Steven replied to the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
The worst thing that I can think of is that I spend 28K, find that their sourcing agent’s deals are all unfit for my requirement and reject every offer they make.
Can’t think of anything worse than that.
Just before anybody else jumps in and say “the sourcing agents could be faking numbers when presenting you the deal”, well I am not worried…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
No, I randomly saw them on Facebook so I attended their workshop.
At least at this stage, I do agree with a lot of what they say.
I mean really, if I personally run into Robert Kyosaki tomorrow, and he would like to introduce his team to me to do Real Estate, then I’d sign up right away. I know that Robert doesn’t pay his team member in the form…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Benny
No, that was it. It was a 3 day workshop, cost $1200. No further mentoring program.
There are purchasable options, but they are very expensive. So most people opted out but there were still 30 or so people who signed up. I want to sign up but I am getting heavy resistance from my wife. (she was even against me attending that $1200…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Benny
No, that was it. It was a 3 day workshop, cost $1200. No further mentoring program.
There are purchasable options, but they are very expensive. So most people opted out but there were still 30 or so people who signed up. I want to sign up but I am getting heavy resistance from my wife. (she was even against me attending that $1200…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Benny
No, that was it. It was a 3 day workshop, cost $1200. No further mentoring program.
There are purchasable options, but they are very expensive. So most people opted out but there were still 30 or so people who signed up. I want to sign up but I am getting heavy resistance from my wife. (she was even against me attending that $1200…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Dealing with pedantic tenants in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
My father had a friend who had a tenant who lived in his property for free for over 3 months, and yet when going to legal battle, the court ruled that “because the tenant doesn’t have a job and is in no condition to make payment anywhere, therefore the landlord cannot evict the tenant until the tenant finds a job”, and guess what? The tenant…[Read more]
Steven started the topic Some more sharing from the weekend class in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi all
Second round of my class room sharing here.
One of the activities we performed is like this:
1. There is a imaginary house for sale, market price is 110K.
2. The instructor assigned one of his team members to act as broker, one to act as accountant, one to act as property manager and 3 of them acting as RE agents.
3. The exercise is to…[Read more]Steven replied to the topic Share some learnings in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Kind of like how Robert Kyosaki writes in his Rich Dad and Poor Dad book, he doesn’t “hire” his lawyers, accountants, etc… but he “pays” them as they do business together. So essentially Robert’s accountants, lawyers, etc… are part of his team, but they are not his employees…
Hope this explains.
Steven replied to the topic Share some learnings in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Yes and No to that.
They know some sourcing agents, but they are not in a “employer and employee relationship” with the sourcing agent.
Kind of like the real estate agent who sold my property, he knows some good conveyances, but he doesn’t pay the conveyance and neither does the conveyance pay him. They both charge me instead.
Steven replied to the topic Share some learnings in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Benny
Sorry, my mistake.
110K for deposit. So 1560 / 110000 = 1.4% per month, multiple that by 12, and that is 17% per year. However, what was not taken into consideration is this is 360 per week of rental income, but the property itself is not positive cash flow.
I am getting 1560 per month, but my repayment is over 1600, which makes this…[Read more]
Steven started the topic Share some learnings in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Over the weekend, I attended a training session. (paid over $1000 for that). While this is not a training with nuts and bolts details, but it actually gave me some pause and make in to realize some mindset differences that I was not aware before. So… thought I’d like to share some of those topics here. The training is property investment, but…[Read more]
Steven started the topic Share some learnings in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Over the weekend, I attended a training session. (paid over $1000 for that). While this is not a training with nuts and bolts details, but it actually gave me some pause and make in to realize some mindset differences that I was not aware before. So… thought I’d like to share some of those topics here. The training is property investment, but…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Nigel
Just visited your website and sent you a private email.
Cheers
StevenSteven replied to the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
I haven’t drilled too much into details and specifics.
The way how I was presented those information is like this. It may or may not add up, but at this stage, I am not making any decision nor am I committing myself to anything. I just thought I’d list down that and share those information, that’s all.
1. When those new apartments are being…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Nigel
This is not to say I will do it, but I am trying to put this picture as well as the numbers in my head at the moment.
The way how she describes how she does it, is due to her advantage of her position and relation with who she deals with. ie: she maintains good relations with developers and real estate agents.
So when a new project…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Nigel
The suggestion given today is that with Melbourne CBD never have a shortage of Overseas Uni Students, especially Chinese Overseas Students, rental increase has been solid for years and the demand for such “student accommodation” will not die down any time soon.
So the option of “buy a ‘student accomidation’ and then rent only to Chiense…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Potentially considering a deal, seek assistance from experienced investors in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Tony
A few questions.
How high is vacancy rate would you consider to be “very high”?
While I understand what you say when you said “If you are looking to build a strong portfolio you need capital growth”, but how do I avoid the situation of “I buy the next property and then I run out of money” if the ROI is not satisfactory?
I mean capital…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Basically…
Some of the opinions she offered, such as “buy apartments rather than House” and “people are starting to not prefer big land as generations go on”, are quite against many suggestions I learned from experienced property investors.
So I am interested in hearing from experienced property investors as what they think of opinions…[Read more]
Steven started the topic Had a conversation with my tax accountant about Melbourne property in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
I thought I’d share a conversation I had with my tax accountant.
The tax accountant has been servicing my parents for over 20 years. Previously I used to do tax myself but since I now have investment property of my own, I prefer to have an accountant to do my tax so naturally my parents made referrals.
The accountant, having nearly 30 years of…[Read more]
Steven replied to the topic Potentially considering a deal, seek assistance from experienced investors in the forum Help Needed! 7 years, 2 months ago
Forgot to mention a few more things:
I had a look at the map, locationwise, it looks OK. 3 minute drive to regional city’s shopping centre. There is also a train station within 5 minutes drive away, which connects this city to capital city. Nearby schools are also within 5 minutes driving distance.
One thing that raises another question mark in…[Read more]
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