Recent content by MLink

Thanks, yep I agree about the better CG in Brisbane - but I want to be more hands on with the investment which is why I'm considering Canberra. I had a look at a Townhouse in Rivett and Weston over the weekend, both had block sizes of 400sq, but they were very small inside and not sure I could...

Jamie the value came in at $515, I was hoping for something above $550k. (Excuse typo above saying $45k instead of $35k) I'll be in touch with my mortgage broker today to see where I sit with the lower value. The valuation was done through CBA. I didn't realise you could get another valuation...

Well bank valuation of our current property came in $45k lower than expected, so my Canberra investment dream may be harder to achieve than first thought. I think my lower budget might make Canberra a bit of a stretch after all. Time to crunch some numbers again, but I think it's one more tick...

Cheers for the input, and link to the Belconnen article. Realising I've still got a lot of research ahead of me if I go ahead with the Canberra option. Also forgot to mention that I'm limited to purchasing a 2 bed (or 2 bed + study) if I invest in Canberra, as we are in a currently living in a...

Hi all! If anyone has an opinion on investing in Canberra or Brisbane, I would be most grateful for your thoughts. I've just moved to Canberra, for a possible 12 month to 3 year stay. (Army wife!) At this stage we have one property in Brisbane with approx $100 - $150k of equity (depending on...

Thanks Roachy, actually today we decided against purchasing the property at Enoggera, and are changing our strategy and will be looking for an investment property instead. We will just continue to rent for now, and as we don't have much deposit, the extra LMI that we would have had to pay...

Thanks for all that! I'll go read up on it all now. At the moment he has only had verbal posting orders, and given that I have a great job here in Brisbane that I don't want to leave, we thought that going married separated in 2015 in the short time might be a solution. I'll have to find out...

Cheers, thanks Sam Yue.

Hi everyone, So I'm hoping there are a few people here on the forums that might be able to help out a very confused and frustrated property newbie? My husband is in the Army and we current live in a Defence rental in Brisbane. We have one investment property in Chermside due to our PPOR...