investment property

hi i'm a beginner and still learning about how things work. i know that shares are generally better in returns than real estate, but i'm unclear. generally speaking, if my sister and i purchase a unit and rent it out to help pay it off (250k purchase price, 130k deposit, 120k loan), won't i...

I mentioned i would start a new thread regarding our property purchase and since we have not settled yet i thought i would cover the beginning of the story leading up to the purchase including our hiring of a buyers agent. My wife and i wanted to purchase our first investment property...

I am very new to Shares so I am looking for peoples opinions on the following so a bit of background first: - I have a couple of investments properties and I am in the process of putting one of them up for sale and will keep the other one which is negatively geared. - After fees and taxes...

I don't know if it's just me but there seems to be an increase in ads about investment property on tv and elsewhere. Also the ads are from lenders (RAMS and CBA for example) and not property spruikers. Any one else notice this?

Said in a reply to another thread, houses renting for 300 a week are available for under 250k in Brisbane's west. So, the question - is an investment house strategy going to be more profitable, over say two years, than 250k invested in the ASX 200. Credible predictions suggest flat to 8%...

Hello all, & a Merry Christmas! Or rather, to be politically correct - happy holidays! OK, bit of an odd question here (sounds rather complicated to myself, but I'm sure to you Guru's it's a quickie) :- If I were to buy my first house with intent on renting it out for 3-4 years, would this...