bang for your buck by paying off that loan and therefore saving 16.5% – versus – if you put this money on a house instead you'd only be earning ~7-10%. So saving 16.5% seems better to m…[Read more]

Thanks Duckster that was really helpful. Now we're going to make the plunge and invest in real estate.

So is it worth trying specifically to find full renos? (This is in forest lake btw).

But don't you get much higher depreciation on new houses / reno's because you can only claim on fittings for up to 5-7 years?otherwise you just get the usual building depreciation??

Hi Everyone,I'm looking in the same area – forest lake/springfield lakes – which is better? i'm looking between the 400-500 mark.Cheers,Mel

Hi Richard,Thanks for the advice. We were going to set up our IP loan as variable interest only – but your comment does make sense about down the track when we upgrade our PPOR. How would you avoid this though? should we pay off both properties at the same time so that neither are paid off when we move to a bigger PPOR? Our PPOR is currently under…[Read more]