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Help. My home isn't selling. Buying your first property is one of life’s more stressful rites of passage. Well, at least until you sell your first property. It’s only then that you really learn if you bought well in the first place or if your home appeals to the market. You see, this time your success rest on the choices of others rather than your own. Selling can test the strongest self-esteem...
Covering many issues for returnee - and the rest of us - including taxation, negative gearing, location and asset selection.
The fate of many a direct residential property investor's overall experience is often set by the first months and even weeks of their initial foray. Those who get off on the right foot as a landlord invariably go on to greater success. But those who encounter troubles at the start frequently never recover from the trauma such that property investment becomes a never-to-be-repeated scar on their psyche...
Jarrod McCabe and Howitt Partners' Charles Howitt consider how much spare monthly cash flow is required to finance an entry level ($400,000) investment-grade property, based on the following assumptions: Investor borrows $400,000 100% LVR, secured with home Transaction costs paid up front with cash Mortgage interest rate of 5%, interest only Gross rental income of 3.5% 25% of gross rent allocated to management/maintenance costs. They consider the result for a top-rate and second-tier marginal tax rate payer. You may be surprised at the numbers! Want to automatically receive our blog updates? Subscribe to our RSS feed and you'll be sent an email each time a new entry is posted. Click here.
View the report from ABC TVs The Business on State Governments announcement that they will be writing to property spruikers, including Richard Wakelins reaction. Want to automatically receive our blog updates? Subscribe to our RSS feed and youll be sent an email each time a new entry is posted. Click here.
