check out http://www.smartpropertydevelopment.com/checklist as well, though If Bobs willing to lend an ear i'd take up that offer ;o)

sorry… google is your friend as well; try a search on Living Off Equity

Hi CD,We've used some of our lazy dollars (Equity) to invest not only into Further Property but also a Managed Fund to provide income and assist with supporting the -Geared IP's; last year was a good year with a 18.5% return on the MF (not as good as some funds which did 60-70%, but we fel this is not as 'risky' and suits our purposes at this…[Read more]

http://www.mkpl.biz/downloads/TEMPLATE%20living_off_your_equity.xls here's one from Michael YAnd a google serach should give you 'many' other hits

Check out Genesis as well, Robin has won PM of the year in the past (though I have No IP's with them)

*BUMP*Update regarding our situationNow sitting on $2.1M in Property Assets and we've leveraged into some Income Producing Managed Funds that provided an 18.5 % return last year (there have been some great 50-60% Funds, but we consider ours slightly less risky).New QLD and WA IP's bought this year so far and drawing out more equity for a Safety…[Read more]

*BUMP*Update regarding our situationNow sitting on $2.1M in Property Assets and we've leveraged into some Income Producing Managed Funds that provided an 18.5 % return last year (thre have been some great 50-60% Funds, but we consider ours slightly less risky).New QLD and WA IP's bought this year so far and drawing out more equity for a Safety…[Read more]

What did you wind up doing?

https://www.propertyinvesting.com/resources/products/36This would be well worth a look

Xenia wrote:
Whether he is a shonk or godsent depends on your attitude. $4000 spent could mean that you are set for life or it could mean that you just wasted $4000. I don't agree with the above comment that this forum delivers free information, there are many posts answered by people with no knowledge or experience in the area giving "free"…[Read more]

You can download a trial version of PIA, REViQ will also send you a trial to play with (RichMastery NZ)

Thanks for that post Tony

Jon Chown wrote:
Oh dear Martin, how many buyers do you think we have for each property which we can only sell once.   Don't try to read words into my statements.   The Department of Fair Trading would take a dim view if I were to adopt your sentiments.  I am under contract to work for the Seller.  Get used to itJon

Very True Jon and somet…[Read more]

carpe_diem wrote:
Hi AllI'm in a situation that I have a very high value in property assets (net $2m) but my income is only net $30K. I can live within this but it would be better for me to have more eg another $20k. I have $75k in cash invested that I can use to top up this if necessary. I have investment properties and also my own home that I…[Read more]

Nicky;Check out Dale's website at http://www.gatherumgoss.comor http://www.trustmagic.com.auIf he can't assist you he's a nice enough guy that he'd point you in the right direction.

Hi Brad,You have the term EQUITY HARVESTING as a trademark on your site?Thanks for the link to your site, having a browse nowEquity Harvesting Google results:http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-40,GGLR:en&q=equity+harvesting

We recently purchased our first interstate IP (though with the size of WA I once purchased an IP 2900kms away).I spent a large amount of time conducting DD here in Perth, then flew over to QLD, hired a car and spent a week pestering REA's and visiting various suburbs of interest, eventually picked up an IP with a 5.75% Yield (plus depreciation)…[Read more]

jamiedellam wrote:
getting loans for all of that is the easiest part aslong as the lender doent mind the propety being in new zealand. If you have a good broker borrowing money is never a problem. I got my girlfriend ( now my wife) a loan of about 200,000 to build a house and she didnt even have a job.

That sounds as interesting as your plan,…[Read more]

I fix the majority of my loans Col, though have one that is variable interest only, in that way I know my Monthly payments.

Perth also has groups such as;"The Investors Club"Craig TURNBULLS group at ASPIREAnd a group called Property investors Network http://www.propertyinvestornetwork.com.au/ which is well worth a lookI'm sure there's a few more about as well