Recent content by johnkerr

What are the thoughts about 1bedder inner city properties. I figure the capital gains might not be great on these smaller properties but the rental gains seem pretty solid. Also just for personal use I'd like to always have a place in the inner city that I can fall back on.

Some of the developments around the University in Footscray seem interesting to me.

Even in negative growth surely at some point it will have to bounce back and gentrify somewhat? Is it worth keeping an eye on for investment down the line?

What do the wise people of Somersoft think about these two areas purely as an investment area (not for PPOR.) They still seem cheap for their proximity to the city.

Yeah I always thought there would have to be situations where it could be viable, just have to look at it case by case. Thanks Aaron

I'm a little curious about this topic, it comes up a lot. Is there any point at which it is worthwhile to pay strata for extra facilities. At the higher end of the market or in certain rental markets does the extra rent you can charge make up for the strata fees? Basically is it almost...

Hey Somersoftians, Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but its not property related so I figured here would be ok. I'm helping a friend get his business running smoothly. His business deals with a lot of insurance companies so it has a few cash flow issues. We're looking into...

How are those renders coming along Aaron. Been following this thread for a while so quite curious to see how it's shaping up!

This thread is by far the most entertaining I've read on this forum

Hey guys, A friend of mine who stayed on exchange with us for a few months when were kids is looking to move to Australia with his girlfriend. This government site, "Live in Vic" proved really useful when I was helping them out. Has a whole section on Australian career information for people...

Out of curiosity what's bad about Southbank? I'm still pretty new to Melbs

Zombies? You probably don't need to go that far inland to get a good piece of isolated country property.

How long are you going to use it as an IP before converting to PPOR or visa versa?

Ended up making the transition so far seems good. Personally I think negative gearing is a better tax solution but for this employee it worked quite well. Had to feel our way through it a bit though.

Hi guys, Looking at an IP > PPOR for my sister. It would basically be an investment property for at least five years and then possibly be converted into a PPOR. She was originally interested in Artarmon and Lane Cove which both seem good, North Ryde just seems really interesting to me, it's...