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    Where to buy? The right market.

    Hi, i've posted in these forums before, extremely useful. I'll detail my current situation and then pose my questions. Any advice would be extremely appreciated. I'm nearly 22, live in Adelaide and work full time. I take home approximately $1700 per fortnight. I have about 30k in savings thus...
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    Looking for advice..

    ... all pretty good and valid ideas. Thanks for expanding on the previous point Alex. When you say use savings for 5% deposit and put the rest of my savings into an offset account then buy when i can afford them. At what stage would it be considered being "able to afford" I can see that its...
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    Looking for advice..

    thanks for the input thanks ozperp, Do other posters agree? would it be best for me to put a smallish deposit on a house and pay an IO loan whilst continuing to save and then buy more as i can afford? It's an interesting consideration, i hadn't thought about it. Cheers
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    Looking for advice..

    cheers Cheers for the reply skater. I've heard about living in the place for 6 months and then moving out so i can claim the FHBG.. Say i was able to save between 40-50k by mid next year and looked to invest, what would my best option be... 1) throw a large chunk of a deposit at one IP and...
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    Looking for advice..

    cheers Many thanks once again. I reckon I might head to the shops tomorrow to invest in a couple of books. Any book in particular by Somers? Does she explain the terminology well? Hopefully i'll get a bit out of reading before i come back to the forums with other queries. You've certainly...
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    Looking for advice..

    more info Thanks for your reply Alex. In response to your post.. I am of the impression (basically through others statements) that rent money is dead money. At this point it isn’t a problem for me because I live in an apartment that my parents own. I’m able to save a lot of money because my...
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    Looking for advice..

    Hey all, first post, although have been trawling the boards for a while now. The majority of posters here seem to possess great knowledge with regards to investing and other inexperienced posters have recieved some great advice so i suppose i'll throw my hat into the ring and give you the...
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