http://www.news.com.au/money/property/top-traps-for-first-time-property-investors/story-e6frfmd0-1225935970519 Here is a great link that is worth reading. Hope this helps.

Jonesi274 wrote:
You'll have to excuse me for butting in as a newbie and still saving for my first property but wasn't the whole point of McKnight's book regarding negative gearing that you will never achieve a good income from it because you have to make a loss (large) to gain a tax advantage (small) so therefore there is an absolute limit on t…[Read more]

Do want to make money out of real estate? You also need to consider if one of you lose your job, can you still afford a negitively geared property? Just a thought.

You need to go to their website first then select your country (it's near the top). You will then see the screen they use in the videos. Just enter the types of properties you want to search for into the search bar and click search. If you want to be specific you will have to watch the search tips videos. It easy! All the properties must come from…[Read more]

If you want to find investment deals for free check out these videos on youtube http://www.youtube.com/philspropertydeals. It shows you how to find them for FREE so you won't have to pay a monthly fee. You can crunch numbers when you check out the property at realestate.com.au as they have recent sales at the bottom of listing, it's provided free…[Read more]

myrpdata gives you one off reports, they charge you for each report. Good if you're only dabling in investing. Rpdata charges a monthly fee and gives unlimited reports. Good for real estate agents or full-on investors.Why not check out Pdslive? It is cheaper & does the exact same thing!

Why not look at Rent/Lease to Own? It will mean that you won't have to muck around with banks and potentially open up more opportunity to purchase more properties.

You can find good rental returns in Queensland here at http://philspropertydeals.com/category/queensland and for Vicortia check out http://philspropertydeals.com/category/victoria. You should still get future captial growth in these areas also. Just make sure you do your do diligence. Hope you find a great deal.

Check out this weeks Courier Mail (20/11/2010) it has a suburb performance rate for the last two years!

aussiecam wrote:
As soon as I saw the page in Steve's book that said effectively the way to CF+ve earnings is to find properties yielding in excess of 10%, I thought, "OHHHHHH OK, that's what I have been missing, the key to wealth generation is spotting non-existent undervalued asset opportunities". I am a believer in efficient markets. Rental…[Read more]

Jamie M wrote:
Hi KaylahYou could try and create one – look for something that could do with some cosmetic renos that will lead to increased rent. CheersJamie

Unfortunately I am not that handy, but I could make some superficial changes. Thanks for the tip.

Nigel Kibel wrote:
Sure if you are in Brisbane you can come along to a free two day investment seminar

Sounds great, what are the details?

Charles 1 wrote:
Careful buying CF+ve now that interest rates are rising. Many suggest they will go up another 2 per cent in the next few years – that kills your positive cash flow and you end up with minimal growth

But if i bought for other reasons wouldn't I lose even more money when interest rates go up? What do you recommend I do?

Nigel Kibel wrote:
http://www.cashflowcapital.com,.au

Thanks, checked it out, I noticed they charge you to look at the addresses $660 & when you buy they charge you 2.5% of the purchase price in fees, is that right? Anything free out there?