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Here are some resources for anyone doing a comparison of retail tenancy laws by each state, at this point I'm only doing NSW/QLD/VIC as that's where my shortlisted suburbs are for my first purchase. Comparison...

Thanks Scott and Chilli, doing some research and I'm starting to think it will be retail. My budget is keeping me regional. Offices don't seem to have adequate yields, and industrial feels like there can be supply issues with regional areas as there is a lot of land for business parks on the...

Thanks Aaron, makes sense - I'm better first selecting between retail / industrial / office etc before I can then evaluate the right area eg. Retail could be good in dubbo but poor in bathurst, while industrial could be great in Bathurst but poor in dubbo. I'll make a decision on which...

Thanks Scott, definitely will do. A few of those are in my target list also - particularly Dubbo and Ballarat. I'll investigate the others also. I'm definitely finding that deciding on the area is more challenging than resi as the same data just isn't available. Scott - Are there any...

Thanks Roy, very limited research so far in terms of actual suburbs. I like toowoomba, Newcastle, and Dubbo at the moment, but I quickly realised that my usual sources for screening suburbs don't work for commercial eg can't find published vacancy rates, yields, etc. as pinkboy pointed out there...

Thanks Pinkboy, that is very open and constructive. Gifting equity from resi LOC could definitely be an option, and it seems a smart way to access the equity while keeping the structures separate. I will definitely investigate with my broker and thanks for the idea! I could also sell down...

Hi Forumites, Firstly thanks for all the wise words that have been shared in this space, it's helped a lot on my investment experience so far. I have three residential IPs and am now expanding my strategy to start looking for my first commercial IP. I am going to document my experience...