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    How do we finance our car purchase?

    We have driven our 2001 Corolla to its end and need a new car imminently. Kids have grown and to fit them all will need a 7 seater. Hoping for under $20k but mor like 25-$30k as we spent so much on repairs that a old car is sometimes a false economy. So ideas please on how to finance it are...
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    House or townhouse

    Decision decision. We have the opportunity to buy my parents four bedroom home plus study on 650 m? of land. They will sell it to us for market Value, but will help us by lending us the deposit right now so we can secure a loan before changes to mortgage lending criteria and to tide us over till...
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    Recommendations for DIY sale of your IP

    We may sell 2 IPs soon. We would welcome any Tips n tricks n 'private sale' listing contacts for re.com.au?? Eg there's one listed with a Prahran address you can go with.
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    Equity loan payout when selling

    We have an equity loan secured against an IP which was used as a deposit for a further IP. if we sell the first IP (that has the loan against it) , do we have to pay out that equity loan? Or are there other options? The LVR of the new IP is 90% and bought in April15.
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    Equity loan question

    We have three IPs. We used equity loans from IPs 1&2 to fund deposit forIP3. I'm trying to calculate total incomings and outgoings for each IP. My question is: against which property do I put the interest on the equity loan as an outgoing? Is it against the IP its secured against OR is...
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    Granny flat question

    We are converting a 90m2 outbuilding into a 60m2 GF plus storage. My q is: can the storage be used by the GF residents? Or does it have to be used by the main house? The difference is fire walls will need to be installed if used by main house. It's expensive coz the extra space is a mezzanine so...
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    This idea ok?

    Vendors want to rent the house back for 6 months. Loan hasn't yet settled. Our idea is to inform them of the rental amount we were/will publically list it for, if they agree they want to rent it for that, then ask if they agree to deduct the 6 months rent off the sale price of the house. Win...
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    Allowing vendor to rent place back?

    Thoughts...pros and cons about allowing vendor to rent it back for a few months? They havent yet bought elsewhere, they have seven kids, they are looking to rent just to vacate. Pros Easy as we need a tenant. We also want to do work on the rear garage to do GF conversion so want access...
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    How much value did yr granny flat add to your property?

    We are interested to see if anybody has had their house valued before and after they converted a garage to a granny flat or added a granny flat. How much money did it and? We would be looking at a garage conversion colour bond exterior. Have people used builders or use a company that...
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    Triple garage conversion

    We are looking for dual occ opportunities. We saw a place that has an existing house and a detached enormous garage with electricity but no plumbing. Colour bond walls, roller doors, insulated colour bond roof. It must have been about 80-90 sq m. We are asking our questions here in case...
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    Costs to subdivide

    We are looking to buy IP. One option is a 950m2 home that we could subdivide. Has anyone subdivided a property in NSW before and what was the costs to do so? NOT the costs to actually build, although that we also would like to know. More the steps involved to subdivide and how long it took etc.
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    Asbestos fibro

    We are looking at buying. One option we have seen is a dwelling made entirely of fibro asbestos sheeting/ cladding. There is already an 80cm hole and a 50cm crack from that hole. What would we need to do to fix this? How would we fix it? Would it be costly and what does it say about long term...
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    How much ?

    Any estimates on how much to get a 3br brick n tile single level simple home built on 500m2. Level land, easy access. We are considering buying a larger block and subdivide and either sell off or build a second dwelling. Can we build two town houses on a dual occ site? Or just one home...
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    When the lease expires....

    When the lease expires in August, we want to put the rent up $40 to cover the renos and bring it back in line with market, AND we want the couple who BOTH SMOKE to leave (what happened to 'non smoker' on their application??). AND they have two dogs INSIDE. What can we do about this NOW...
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    Tenant bought elsewhere

    Hi, our PM just told us that our (expired lease) tenant has bought elsewhere and will be leaving 'sometime in April'. Our concern is that NOW is the time that uni students and lecturers are looking to rent (it's near a uni), families with school kids are looking to rent NOW, etc etc...
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    If all other things were equal....

    Hypotheticals we're looking at with approx. $550k to invest. If all else being equal, which would be the most profitable: 1x IP @ 550k, rented for $600 or 2xIP @ 275k, rented for $300 each. I know it doesn't exist in the real world, it's more about doing our sums, so stay with me...
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    How to check for floods in Ipswich

    Hi all we are comparing Logan LGA and Ipswich. Has anyone on the ground got opinions about Leichardt in Ipswich? - how easy to get a tenant? - socio economic factors? - crystal balls about Ipswich and Logan LGAs. Thanks!
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    Next steps... Sell or just buy more??

    We have 2 Ips in Wollongong, no PPOR coz we rent, and that's it for IPs so far. market there is at 'peak' accdg to HTW, there's 45+ groups at every open, sales are frequently over asking price ATM. Debating whether to sell one. But why? Or why not?? The Issue is our strategy. What...
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    Is Ironstone too dark for house?

    Dulux colourbond Ironstone. Debating whether to paint bottom half of house in Surfmist or Ironstone. Have painted the brick retaining walls Ironstone although in the photo it looks blue! House is surf mist, roof will be charcoal. Bottom half cladding is vertical, top is horizontal. Windows...
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    Asbestos

    A house we are interested in buying is brick foundation up to one metre, and the rest of the external walls are fibro cladding. It appears to all be in good condition- painted etc - except there is a hole about 30cm diameter. Asbestos houses --- Avoid? Repairable? Can a non-asbestos...
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