Sorry everyone, I’ve moved my question to a new topic here:

https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic/27391.html

Wow, some really emotive stuff in here. Interesting to see how strongly some people feel about this. I guess this is a perfect opportunity for me to piggyback some questions that I cannot seem to answer, probably because I am part of Gen Y and haven’t had this same education that the Baby Boomers had. Anyway, to put my situation in context:

1. I…[Read more]

this will probably help u a lot (for qld)

http://www.rta.qld.gov.au/median_weekly_rents.cfm

not sure about other states

good luck

That my friend is a great question, one that has been on the tip of my tongue for ages. I’d also love to hear peoples thoughts on this!

Thanks LA Aussie. I appreciate the help (as I’m sure all the other newbies attracted to this thread will)!

From what i’ve been reading, the economics of property investing appear to be the most important factor (more than the ability to identify properties with superior growth potential?).

I may not fit into the long term category, with my…[Read more]

Hi, brand new to these boards!

Definately aim to buy first investment / property in the next few months. Very very new to the ins and outs of it all however, but feel that i need to do something asap. I’ve been working full time for 3 years and have saved an ok deposit, and earn semi-ok money, so hopefully i can utilise this now so that I don’t…[Read more]