Recent content by Angelissa

I have a property which we are looking to rebuild on once we get the DA, currently there is an older house which is currently rented but will be demolished. I'd like to have public liability insurance incase anyone got hurt on the land, but don't need building insurance as the house will be...

Our morgage is for the PPOR, it just wasn't on the initial paperwork. We sent the OSR a letter with all our utilities bills and they wrote back saying "your original loan documentation said it was for an investment purpose so we can't refund the mortgage stamp duty". :(

This is a query in regards to whether anyone knows if the NSW OSR will refund mortgage stamp duty due to a change in circumstances prior to settlement? In Sept 07 mortgage stamp duty for owner occupied properties was abolished, in December 07 my family purchased a house we initially intended...

We put a floating 8mm floor in our apartment not long ago. I knew I would need an acoustic underlay and found that the flooring companies I got quotes from were able to provide information on the acoustic underlay that they had available. I went to the body corporate for permission and gave...

I like to give the tenants a small gift in the properties I manage myself, I think it just makes it easier next time something needs repair or I see them for an inspection etc. Besides I'm saving a bit on not using a PM. The ones that are managed by a PM, I just make sure the PM gets a nice...

Ah, thanks everyone - looks like I picked the right place to ask the question! I often think it would be cool to be in a magazine but my husband disagrees.

I subscribe to API and enjoy reading it each month but I always wondered how they find the people they profile? Particularily with articles like Young Guns/More than $x in equity - I can't think of how they would go about finding real life examples. Can anyone shed any light?

I sold a small IP close to the CBD last year privately. It took me about 4 weeks and although it was quite a stressful time for me, I'm glad I didn't end up using an agent. I had calls from people who were only available at specific times so I kept having to rush over from work to show...

Many thanks to Steve who just emailed me the article and to everyone else. I'm so impressed at the speed of responses! ..and now back to finishing off the darn assignment.

Hi, I'm after a copy of the Beenleigh article in API in April, I started to reference the article for my Masters assignment, however I have completely lost my copy of the magazine due to moving houses :( Would any one be able to email or link me to a scan of those two pages of the article...

Hi, I have an apartment in a 70s building with a cement slab structure and I'm thinking about removing a small brick internal section of wall that's freestanding on one side (half the wall that separates the kitchen and living). 1) If I can get a builder/engineer to confirm that its NOT...

Thanks BerlinaV8, that makes a lot of sense to me, as we previously just couldn't quite figure out how to get tax effective 'spending money' from properties as living off equity meant having loans that were not all tax deductible and living off property income meant a lot of cashflow positive...

Whoops - $900pq! Apartment A has more land content as there are only approx 20 apartments on that block vs 70 apartments in Apartment B's block. Its in a heritage area with lots of period features so I would say demolition in future would not be possible.

What has worked well for me previously is discussing with agents whether they have any properties where the contract is likely to fall through, usually usually through finance issues with the original buyers. This is better if you have a decent deposit as the finance issue is often that the...

I have been considering two apartments both which are coming up for auction. It would be an investment property, I've been tossing up which would offer better growth over the long term and which would make the better investment. Both locations are comparable. Apartment A 1 bedroom plus...