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Can someone please tell me what are the conditions of sale on Auction day? Do you have to sign the contracts that day and can you put an out clause in the contract? After you have the highest bid can you still make the sale subject to building approval and finance? Do you still get a 5...

Is it possible to buy a property under say a hybrid trust, rent the property from the trust and claim the interest expenses of the loan?

I need some advice regarding a property purchase. Property - semi-detached house Bedrooms - 2 Condition - average needs internal reno to modernise Street - one of the best in suburb Location - excellent Close to schools - yes Transport - 50m away Time on market - 3...

A question regarding neutrally geared properties? I guess I'm interested in other peoples blueprint of what they generally look for when trying to find a neutrally geared property? Not positive! Due diligence also needs to be done but what are the key questions you ask or the information...

The Residex report has Morayfield growing at 14-16% annual rate over the next 5 years which puts the average around $400,000. Presently the rental yield looks to be 4.5 to 5%. Even if the average rents grows to say 250 per week this leaves a yield of around 3.2% - hard to believe! With the...

Just wanted to open up a general discussion to get peoples thoughts on the next property cycle. When will it start? Where? Why? By how much? My thoughts are that it will take some time for the property cycle to turn around again. This is only my opinion and...

Has anyone ever subscribed to this site? http://www.chrisbatten.com.au/ Looks like there is a lot of great information regarding setting up your investments in a tax effective way, Property Developmetn and investment etc.

Does anyone know of any software applications for evaluating commercial property? Ian, Is this something you would consider writing as an add on module to you PIA software? or too many variables?

As the residential property market flattens out I think it would benefit everyone on this forum if we had a new Property investment discussion relating to commercial property. Please vote if you think a separate discussion place for commercial property would be of benefit.

I have a few questions regarding a regional town that I have been looking at recently. This town has a population over 30000, yields around 8-10% and higher, limited rentals available and lots of houses for sale. My questions is does anyone have any comments on the large amount of properties...

Does anybody know what the average inflationary rate was for the last 20-30 years in australia?

Can anyone recommend a good accountancy firm or accountant in Sydney that specialises or has a good knowledge of property investmenting?

I am Interested to hear peoples opinions and views on what they believe caused the Property boom this time around. 1/ Low Interest rates 2/ Growing population 3/ High availability of Cash i.e. easier to get a loan 4/ Baby Boomers 5/ Share market crash 6/ Media hype...

I am not quite sure regarding buying, renovating, then refinancing and the tax effectiveness. I have listed a scenario below. Any comments would be appreciated. I purchase a house at a hypothetical 250K with 10% down as deposit and a mortgage approx 240K after all expenses. I then spent...

Hi everyone, I was hoping somebody could help me out with this question. If I was to apply for a loan using a third party family member as another income source would I be able to negatively gear against the total loan amount? i.e. the third party would not be making any loan repayments...

I am curious of what other people need or want before they are feel comfortable enough to retire.

What are peoples opinions on the forum for the capital growth remaining in Brisbane over the next three years. BRISBANE will be the nation's star performer in real estate in the next three years with prices jumping by up to 36 per cent, a report by analysts BIS Shrapnel predicts.The city is...

I am trying to chase done some property reports for Brisbane. Other than Residex can anyone suggest any other companies and if they have found them better or worse than the Residex reports.

I have a wee question regarding a Hybrid Trust that I was hoping somebody might know the answer to. If I was to purchase property through a Hybrid trust that was negativley geared through the individual. Can the trust rollover the losses to the following year or until a time when the Trust...

Does anyone know of a Property Report that shows average property value increase and rental yield for all suburbs in Brisbane over a 20 year period?