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So, any suburbs in Rockhampton which are better to stay away from? Looking at properties the the centre, their returns are an average 2% to 5%, nothing to crow about. That can be achieved on the Gold Coast or Cairns. Those 8 - 10% do not show up on the websites with Rockhampton houses...

The thing is, I have some stats from Herron Todd White (Independent Property Advisors) who are based in Cairns (may lead to bias?). 07/4057 0200 Anyway, the comparative Analysis of Queensland Property Markets July 2004, shows the Cairns' prices on houses or units...

Wow, what a long but interesting thread. So much info, now... I've been looking for ages for a really high yielding property. Looks to me like Rocky may be the go. Does anyone know of other areas with higher yields. As long as it's somewhere in Qld, i'm happy, the capital growth is...

Great link that. This has helped in my decision on where to buy in SE Qld. Looks to me like Cairns is the go. I'm buying a unit as my 1st IP. Can't afford a house right now. The rental vacancy situation looks very good. What a joke Brisbane and the infamous Gold Coast...

thanks way solid. I have a good mortgage broker and I am a new one myself. I have an LOC now, however I'm still getting my head around the X-coll thing. I prefer not to, but still aren't 100% on the difference of x-coll or not to x-coll. Anyway, I can only get one i.p. at the moment due to...

Hi everyone, 1st thread today, been reading the forums for a while now. I'm ready for my 1st I.P. after my P.P.O.R. shot up from purchase of $265 on the Gold Coast April 2003, to $365 today...yeah baby yeah I'm owing $100,000 and now am ready to move cautiously into the first...

Reply: 1.1 From: Ken Frick Thanks for the response, I am 29 yrs, only earning $28000 p.a nett Ready to retire at 35 or 40! The only thing that scares me about property investing is the timing of buying a valued property and selling a valuable property. Shares don't scare me as much as they're...

From: Ken Frick Hi everyone. I spoke to Ross S on the Gold Coast who is a mortgage buyer for the area. He gave me some great points, not to mention checking out this website www.somersoft.com.au Well, I'm tossing up on buying my 1st IP on the Gold Coast. The toss up is between 2 cheap $90K...