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I was reading Property Observer today and saw an article about a book written by Craig Turnbull called Crowdfunding Real Estate - The Next Generation of Property Investing. Sounds an interesting approach to sourcing funds?? It could take a while to raise the necessary funds if you sourced...

As part of comparing properties on PF, I am looking at properties' sales histories. I happened to go onto RE.com.au to look for photos from a previous sale to find that RE.com.au is quoting a sold price that is $21,000 higher than what PR is quoting. The sales dates on both re.com.au and PF are...

I saw the newspaper article in the attachment about investors investing in companies providing private lending/private mortgages. Scott Pape, author calls it peer-peer lending. The article states that it is risky due to the borrowers that may come to these companies. Companies that provide...

I read a post from Todd Hunter on the online YIP about selling to release equity and cash and releasing equity through refinancing (and hence never selling, or not selling for a long time) - www.yourinvestmentpropertymag.com.au/expert-advice/todd-hunter/the-old-myth--property-forever-199347.aspx...

I have decided to get off the fence and subscribe to Pricefinder or RP Data. I?m looking at PF due to the comments on SS however reading the user guides on the PF website, it appears that you can?t do a Comparative Market Analysis with the regular subscription (or does the sales and rent...

I use the hot suburbs section of YIP online to track how suburbs are moving from month to month. Would anyone know what date each month this data is updated? I have previously heard it was around the 20-21st of each month?? (eg of suburb data -...

It appears that my tenant is paying the water useage in dribbs and drabs over a few months, and as such the PM is passing these part payments to me (eg paying $20 this month, $10 next, $14.50 month after etc etc). The charges appear to be fully paid over a few months. Is this usual...

The boundary fence of our IP is needing replacing and our tenants have voiced concerns for their children's safety in the backyard. They have been very good and have repaired it as they can. Our PM has approached the neighbour sharing the fence and while they are quite willing to have a new...

I saw on Somersoft a few weeks ago, a post that included website link available to screen tenancy applicants (I think the post/thread was asking if PMs used the website to screen applicants). If someone is aware of the website/thread I am trying to find, could you please put a link in reply...

Hi all Is there a way to determine when a listing was created on RE.com.au (and therefore how old it is)? Allhomes.com.au includes the date the listing was created at the bottom of the page but I can't find this info on RE.com.au Cheers,

Hi everyone One of my IPs has been rented for just over 18 months and due to the lower rental entry level, I increased the rental by $10 each 6 months. Reviewing RE.com.au there weren't a lot of comparisons to gauge the rental rates on however the PM advised as part of their inspection...

Hi everyone About to re-carpet an IP (rented for $300/week) and am getting carpet quotes. Some carpet distributors are advising us away from poly carpets, others say it is much of a muchness (everyone agrees that nylon carpets are more stain resistant and hold their form better). Cost...

Hi everyone Looking for some recommendations of carpet distributors and layers in the Campbelltown - Liverpool area, SW Sydney (Macquarie Fields to be exact). Also, would it be best for me to purchase the required amount of carpet, or leave it all the the carpet layer (they could get...

Hi everyone Prior to publicly listing my 1 beddie apartment for sale, I thought I would throw it to the Somersoft community. Apartment built in 2008 and has been tenanted since 2009 (I bought it as a PPoR then moved to house). Carpets and repainted 2 years ago. Tenant currently paying...

Hi all Saw this in Property Observer and it's merely a heads up for those looking to get into development opportunities. I have never heard of the man before and have not investigated his opportunities...

Hi all I have claimed depreciation on my IP since purchase and I thought I remember reading that when selling an IP that you have claimed depreciation on, the amount claimed for depreciation needs to be paid back at sale time?? Did I make this up? Clarification please! About to see my...

Article about choosing a buyer's agent and questions to ask. Throwing it out there for those considering a BA for the first time and/or to generate discussion...

My IP is currently under a fixed term tenancy contract to end of August and I would like to start advertising during July to minimise the period the property is untenanted should the tenant wish to vacate at the end of his lease due to the IP being on the market. I will certainly get a sales...

Last week we had to get plumbers to fix a blocked drain in our villa IP (second time the plumbers had been called for a blocked drain over the last few months). When questioning the plumber, he explained that the drain had tree roots that was blocking the flow. Question is, since this issue...

Hi all I've suddenly decided to add an image to my profile and am looking for those technically minded folks amongst us for advice about reducing the size of photos/images to use for the profile image. On the page for uploading the image, the guidelines are that the image must be below...