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End goal: Buy a PPOR in Sydney's inner west. Minimum 2 bedrooms, doesn't have to be a house, but must be dog friendly (ground floor unit/villa/townhouse). Maintain our IPs to eventually have a comfortable rental income ($50k per year or so in today's values) Current situation: In our early...

Ahhh! Have had two offers accepted, and torn between the two. Appointments to sign first thing tomorrow morning. Both properties in Kippa-Ring QLD Property 1 - Corner block 656m2, 33m frontage 3 beds / 1 bathroom / 2 garage lowset brick and tile, original kitchen & bathroom, carpet/lino...

Hi All. Long story short, I'm dealing with a less than helpful broker :mad:, and my accountant is MIA at the moment, not ideal when possibly about to make a costly mistake. For some reason our broker didn't want to go down the path of taking out a separate loan such as a LOC to access the...

Hi All. I tried to use the search function to find any existing information on AMP as a lender for investment purposes, but the search engine doesn't like the term because it is either too short or too common. Does anyone have tales, whether good or bad, in using AMP for a home loan? Our...

The opportunity has come up to purchase the rear villa in a block of three where we purchased the middle villa two years ago. The vendor has come to us with a price I think is below market value (as he would be saving on costs associated with selling through an agency) and fair. I was...

Seeking some advice about when to do what to maximize claimable expenses. The situation is as follows. Property currently claimed as PPOR, will be turning to IP in December. Intentions are to claim as PPOR with the 6 month/6 year rule. Have done a few cosmetic upgrades (paint, lawns etc) in...

I think I'll be wanting to purchase a PPOR in the next 12-18 months. The only issue is that I don't anticipate to have a large cash amount (35-40k). I do however expect to have a bit of equity from two IPs. From my understanding though, I'd be contaminating my loans as I would not be able to...

I've been given conflicting advice on the topic. My situation is the following: - property settled 18th June - currently residing in it as PPOR - RE has advised that I should sign an agreement with them circa November 2014, advertise the property available for rent from 19th December...

Hi All, I did a quick search on the forum and found a few related topics, but none for this specific area. I've received a few quotes now, and all are between the 7-7.5% range which is about 2% higher than Sydney. Is this the norm for the area? Also, I expected that if I went with the...

Hi All. Love this forum and have been reading for a while, and now its time for my first post. A very good friend and I have purchased our second investment property. The first one was purchased as an IP straight out, and now this second one we are planning on living in for 6 months to...