Peter,
I have been following your posts and reading your book with great interest particularly around property trusts to create cashflow from equity and thus enabling more equity to be created and more cashflow and so on.
You are gradually putting the jigsaw together for me about the cashflow solution.
This current thread and your last post appear…[Read more]

I have been trying to find out through another post of mine about any successes from people using mentoring courses or support systems such as offered by Jason Whitton or ESC as his business is called .It appears difficult to judge the results from any of theses people as no answers have come from anyone with first hand experience .
Good luck…[Read more]

Thanks for a great response everyone .Great info for further research into this idea.
Freedom Finder if you read again my no 2 strategy I have factored in the $150 k from elseware and covered the cost with my rent .Which will leave aprox $350 k equity in the deal .
So if I can extract a reasonable cashflow out of the equity will enable me to live…[Read more]

Thanks Calvin ,
I don’t think I would be a pioneer .I’m sure this has been done before. I’m just hoping to hear from someone who has done it.
Basically my concept is that creating equity is easy if you can cashflow it . and perhaps creating cashflow is easy if you can create equity.
eg borrow to create equity through improvement or building then…[Read more]

Hi Lucifer,
Probably depends on your definition of retired.
According to the Govt I’ve got a couple of decades to go but I haven’t had a real job since 1995.
I am interested to hear more about the mentoring you mentioned .

Cheers,
Greg

Thanks for your replies Kay &Wez.
Kay I am not talking about a private mentor though that could be an amazing situation if it was available.
If you read back through my posts I have named the companies I have in mind that I am aware of and I am asking what people think of their mentoring services and I am asking for responses from those who have…[Read more]

Thanks Terry ,
I dont recall seeing an actual figure for the margin loan in Peter’s book , however I was under the impression somehow from figures i saw somewhere that he was possibly doing it at 100%.
I dont see why I cant use the equity in this situation to make the development self funding.
You might have seen I have asked in other posts about…[Read more]

Thanks Wes and Trisha for your replies.
Your thoughts are very similar to mine.
There hasn’t been any replies of actual experience of using a mentor as I have asked.
Everyone seems to want to know what I expect of a mentor.
I have just done a detailed list of my expectations from a mentor but it disapeared in cyber space and now I’m short of time…[Read more]

Monopoly ,
I think there is a lot more to property investing than just property investing .It now appears to me that with the right mix of managed trusts and shares , covered calls etc that I could rapidly move ahead from where I am.
I am hoping to find someone who knows how to link all these in the correct balance of cashflow and capital growth…[Read more]

Maximus ,
You are correct.
There are many facets to investing .
I could just go it alone and hope I have covered all the bases or I could align myself with someone with far more experience so I have much more chance of getting the complete recipe .
I think a well run mentoring program will be able to provide information and support for the little…[Read more]

Thanks Kay,
I appreciate your opinion.
I do the same and am basically self taught my whole life and done OK.
There are some very experienced people running these companies and I know you can learn a lot from their courses and books .
However I expect you could learn a lot more still from direct involvement in a mentoring or support system rather…[Read more]

Hi Kay ,
I don’t see the problem.
I am not asking any of these companies to respond .
In fact I hope they don’t.
I want to hear from people who have used their systems not people who have been to their seminar and thought it was great.
If property Investing had a mentoring program I would think it prudent to ask for peoples experience of that…[Read more]

Thank you for your reply Yack.
However you misunderstand what I am asking.
I do not need to know how to start .
I already own several properties .
I am talking about paying for a serious Mentoring system from a proven performer to take my investing to a far higher level.There are many traps for the uninitiated and I think it is prudent to seek the…[Read more]

Do your homework very thoroughly on the values.
There are several levels of commissions on each sale.
Cheers
Greg

I basically agree with Westans method of calculation except for the 20 % deposit part .
I gather Steve Mcnight calculates his pos cashflow after 20% deposit as well.
I believe you must add into the equation the cost of your 20% deposit as well .
No matter where it comes from it either costs you money or doesnt earn you money somewhere else once…[Read more]

Chad ,
Nothing wrong with property .Got interested people but with low deposits available and banks blanket criteria on small properties is only about 60% LVR means I have to wait till I find a cashed up buyer or do part vendor finance.
holding cost plus possible extra cashflow from the bit I leave in makes me think it may be better to do…[Read more]

While of course I can’t check your figures you are certainly on the right track in terms of interpreting my thinking on the matter. You may like to check out http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16897
for additional comments I have made on this topic there.
Thanks Peter,
I have read the whole thread from beginning to end. Very…[Read more]

Thanks Peter,
I can’t find the thread by searching the number.
Is there another way or have I got the right number 16897.
Cheers,
Greg

Peter,
A question about holding costs.
I have been researching for some time now to work out who is best equipped to offer support in a mentoring role. I keep coming back to freeman fox.
Because of this I sent an e-mail and made a call to your support staff yesterday to clarify my thoughts about cashflow.
From the coversation yesterday I did some…[Read more]

Geo I only have one .someone made all that money years ago.