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Folks, Found a property with potential. First look seems promising. 500sqm block, 3 x1, 20 year old house, 10 km from city. One big risk seems to be the house in front. It looks old, and the owner is doing renovation. REA said that he sold the front house to current owner who is a FIFO...

We are considering getting our first IP in these areas, being close to city, airport and new stadium. With a Buy & Hold strategy and $500k budget, it looks like we can only afford a 3x2 villa. Yield is not exciting. So hoping that CG will make this a worthwhile venture that will allow us to...

Folks, What figures would you use for the various components of purchase and borrowing costs, when you do your number crunching? I can find stamp duty calculators easily but need an idea for the other bits. Been 7 years since we got our PPOR. The figures are probably outdated. Thanks! :)

REA advertised a 2 x 1 duplex half but no price. "Ideal rental property or (subject to strata approval), re-survey to survey strata and reap the benefits of your 600sqm block" Is it a more complex (i.e. expensive) undertaking than buying a freestanding house on a block, to be developed in the...

Read about this interesting app- iRentWA - for tenants in this week's community newspaper. Some info from a quick google http://www.shelterwa.org.au/news/need-information-about-rentals-in-wa-try-irentwa-app/ Any apps out there for landlords? :D

We have a Westpac Rocket home loan for our PPOR (So cool that I now know some of the IP acronyms because of SS forum :D ) Right now we've parked most of our savings in the redraw portion of the home loan. Offset is used like a transactional day-to-day account. Salaries go there. Bills get...

4 REA's are offering market appraisals, all in one week!?! Is that a seasonal thing? Anyone else getting these house drops? Not sure if it means they are running short of supply in my suburb. Mine is a popular suburb as we have 2 of the best public high schools in Perth - Willetton and...

Folks, How do you keep track on the movement of properties in your short listed suburbs? I used a massive Excel spreadsheet when I was hunting for our PPOR. It had listing date (on RE.com.au and REIWA sites), address, price movements, block size, room/bath numbers, $/sqm etc. But that was...

In today's media: http://www.perthnow.com.au/realestate/news/perth-real-estate-ugly-duckling-suburbs-emerging-as-swans/story-fnhlgriw-1227075568173 Is this guy on the right track for Perth hot spots?