What suburbs in VIC & QLD would you recommend investing/buying in?

I was going to say Gladstone also and I am unbiased, have nothing to sell you and have already purchased there myself.

Also while not an expert on the Gold Coast myself, by all accounts I have read it is very costly for what you get there.

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.

I wil put a plug in for the Gold Coast. The State Government are spending a massive amount of money at Southport. They are building the new Gold Coast University Hospital and work is commencing soon on the new light rail rapid transport network. Initially to go from the University/new hospital to Southport and down through Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach. Next to this there will also be built a new Allamanda Private hospital. There's going to be lots of tradies needed for all these big projects. It has been quiet but there's lots going to be going on and that's good for rentals. Also the Gold Coast Council/State Govt have put in to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Don't write off the Gold Coast!

Hi Austy,

Hmmm…. Not sure how you knew that I worked for Atkinson Homes/Suncrest Homes Gladstone, as I had no intention of self promoting on this forum. I DO live here and things really are heating up.

It is is no big secret what is going on here in Gladstone at the moment with all the press about the HUGE LNG project approvals in recent week(s).

That being said, I am most happy to share with you (or anyone else that has an interest) in what is available in H & L packages.
I think best way to do so is to just email me directly from my profile on this site and I am happy to share all.

Magic Mark

Ahh, you see that is the sceptic coming out in me!

A quick google search with the mobile number you posted up leads me straight to you.

You may have no intention of self promoting in an obvious way, but by providing your mobile number with the offer to call is, as far as i believe, self promoting.

Your first post suggests getting in on H & L packages now, and amazingly that is a service that the company you work for provides.

None to subtle.

I am however, interested in why you believe a new house and land package would be more beneficial than an existing house?

Do you think because Calliope is 20 mins away from Gladstone that it may lag slightly in capital growth, as it has in the past?

Looking forward to more discussion on Gladstone

Cheers

Austy

I don't know to much about property but I know a thing or two about the oil & gas industry.
I have been heavily involved on some of the biggest projects in Australia and yes, I am  karratha lad
Born and bred. So I also know a thing or two about the effects these major jobs has on a community on all aspects
including overpriced houses and <moderator: delete obscenity>.
Let's not compare Gladstone with Karratha just because the GLNG project will be going ahead, this job will at it's peak employ 3000 people, 1000 of which are white collars, 2000 blue collars. There will be a camp built for the workers and once the job is done it will have a maintenance team of 200, this is not a significant population boost into town. Gladstone has allot of property on the market, so the simple supply&demand is not going to outweigh like it has and is still in Karratha.
Also Karratha is an established mining town, they didn't just have one project than boom!!!! No it had several major projects and it is ongoing at the moment. Karratha is the bottle neck for most exports in the North West.
Buy a smoko van if you want to cash in on that project, seriously! Or own a brothel.

Hi all have been reading all your posts with interest as i have just invested in Gladstone, I thought the best way to sort through the BS was to see for myself, so i hit the road to glady in september before the announcments were made. What i found was a lot of fence sitters waiting for the announcements so i dived in & secured a block of land @ emmadale gardens settled this week increased in value 25 to 30 k as soon as BG made their annoucement also purchased a unit off the plan that increased the same amount in the pinacle developement . I spoke to all the agents in town they all told me the same thing everyone wants new 4 bed 2 bathroom homes and new units. have been there twice since 3500klm return trip! and will be up there again next week leaving tonight so if you have any questions i will try my best to answer them. i do know that as of last week the vacancy rate was down to.05%
just an investor looking to retire early.

Have you been to Gladstone Packer?

I think if you did some research, you may see that Gladstone has quite a few projects, past, present and well into the future.

I agree that Gladstone's housing market can't be compared to Karratha's for a myriad of reasons, but it will see substantial and sustained growth.

You also might re-think your smoko van suggestion when you realise that the GLNG is actually being constructed on an island!!

Comparisons to Karratha might not be suitable, but boy, you watch it take off in the next few years.

Austy

AGREED!

This is a forum supporting a community of genuine property investors and shouldn’t be used by spruikers selling their wares! If you want to advertise your properties then perhaps you should pay for and use the usual avenues.

JT