Search results

Grey Water To Perky, Grey water cannot be stored due to health restrictions. However I'm looking into pumps that automatically activate and disperse the grey water via irrigation immediately. Down side... During rain this will still occur unless you channel it back to the sewer...

What you Get I recently had this retrofit done to one of my properties... What you get is new washers, new shower heads and for single flush toilets a centre weight that returns the flush button upon removing your finger from it. ie... The toilet will only do a full flush if you keep your...

Too Nervous - Lost Opportunity Early on in the piece before my wife were married we travelled to Perth and DIDN"T snap up the bargains we saw around us as we were in holiday mode. Then some time after getting married we knocked back purchasing some old run down units Sydney's West as we...

Thanx Geoffw, I am aware that rent is controlled by supply/demand factors etc. My question was simply to probe what sort of reactions etc people on the forum had experienced or heard of since the "proposed" introduction of the new NSW Land Tax reforms etc. But thanx for the basic maths...

Hi all, Just thought I'd pass on some interesting news regarding (hopefully from a landlords point of view) rising rents expected due to the NSW Govt changes to land tax etc. A friend of mine has been renting a 1 bedroom unit in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and after only 6 months she's moving...

Hi all, Not immediately interested in the current advertised properties but since looking up the following http://www.mountisaicn.org.au/community/lifestyle_mi.php Mount Isa has got me interested. Though I'm not rushing to the bank. Regards - G

What about setting up a hybrid discretionary family trust and selling your ppor to it? (No CGT due but Stamp Duty would be payable)...But you'd be cashed up to purchase something to live in while being able to keep and negative gear the original property. You'd also be able to use the equity...

Good luck trying to get this Government to change it's mind... I think the Clubs have got a bigger problem with their new tax on "Revenue" not profit on Poker Machines. Even with the outrage that all the clubs are directing at Egan and his mates, the clubs have not managed to have their new...

Hi Rancher, Investment debt is tax deductable... PPOR debt is a big chain around your neck. Now I know you have cash. I'll give you an example. For over 20 years my family lived in a tiny 3 bedroom wooden house in a crapy suburb. My dad had an obsession with buying land and constantly...

Hi Rancher, I personally think that your risk in owning unit trusts is minimal as you actually own part of the commercial property. For eg. If you own Unit Trusts in Westfields Shopping Centres... You actually own part of the property. The management of this property is done for you, ie...

Hi Rancher, One possibility is to explore the world of Unit Trusts in for example: Maquarie Office Trust or Westfield America Trust. Check them out on the Web. MOF invest in Office High Rise throughout Australia's Capital Cities and now the USA and WFA are basically Westfield Shopping...

Hi Rodimus, QS Reports have cost me the following: $550 for Sydney (2 Years ago) $515 for Perth (3 Months Ago) Good Luck - g

The decision is yours and yours alone... I am however currently more interested in interstate properties due to their more favourable returns. Good luck - G :D

Just writing to enquire what the general view about the new Land Tax and Stamp Duty on Sale of an IP in NSW is? I have a couple of IP's in NSW and though I'll be hanging on for the long term I can't honestly say I'm happy about this current state governments performance. Here we have them...