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    Investar Search Tool - Group membership?

    Hi, I am looking for 4 others to partner in a monthly membership of the Investar property research tool. I've heard good things about it. Thought I'd try it for 3 months. It would be $150 for 3 months for each person in the group. Google search "investar" to see a demo of it and the fees etc...
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    Apartment Block Build - Subdivision & stratta questions

    Hi, I am looking at developing a small block of apartments in Melbourne. My understanding is that: - Subdivision: is subdividing the lands under the apartment block into parcels, one per apartment. This needs to be done and approved via the council before selling the apartments off the...
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    Selling off the plan - Profit margin

    Hi, I am looking to sell some apartments in Melb off the plan. I am trying to work out the expenses/profit margin roughly. My understanding is that: - 2%-2.5% to RealEstate agent (paid on sale out of my pocket pre settlement?) - 10% of settlement price is paid to gov in GST (but...
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    Best Non-Agent Selling Method?

    Hi, I am looking to sell 6 apartment off the plan for a development project. What is the best way for me to sell these as a developer to avoid paying for agent fees (4%-6% I believe)? I tried gumtree.com.au but it doesn't seem to have much traffic for buying real estate. I've used...
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    12 Apartments Development - Accounting advice

    Hi, I have approval to build a 12 apartment block in Melbourne. Even though it's small in size compared to the big boys, I've never done this level development myself in the past :) So all advice is welcomed. My biggest hurdle right now is around the accounting and how to structure...
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    Advice please - to renovate or develop?

    Hi, I own a 560sqrm block in a good central location in Melbourne. Currently there are two stand alone buildings on this block. Each building has 2 levels. Each level is 1 x 3 bedroom apartment. So at the moment there are 4 art-deco apartments on this block. I could renovate and...
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    Renovations and tax deductions/depreciation

    Hi, I have purchased an investment property and I would like to do some renovations prior to renting it out. I plan to rent it out for 3 or so years and then move into it. I read the ATO Investment Properties 2008 paper and it's mighty confusing :) Here is what I'd like to do with...
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    Moving equity from Investment prop to Home

    Hi, I believe this is a common issue so I'm hoping someone has some suggestions :) Myself and my wife own one investment property each. We have individually paid off a substantial part of our properties. So we have equity in these two investment properties. We would now like to...
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