I'm excited to say that we bought another property yesterday after many hassles and walking away from the deal once, and threatening to do so again at the death knell.
Any chance of you sharing some numbers like; purchase price, rental return, valuation, historic cap growth, etc? And if its not too much to ask; approx location, property type/potential, reasons for the purchase, etc?
Sure. The property is in Kilsyth South which is about 35klms from melbourne CBD. This is one of the nicer areas around here and has reasonably good growth (where hasn't!) with more potential.
The house is in a street where similar houses have sold for $270k and thereabouts.
We paid $225k with only a $1,000 deposit and settlement in 60 days. The vendor is moving to the country and wanted to sell.
We estimate that we could spend about $1,500 to $2,000 on cosmetic changes to its street appeal and easily add another $20k at a minimum.
We bought because of it's potential and because it met every one of the criteria that we set when we were looking.
The rent is not that impressive at $230 to $250 per week but because it is 9 nine years old and has had a lot of money spent on it, we will get good depreciation allowances which will help.
The house is to be added to our long term investments through my family trust.
Congrats on the good news. Could you please if possible give us some indication of your search criteria. ie. rental return, no. of bedrooms, age, depreciation etc. I would be interested if anybody else has search criteria that they regularly use that works well.
We were looking for a house, not a unit, on a minimum of 700 metres. We wanted something under 15 years old for tax purposes and something that had a minimum of 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
We also wanted something that was below market value and this is harder to define because it is a moving target and one where everyone's opinion is different.
I understand why you buy under 15 years of age for the building depreciation but can you please explain the fittings & fixtures depreciation. My understanding of it is as long as you buy after 1987 you can depreciate the fittings/fixtures as if they were new at the time of property purchase , then depreciate each item for 40 years from the purchase date? CAn you clarfiy this please
Happy Investing,
Rixter
Not sure about your advice on this one. Fixtures are depreciated from the date of installation at a prescribed rate set by the tax office which is meant to reflect their useful working life. You should only be able to claim depreciation on what is left at the time of purchase.
And, a QS is the person who will determine what, if any, is left to depreciate. I have already booked my report at $440.
Sorry to spoil the party, but that is a very very average deal!
I would recommend that you go buy a copy of Rich Dad Poor Dad and ask yourself the question, how many of those deals can I realistically afford?
5% return. Please! You could buy three houses in Geelong for the price of the Kilysth one and receive $22,000 per annum and you even may get some capital growth to boot!
Last week I saw a renovators delight in Hampton Park for 115k that with a coat of paint would reappraise for $140k and rent at $180 per week straight away. Hampton park is the same distance as Kilsyth. I discounted the deal, because the return on investment wasnt up to my standards. There are better deals out there. I would say, keep looking and walk away if you can.
Thanks for the thoughts and advice. I have read RDPD and Kiyosaki's other books. I've been to one of his 2 day seminars when there was 30 of us in the room as opposed to his current seminars where there is 2000. I understand the concepts.
We bought this house knowing that there were better deals cashflow available if we were prepared to venture far and wide.
Time is my biggest enemy. . . .
However, Kiyosaki is not the be all and end all of investing and other "gurus" have other thoughts and concepts equally as valid.
Most importantly for us, this deal is quite reasonable and will provide very good capital growth. Something that Geelong and Hampton Park may or may not provide.
This deal met our objectives of what we were looking for.
Dirk, have you heard of a concept called a wealth wheel? If so, you will understand what I mean. If not, may I respectfully suggest that you read up on this concept to add another string to your own bow?
I wasnt trying to be smart, I believe it is a very very average deal.
What sort of capital growth are you expecting in Kilsyth. Its not exactly an inner suburb. All I was saying their are better deals out their, even within 1 hour away. You could buy 2 houses in Werribee for example for the same price which is closer to the CBD than Kilsth and you would probably get better capital appreciation anyway.
Rubbish. This is Johnny come lately advise. I'll remind you that most homes in Kilsth, were 130-140k less than 2 years ago! How much more can a house 35klms from the CBD appreciate?