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50K is insignificant on a 6M portfolio so either approach will get clobbered. I'm talking about a 10-20% buffer. I keep it in the margin loan via a 33% LVR limit and it has served me well over 19 years of margin loans. To each his own. I'm not worried about broker collapse, I'm not investing...

I strongly disagree. If you have the self control to manage the extra 50K within your margin loan (via maintaining a lower LVR than normal, and treating the 50K as if it was not there), you are in a much safer position. In the events described, prices often gap down, spreads widen, stops are...

Why would you do this, don?t trust yourself ? It?s just throwing money down the drain.

Due to leverage it's a lot easier to lose all your money in property than diversified shares.