Recent content by ZXR250

Congrats! It's always good to hear of people making a nice little profit after putting in the hard yards in researching your market and having the guts to jump in and have a go. We've just sold our second IP in the last 12 months after making $65K in about 8 months on one place and now $80K...

Got this from over one www.overclockers.com.au and thought some people here might be interested. Seems like a novel idea that could actually work quite well. -ZXR ___________________________ Love that Place is a social networking site for homes that are ‘not yet for sale’. It’s a...

You could always wait till they are away and "accidentally" throw a molotov cocktail in the front window of the DOCS place. Then your place will be all good and they may move on leaving another block cheap that you can snap up! The above is a joke in case anyone was wondering! -ZXR

If you wanted to head out a little tiny bit further than Braddon/Turner, have a good look at Ainslie, Dickson, O'Connor, Lyneham and possibly Downer. -ZXR

Another Canberran here (well I live in Queanbeyan but work in Civic). I've got a PPOR in Queanbeyan and an IP there as well. Would be good to have a chat to a few other people who are in the property investment game. :) As for mortgage brokers, I've used Carissa at The Mortgage Detective...

Another thing to keep an eye out for is if the body corporate is responsible for any floor coverings. I know in the top floor apartment we're living in currently (will be our second IP in a few months when we move to do it all again) the bathroom floor is part of body corporate property. The...