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    ok thanks rolf for the feedback and advice. Yes I think I'll leave it now and see if we can look at other options in the future. cheers
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    The original loan officer is away on a vacation so have had to go through his associate. I contacted them yesterday about it and asked about the offset account and he said they would get back to me but they said it shouldn't be a problem but we had another more important issue to deal with...
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    Sorry,I worded that wrong unless I have a huge next 8 months :p i meant my goal for this year is to have 3 properties in my portfolio and I expect to be still paying a loan off on all of them.
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    It looks like my loan doesn't allow for an offset account. I just checked it out online here at westpac and found it says "100% Offset This option is not available on this loan. I'm a bit worried now but will see what they say about this in the morning....
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    Excellent, well that makes perfect sense now. So now I just hope my bank are going to provide an offset account with this loan which I will find out Monday morning...
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    One more thing.... wouldn't it be more profitable to only keep a few thousand in the offset account and put the money I make that I would have put in the offset account into a bank account that earns interest like the Westpac maxi saver? This account earns interest but you can also access it and...
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    Yes I wasn't sure if they are both the same for the two loans. thanks for posting this info. well that is what I thought and hoped, so thanks for confirming that. that's interesting for the tax part, I will study all that over the following months. Yes it will be an IP but it will first...
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    I know there is quite a few questions but this one above is really important and I would appreciate it if someone can please answer this as I have to discuss this with the bank tommorrow. I also realise that interest rates will change over 4 years so I'm just hoping for some type of estimate...
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    Yes I doubt I would have wanted to sell it in 6 months and now I most certainly won't after finding out all this. I think I will rent it out once I get another property purchased. ----------------- hi travelbug, thanks for answering all of my questions to the best of your knowledge. I...
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    That has answered a couple of my questions, thanks! I will make an inquiry about the offset account on Monday, sounds perfect but I wonder if they will give me interest on that account comparable to my investment account that I can get good interest on but still access the money anytime I like...
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    Hi, a couple of days ago I signed for my first home loan at under $170,000 and the amount I requested was accepted with no hesitation even though I'm self employed. At the same time I received a letter from another bank telling me they are willing to lend me over $300,000 (with mortgage...
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