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There's no reason to pay down the debt at the moment and if your job future is uncertain, I can understand your reluctance to take on more long term debt. If you want to invest, you might want to consider shares, which don't have the high entry/exit costs of property and can be sold at short...

Got to look after those shareholders! Very kind of AMP to delay the rate cut for 20 days after the RBA announcement...keep lining their pockets!

Hi PHP, You can generate a prettier pdf report with pictures of the properties for clients or you can export the data to Excel.

Suburb Reports for Dave Reports for Albion & Seaford

Are you going to sell or rent once the reno is finished? If selling, it is definitely worth getting professional photos. Plenty of rentals have photos taken by agents with their phone but I think it's worth having decent pics and as long as you get to keep the digital images, you can use...

Yes, what do you need?

Hi, The Home Show is on in Melbourne from 17-19 October or Sydney 24-26 October. If anyone wants to go, please send me a msg.

Hi Catalyst, Air-con is definitely expected in most parts of the country...wasn't such a priority living in London :) The list of features is displayed alphabetically, so air-con is always going to come up first. I have access to APM and the sales records come from there. It can be very...

How have vendors/agents reacted to this clause? I can imagine many people would reject your offer based on this...unless there was no other interest. I would tell you to do your due diligence before signing the contract, as the vendor needs some assurance that you are genuine and 14 days...

Sorry to hear about your families situation. I'm no lawyer and am not familiar with the NSW legal system but generally it is the buyer's responsibility to do their own due diligence and I don't think you'll have any legal grounds unless the agent has actually lied about the soil and you have...

Hi Alec, Property should usually be a long term purchase, so if you're seriously considering leaving the country in a few years, buying a property to live in might not be the best option. Stamp duty of $27k Interest approx. $28k per year Selling costs approx. $15k Total outlay in 3...

Hi Db, 1. Using monthly amounts will be more useful than weekly amounts. Even if you are paid weekly, interest is paid monthly & usually rent too. Also, there are exactly 12 months in a calendar year but not exactly 52 weeks. 2. Don't rely on what the agent says a property will rent for - do...

One option is to set additional money aside each month (ideally into an offset account) as if the current rate was 1% higher (or whatever you're comfortable with) than the current rate. This will mean that any initial interest rate increases do not impact your monthly budget. If rates...

As requested, Doubleview - WA

Have you made a decision/bought yet? I'm a couple of weeks late but the attached should be what you're looking for.

Make sure you keep your deductible debt separate and I/O. The $50k redraw is no longer going to be considered deductible and you do not want to consolidate this into the existing $150k.

Hi all, I've got some free tickets to the Home Buyer & Property Investor Show in Melbourne which started today, if anyone was thinking of going. http://www.homebuyershow.com.au/melbourne/visitor Sorry for the late notice but if you're interested, send me a msg with the date you want to...

The problem will be convincing anyone to sell you their car park. Depending on the area, a car park can be a necessity and I would avoid buying an apartment that doesn't have one. Do you know if owning the apartment would entitle you to a parking permit (as a possible alternative)?

Congratulations - great result.

I don't have any data on the search criteria people use but the general real estate logic that I was exposed to was "the lower the back end price, the more searches it will appear in and the more people are likely to see it". It will depend on the suburb and the agents but in Brunswick...