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Has anyone had any experience of transferring a loan? I was advised by a broker that I may be able to transfer a loan from one property to another, and wondered if anyone knows anything about doing this?

I've just been looking for inner city properties in Cairns, and once again have found the large number of properties that come up under Cairns include such places as Gordonvale (a small town in its own right 20klms south of Cairns) and Second Beach, which is on the other side of Trinity Inlet...

I've just had an offer on one of our properties that is $150k more than what we paid for it at the beginning of this year. That's around 30% capital gain. I've always used the strategy of buy & hold and usually draw down on equity to purchase more etc. and have never before sold an IP. Would...

:o Does anyone else hate to have to take their shoes off to inspect a property? Arthritis makes it difficult sometimes to bend and remove shoes. I suppose I could wear thongs, but that's a bit dangerous for driving. Anyway, if I get to an open house and they've got a little sign saying...

Can anyone help me with a few questions regarding financing the purchase of a fairly large commercial vacant block of land to, say, build storage sheds or something similar on? Can you get the finance in one go to both buy the land and do the buildings? Can repayments be deferred until the...

I'd be interested to know general age groups of property investors. Are we all getting on and facing having to fund our own retirement? Or is the majority in the middle of their life's journey? I'd also like to know how many properties people have, linked to how old they are. It would be...

I want to provide internet access for a house being used for international student accommodation, but do not want to provide access to a land line telephone. These students pay individually, usually stay for 3 or 4 months, and I pay all the bills (e.g. electricity etc) and provide pretty much...

Does anyone know if there is some way people who manage their own properties can do a check on tenants history, prior to making the decision whether or not to rent to them?

Does anyone have advice about refinancing? I think from recent experience that you have to be careful to 'increase' your finance, not call it a refinance, or the cost can be horrendous. Last year I found a potential new IP & the RE agency had an in house finance brokerage who said no problem...