My wife and I are PYAJ employees and have 3 properties (including our principal home) under our portfolio in personal names. Presently our properties are positively geared I want to acquire more investment properties with a view to become a developer and negatively gear until the development occurs say in 2 years,we are in victoria, Australia. Can someone suggest me the business structure we should be looking to form, so as to be able claim maximum benefit in relation to negative gearing and also keep the maximum profit with us from the sale of the future developments . Can the existing properties be transferred to the trust without incurring stamp duties and will we be able to negatively gear the properties until the trust starts to generate an income?