Good on you !! Congratulations, that first one is sooooo hard to do. As a wonderful friend of mine said to me “you have moved through a lot of fear….”.
Leigh______________
11 Sec solution or rule is:
(weekly rent / 2) * 1,000 = Max buy price
It gives a yield of around 10%, and yes, same numbers that you mentioned. It is…[Read more]
due to a “plethora” (isn’t that a great word) of reasons:
transfer interstatedeathsicknessseparationfinancial woesdivorceYOUR great negotiation skills
i.e. TERMS
especially don’t discount the last one. If you are going with the ‘triple win’ philosophy (Vendor, Purchaser & Agent all walk away happy) it is amazing what you can…[Read more]
Good call (! []), but, the info on changes was from two of our advisors who are in touch with a number of policy makers.
You may / may not recall that a bill that enabled entity taxation was defeated only just before last election. If it had gone through trusts would have had to register for TFN’s and would have become taxable entities,…[Read more]
In the reality that we are manifesting in this community: everyone helps each other out, no one’s input is worth any less that anyone else’s (as everyone has a different ‘take’ on it), we all get to grow together.
Bruce
ps: If you aim to keep learning new stuff, surely you must always be a newbie ! []
I have just re-read the last bit of your post and realised that I missed one point.
If the accountant advised saving for a large deposit they were offering safe advice in that it should cost you less overall for your loan if price in the future is relatively the same as today. This is not imposible especially as there is current…[Read more]
Yes I will be helping out in Melb this year, it would be great to meet up in person !
Now, is it just cause I am a junkie ??? No, actually I really liked the game where I got to be a lender and exorcise all of my finance angst [] (Beware “Honest Bruce’s Mortgage Brokers”, loosely associated with “Honest Joes Valuations” [}])
to give you an idea of a timeframe, our experience thas been that it takes a few years to build a solid business and relationship with your lenders.
R.Kiyosaki (All Hail…… – sorry! I really do think that he has a fantastic message, but it has been a long day and my sense of humour is just getting away with me right now []) mentions…[Read more]
Mmmmm, well after six days I am glad that I found the time to read, digest, and find some constructive things to say !
Don’t be too fussed if you don’t get an answer on this forum straight away. There are a lot of really “happenin'” investors who check here regularly, but many of them are too busy actually doing deals to answer all of the…[Read more]
All depends I am afraid….. everyones circumstances are different.
I started out with hummungous credit card debt and a line of credit maxed out, but, I had a job that threw of enough $s (in the lenders assessment) to support other investment and allow me to service all of the bad debt.
I have had similar conversations, with lenders whom we have established good relationships, as to when they think that we can do that. It is very interesting hearing their take on it….