Help a Noob

jeudi 11 juin 2015

Hi Everyone, I am relatively new to SS and property investing. I have been lurking around this site for a few months now and reading practically every thread. I have an extensive library of books I am steadily making my way through and I am getting things organised to see a mortgage broker very soon but thought some insight from members on here my help me.

Our situation:

We have no debt, we own our house in Sydney's inner west and although we dont have official valuations it would be estimated at around $1.3-1.5mil for our PPOR. We own this outright. Our income is currently gross $200,000/pa and will rise to somewhere around $250-300,000 when my wife ends maternity leave sometime next year. We have no savings as we just renovated our PPOR.

Is this enough information to assess what we might be able to achieve and how quickly in terms of number of loans/ IPS? We would like to start to purchase as many IP's as possible ( obviously finding them is the hard part). Our strategy is to have a mix of higher yielding positive cashflow properties with a few negatively geared but high capital gains expected IP's as well. I would like to get the +ve cash flow properties first to fuel further purchases but with talk of dropping negative gearing maybe I need to start with those? I guess knowing what we can borrow and how many loans we can get will ultimately determine strategy.

Can anyone assist us?

TIA
Help a Noob

Mount Warren Park - Brisbane South Side

Any one familiar with Mount Warren Park Brisbane south side near Beenleigh...? Seems to have some reasonably priced properties, strong rental demand, is on/close to the train line (express station on line coming from the Gold Coast to Bris CBD, also has Beenleigh to city express). But prices haven't moved much in the last 12 months unlike other parts of Logan closer to the city.

About 25-30 mins drive to the city and the same to the Gold Coast, good access to the upcoming Ipswich CBD via the Logan motorway...

5 year growth -5%

http://www.yourinvestmentpropertymag...rren-park.aspx

I know it has been talked up by one TV presenter for a while now...

Any thoughts? Prices seem to vary a lot, some mortgagee sales here and there...
Mount Warren Park - Brisbane South Side

Dianella vs Tuart Hill (WA)

Im looking for a triplex site and similar size and zoning sites are appearing in Dianella and Tuart Hill but i have no clue which is more desireable. I could check stock on the market and median selling price but that may not be an accurate representation. I know its a very open end question since there are good pockets and bad pockets .

Tuart Hill: Do i stay away from the Osborne Park end and try to get close to Yokine? Or is Osborne Park desireable

Dianella : Do i stay south of Morley Drive and away from Morley and more towards Bedford/Inglewood? Also the R30 sites are here.
Dianella vs Tuart Hill (WA)

Building a house with attached studio/granny flat

Hello everyone,

Looking to build a 4x2x2 house when we came across a builder's floor plan that has the 4th bedroom set up as an attached studio/granny flat...

Assuming that the build price is the same as the 4 bed house...

1) how do banks value these properties?

2) what about resale?

Many thanks
Building a house with attached studio/granny flat

Carparks

Does anyone have any experience in carparks, purchasing then leasing them? Preferably in Melbourne but open to ideas. What are some pros and cons? Whats an effective way to research the return?
Carparks

Interesting Scenario

So the tenants I wrote about in a previous thread owed 6 weeks rent (bond amount), we took to VCAT and was awarded full bond plus more of about $700. That said we didn't pursue the $700 from them due to some safety concerns, plus it was our PPOR we were moving into too

Now this is what gets me.

He is now working as a Real Estate Agent. How pathetic is this human being!!!
Interesting Scenario

Is it a good time to buy a PPOR in Brisbane?

With the current low interest rate, I am thinking of buying a PPOR in Brisbane, Logan to be specific because it is relatively cheap. I am thinking of buying land, then build a house. Alternatively, buying a cheap land with house, then build a new house after demolishing the original house.

Is this a good time to buy a PPOR? Some people are saying fix rate can't go lower, some say the property market has topped and will drop in the near future.

While I can afford to do so at the moment, I am in no hurry to purchase a PPOR. I would rather making sure the timing is right.

What do you guys think?
Is it a good time to buy a PPOR in Brisbane?

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