Couldn't have said it better myself – nice one Steve

In answer to the question…

Not inspired by people that sit around whining "I wish I could do this or be that" without doing things towards figuring out how, and then getting on with it.  Nothing better than seeing someone decide "I'm doing this, and I will learn more things about it each day, and take the steps I can at the appropriate time towards the goal, until it's done.  Don't know entirely right know how I will get there, but come hell or high water, I will make it happen!"

Pleasure

Run a mile.  I have never once had need to meet my broker and yet have done a bunch of very successful purchases through him in just one year.  There is no need whatsoever for your broker to meet with you.  Everything can all be done via phone and email.  If he is insisting on meeting with you I'd be wary that something is up.  If he witholding any information at all, I would also be very wary.  With people you involve in a large financial transaction, you need to be completely certain they are trustworthy and doing the right thing by you.  This person sounds like he is not.  Ditch him.

When you decide you are going to do something and you remind yourself each day (eg with goal written on fridge), it eventually becomes your normal.  Then you simply go into autopilot and go through the motions till it is done.  But it is not a question of "hopefully i will do this one day".  You've decided you're doing it, and that's that.  You then become a bulldozer storming dead ahead with very deliberate intent towards your goal. When it's done it is not as exciting as you think it would have been largely because you had mentally visualized achieving it.  So when you achieve it for real, it's almost like it is a replay of the real event (which in fact only ever occurred in your mind).

Oh that's right, Laverton.  I remember reading that somewhere.

And there is the great man himself.  Chris this is the Richard Taylor I just PMd you to recommend.  No need to make your SMSF a traumatic and difficult process.  Get the right folks on board and it is smooth sailing.  Richard is your man.

Chris – I sent you a PM

Joe what suburb is your property in ?

You can't donate your smsf money to yourself no.  The only way to get money out of super before you are of retirement age is to plead and prove hardship.

So really what you are asking is can the smsf loan the money to yourself (in which case interest would have to charged).  I'm almost certain you cannot loan money from your smsf to yourself.  It was covered in another thread recently.  The finance boys will turn up soon and confirm I am sure.  Either way, what would be the point.  Either way you would have to pay interest to someone (the smsf, or the bank).  So no point doing this.

Yay!  I've convinced you.  I have achieved something useful today.  Now I just need to work on convincing you to have the landlord insurance bit bolted on