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Let?s make a bold assumption: Sydney has 2 years left in its monster run. If you were to buy today, hoping for maximum CG in the next 2 years, where and what would you buy? Budget $1mil or there about.

I brought a house recently in another state, and I have enlisted a friend to help me manage the place. Now she is not a property manager by trade, my question is - if I do use her services and pay her the industry standard in fees, will those fees be tax deductible?

Friend of mine is about to take a significant pay cut and change jobs. If he wants to buy a property now, how will it work from a finance perspective? If he has told work he is quitting in a months time, does he still have time to buy a place now, and get his loan approved under his current...

Hi guys, Looking at properties in Logan. Curious what you guys think about buying one that is on the outskirts of the bushfire zone, according to the council map I assume insurance would be priced higher, any other factors that would play into consideration?

Every so often when I share my investment journey with friends, one of the topics of contention that comes up is using a broker. My unsophisticated investor friends would quote the latest hot interest rate offer from a DIY online lender like ubank or homloans.com. Here I would proceed to...

I have a question regarding property investing for people near the retirement age. Scenario: 60 y/o couple, lives in ppor no debt. Earns about 100k pa combined no dependencies. If they were to take out loans against their ppor, will lenders still treat them the same as they'd treat someone...

Can anyone recommend me to an honest & affordable B&P inspector in the Logan area?

Areas in postcode 4133: Chambers Flat Logan Reserve Waterford Waterford West Was looking at a few properties in Waterford West, and upon doing DD for the area, I was shocked to find the vacancy rate was through the roof! Does anyone have any insight as to why 4133 has a vacancy rate of...

http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2015/feb/03/starbucks-gentrification-real-estate-prices On a side note, whatever happened to Star Bucks taking off in Oz?

A few weeks ago I wanted to shop for a better rate on my mortgage so I gave my broker a call. He suggested I call up the bank myself to negotiate, citing some privacy/contract agreement that prevents him from doing it... My question is: is that really the case? I thought negotiating a better...

As anyone been around the Schofield area in Western Sydney lately? I drove there with a friend to look at a house + land package earlier this week (she is not a resident so can only buy new), and I saw a lot of new developments. - Newly bricked homes everywhere (all smallish in land size...

Hi SSers, I'll start by saying what a great resource this forum has been for a budding property investor such as myself, thank you all for your contributions so far! :) With pleasantries out of the way, here is my question: For my first IP, I am currently on a 450k variable loan (80%) with...