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ok, thank you for your insight.

I'm not sure those figures are correct. I have nothing to base them on beside anecdotal evidence and snippets of conversation over the years. I think figures of 10% gross yield and better were not uncommon. edit: By the way, i'm not interested in positive gearing in itself to make money. I...

Yes, correct. I don't buy if i cant positive/neutral gear. i did some small developing in the western suburbs of Sydney in the mid/late 90s that turned out +ve geared and i bought in SE QLD in the early 2000s that was positive geared. I also bought in a couple NSW regional towns that were +ve...

I disagree. If you're positive geared it doesn't matter what price growth is doing as its not costing you a cent and you are actually making money. In the meantime you know that property prices will eventually rise as they always do long term. At least with pos. gearing you have the...

10 years!! Who wants to put money into a house with for 10 years? To me thats madness. You should only negative gear a property in a rising market. Property prices can stay flat or even negative for a looong time (look at the 90s) and most people sell out waiting for growth, sick of the...