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    Depreciate tiles & vinyl flooring over different periods of time?

    I need to change flooring in my IP. Will rip up all carpets and only replace in the 3 bedrooms. Need to put in some kind of flooring in rest of house including kitchen. I understand this will all fall under Capital works, but I have read somewhere on this forum where you can depreciate...
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    Recommend PM Brisbane

    Need competent PM Brisbane. IP vacant 3 months now My IP is in McDowall and has been sitting vacant for almost 3 months now. I've had a gutful of our original agent and they got the boot about a month ago. I then hired a new agent and seem to have jumped from the frying pan into the...
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    Offer deadline on Qld contract

    When stipulating a deadline for an offer on a property in Qld, do you put that in the "special conditions" of the contract or just a verbal with the agent? I'd rather put the offer deadline (such as 4pm Tuesday 15/9/10) in writing, but what kind of wording do you use? Many thanks,
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    Special Conditions in Tenancy Agreement

    Just settled on our IP and have applicant in place ready to sign but have a question for Qld tenancies. The house has a dishwasher (old but barely used I'd say) and we don't want to be called out or pay $$ to fix the thing every time something happens to it. Don't want to take d/w out and...
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    Painting over Laminex

    I'm about to embark on some DIY that I haven't done before. Going to paint over laminex kitchen & bathroom cupboard doors. I'm thinking of using ESP and painting 2 coats of enamel paint using a small foam roller. Will change handles over to something more modern as well. Has anyone...
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    New IP 09-10 tax queries

    Have just purchased an IP. Contract signed in June 2010, settlement due July 2010. Wanting to know, can we claim some of the interest on the loan in our 09-10 tax year? Thanks for any tips.
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    When, in investment journey, to see Accountant?

    Wanting to purchase 1st IP asap. Not sure whose name to put it in (hubby or mine) etc. Would be wise to visit accountant prior to any purchase I expect, but are they only going to brush me off? Tired of dealing with folk who don't want to know about us UNTIL we've bought something, by then...
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    Zillmere, Brisbane

    I'm having a bit of a mental tussle regarding Zillmere and would appreciate your thoughts on the suburb. If I'm thinking of buying a new unit/townhouse in Zillmere, here's my take on it. I keep hearing & seeing that Zillmere is "on the boil" but I'm thinking this is only for developers who...
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    Buying below market value ??

    I'm interested to know from those of you who talk about "buying below market value". How do you know that you are actually buying below? Are you getting valuations done on properties? Are you basing this on research such as past sales? One certainly can't go by the vendors asking price...
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    Setting up Trusts

    Hi, first post here, so go easy on me OK? Just finished reading the Chan & Naylor books which have sparked my interest in investing in residential property. Done loads of reading on the 'net about structures, financial planning, etc etc and starting to do my head in frankly. Hubby and I...
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