Poor old JayJay. Don’t worry mate I wont pick on you. All we can hope is that all these MORALS getting tossed around in here might just rub off on you and me.
Don’t get me wrong guys, I’m not taking sides here, I’m quite happy sitting on the fence[]
One thing to consider though is that not everyone can afford $600 bucks or so to buy an…[Read more]
Personally I wouldn’t bother. If you are concerned about tenant peace of mind, I find that a medium quality alarm system does the trick. But make sure it has a keypad and not a remote. Don’t have have it monitored either!!
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thanks shnook &risky they are all open lines of credit can pay more than the interest component which i do only to the tune of 15/ 20 $ per week each prop your ideas make a lot of sense will be seeing my a/c and lender very soon
cheers chris
Why have so many LOC’s, you only need one to take advantage of the concept. LOC generally attract…[Read more]
So are you saying you are happy to move out to an area where +geared IP’s can be found (ie country area) and live there for a year. Or are you telling us porky pies.
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Yeah, I remember a guy I knew trying to pull that one a number of years ago. He decided he would charge everyone else higher rent, and have a free ride himself. He didn’t let anyone else know he was getting free rent.
Hey nothing wrong with that! He wouldn’t have had any probs if he had been more upfront about it the whole affair. I…[Read more]
A student in Brisbane currently leases several houses in Brisbane near Unis at say $250 per week, rents out the four bedrooms per week at $100 per room making $150 per house per week to pay for his own rent/house.
Gidday
Just thought I’d add in my two cents worth on this topic.
Firstly I’d like to say that I believe i have considerable…[Read more]
Just a thought! How about buying the positively geared property and spend a few grand on maintenance before you head overseas, and make some money $$$. Add extra payments from job in the UK and you’ll be streets ahead of that silly old negatively (-) gear ip.
A couple of others things to think about when moving iP’s into trusts is that when applying for finance banks tend to treat the trust just like a person ie. they will only use 30% of the trust income (rent) to qualify for finance. So you may have to go guarantor for the trust in which case attracts an extra $300 to sign the extra paper work in the…[Read more]