Recent content by jdjd

Hi there I just wanted to get some thoughts on how to decide when it's worth investing in an IP to bring up to date? One of mine has recently become vacant and I'm wondering if it's worth updating the kitchen and bathroom (in addition to giving a paint job etc). I can rent it out as is...

Ok, at this stage I think we?re going to start looking at spending approx.. 500k west of Sydney (say 30-40km out) on the train line for the fist IP and then 300-400k for the 2nd slightly further out thereafter. I think we need to have something to look for and to begin researching with...

Fair enough. Good point alexlee, thanks. At what price point would you be looking to buy in our situation?

Hmm I already I told her what you said, shall I break this news :p j/k I'm grateful we're both in a good position and want to make sure we make the most of it so any advice/opinions will be greatly appreciated

I'm for the first time started to look at properties outside of Sydney and was wondering how people conduct research for new areas but more specifically, finding out which 'streets' are good ie the better v worse part of suburbs. I've found that this is generally something that is not...

Thanks very much Terry_w. I've tried to provide a few answers below. Why do you say that? Isn't equity about the same and therefore we're doing similar? (not asking because it's a problem, just trying to work out what makes her situation more desirable so I now how to analyse our...

Hello everyone. I've been reading this forum for a little while now and have finally decided that I've wasted enough time and needed to sign up so that my fiance and I can get the ball rolling asap with building our property portfolio. We're both ~30 years old and work in banking and have...