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I purchased my 1st property in St Marys (Brisbane St) about 14months ago now, it was intended to be an investment property but a couple of things changed and I'm still here :o I grew up in the eastern 'burbs, and after hearing all the stories when I was doing my research and then purchased I...

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd post something on this topic, i've just gone through it myself...pretty stressful actually! I had 2 names on the mortgage and title, then broke up with my fiancee. The break up was amicable (had to make sure it was). You can avoid paying stamp duty on...

I recall reading in Jan's book ( i think it was) that the federal gov't abolished -ve gearing in the 80's and that caused a shortage of investors and developers because there weren't any advantages for them - something along those lines. I don't have the book with me at the moment...

Thanks for the welcomes :) Yeh, unfortunately the property is in both names. The break up was amicable, and because I put in the deposit (she had no savings), we agreed the property remains my responsibility only. She is not making any payments since the break up. I'm currently costing up...

Oops, sorry I'll clarify that. I bought it for $265k which was under the banks reserve which was set at $280k :p

Hi everyone, joined up a little while ago when i was looking at buying my 1st property with my gf. I'm 23 she's 21. We bought a 5yo townhouse in Nov 09 in St Marys for $265k which was under reserve ($280k) and under budget which was great! S**t hit the fan about a month ago so i am now...

I bought a place in St Marys back in November for $265k. It's a 5yo townhouse, 3br w/ built ins, 2 bathrooms, tandem lock up garage ducted aircon etc. I thought it was a good buy. being my first and all. Place I saw 1 or 2 streets up was very similar, but without the a/c, only 1 garage and...

I would agree that North Ryde would be a great suburb to look in, transport is great with plenty of buses in the area and the new rail link to Chatswood. Other than that, I would imagine most inner west suburbs up to around Strathfield would be pretty good within that price range and you would...