Good points PJevans the more views to hear the better. This is how I see it from my research and stepping foot in TV. If you are after an established suburb I think you can’t beat Kirwan which is the biggest and probably the most popular suburb with families. Its out near Lavarack Barracks, the Uni, Hospital etc with many schools, large…[Read more]

Hey PJevans. I can’t specifically help you with the suburb of Hermit Park. Looks central with mater hospital, large shopping centres around and close to city. I don’t think you can go too wrong with Townvsville in general but it would pay to ring a few different agents in TV to make sure the suburb is not full of Dept of housing etc. It all…[Read more]

no worries I wil muck around with the profile set up later tonight. I was looking at augustine heights next to sprinfield in brisbane. massive infrastructure happening in sprinfield new train station 2013 etc etc etc but others will spear you toward mining towns and dismiss brisbane so little unsure as to what risk factor im looking at? also…[Read more]

Yeah, you can still lodge the intent to claim rebate with the QLD OSR by just signing a holding on the land I believe but you must have the full contracts submitted by end of August. The rent @townvsville would be $410-430 perhaps 450 with a larger 4 bed house in lieu of smaller invester style 4 bedder. If you need more advice on Townsville you…[Read more]

good point mjbluue with north shore each stage is a staggered released locked at max 28% investor per stage on initial purchase. usually the smaller lots are better for investor packages which sit alongside the larger owner occ dwellings. i looked at kirwan at willowbank estate a few lots left. close to willows shopping and central location but…[Read more]

SamAus 74 for your info i’m back from Townsville and liked very much what I saw. Bought a land lot in Stockland North Shore development and putting 4 bedder on it. all up @ $406 plus stamp duty for 214sq new dwelling on 500sq good placed lot @$419 with stamp but i wil bank the $10K qld rebate in my morgage instead. check out north shore site…[Read more]

Thanks for info on local issue about north shore. good to know. If thats the worst issue so far thats a good thing.

SamAUS74. Let me say I am certainly no expert invester or near. This will be my 1st IP on my own and I have been furiously locked to this computer driving myself mad trying to understand things. You are right to keep properties in different areas as I would like to buy 2 in townsville but would not take the risk. Thus looking at Augustine…[Read more]

Thanks for the post Anthea. It reaffirms my weeks of studying Townsville as a solid long term place to invest. I am from Sydney and would steer very clear of NSW and VIC as both States are broke, new GOV and private investment in bugger all and affordability is dire. With mining boom mark2 about to begin you will see the majority of this money…[Read more]

SamAus74. Well I have done a lot or research on this market now to the extent my finance broker says i have analysis paralysis. As a market itself it has no been designated qld’s 2nd capital city by the Governement with almost 200000K people and growing with 4K people every year. It is bigger than Darwin. What I really like about TV is that it…[Read more]

Hi there,

I’m completely new to this forum and property investment generally. I am interested in buying into a property max @$430 inc stamp duty in the Gladstone through Mackay, emerald area. Living in Sydney this money would be lucky to be a typically serious overpriced very old one bedder unit on the northern beaches with high annual strata…[Read more]