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You're right Oricle. I too own property but with far lower LVRs than are spoken of here. The results have never been so good that I wish I had been more aggressive IN THE MARKET I KNOW. I should have ventured into mining towns though but this thread is about Greater Sydney. I am NOT confident...

I accept what you say but I wonder why. 95% gearing on property scares the c*** out'a me. :eek: It seems to me that a share investor is forced to understand risk but property investors happily ignore it. Absolutely NO WAY would I have a mil$ debt on property with nothing more than equity in...

I'm no genius Dazz. I was stopped out of my BHP during the GFC and haven't bought back. :(

No! according to Somersoft you are doing the right thing. :) According to me the only possible reason to buy such property is for the tax benefits. I have never needed "tax benefits" so I'll pass on that, thank you. BTW You will only have been getting 2.5% nett rental returns and BHP pays...

Some fuzzy figures there Shadow, the linear and log charts seem to have different start points. I am always sus about graphs purporting to "prove" something but which do not allow accurate interpretation because there are no graduations on one axis. I reckon you should only use log charts for...