Using a professional package with a discount off the Standard VR the payment would come down to approximately $185/ week.
Whilst you stil have to cover the other costs if the property is in a good area and easily rented why not consider using the equity and purchasing a positive cash flow property. A bit of balance and diversification never did anyone any harm.
[]Thanks for that advice, It is a possibility I didn’t consider.[^]
Isn’t $125k over 25 yrs at 6.57% = $196 per week repayments. There are lower rates than this too.
With a good accountant he should be able to get you some tax deductions as well.
Wouldn’t this be positive, then.
[^]Sorry it has taken so long to get back a reply. The property is slightly -ve geared and when I posed the question I guess I was thinking along the lines of about 10% +ve gearing. A small reduction on the loan will bring it in to positive but only by about $6 a week. My question perhaps should have been do I try to get it more like $20 a week?[?][?]