Commercial Vs Residential Property.
LAST WEEK, we covered the different types of Depreciation and the depreciation rules for tenants in Commercial properties.
Read on now, for the rules for claiming occupancy in a Commercial/Residential property — plus another useful tip, when it comes to when claiming deprecation. [Read more…]
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YOU MAY RECALL several blogs in the past about Baby Boomers … explaining the effect they will have upon the property market — both Residential and Commercial.
In 2005, I warned investors that: If you hadn’t sold your traditional inner-city family home by 2010-11 … you had better be prepared to hold it until 2025.
My reasoning for this was NOT that there would be any fewer buyers. Rather, they would be five times as many of these homes on the market — as baby boomers sought to downsize en masse. [Read more…]
THIS IS THE FIRST of a 2-part article, to help provide you with a useful comparison between the depreciation of Commercial and Residential property.
Investors considering purchasing an investment property will often enquire whether a Commercial or a Residential property will provide them with more deductions in the form of depreciation.
However, there are many important factors you need to be aware of when making a choice between these two investment options. [Read more…]
DEVELOPMENTS generally comprise two types of costs:
Both of these costs need to be managed. But there are two specific traps to avoid when reviewing initial planning soft costs — so that your soft costs do not blow the budget later on. [Read more…]
DEBT RECYCLING INVOLVES converting bad debt into good debt. In other words, converting debt you cannot claim as a tax deduction into debt that you can.
This can be a little complicated to explain so take a look at a couple of practical examples. [Read more…]
IN PART 1 of this article, you read about some of the reasons you might want to use a non-conventional lender. And about two types of non-conventional lenders that could be useful to you — Mortgage Funds and Solicitor’s Funds.
If you missed it, you can find the original article here.
Anyway, you read on now … to learn about three more non-conventional lenders. [Read more…]
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MOST PEOPLE RECOGNISE Moorabbin as being the focal point for Industrial property in Melbourne — and maybe, even Australia.
And with the Development permit having just been granted, 658south Business Park offers you a strategic opportunity to snare an affordable Investment going forward.
As you soon discover, there is a distinct lack of well-located alternatives. Plus, you will be enjoying attractive Stamp Duty savings — which go hand in hand with an off-the-plan purchase. [Read more…]
WHILE THIS MAY have be written from a Tenant’s perspective … the message is equally valuable for Landlords, owning Commercial investment property.
Many landlords, tenants (and legal practitioners for that matter!) do not appreciate the significance of a default clause in a commercial lease that deals with the non-payment of rent. [Read more…]
LIKE MOST COMMERCIAL PROPERTY investors … you are mainly concerned with obtaining the best rates and terms possible, when it comes to funding options.
As a general rule, you will find these with the major and second tier banks — their cheap cost of funds are able to on-lend at often attractive terms. And in the current environment of high competition for business and low interest rates, the bigger lenders are a good place to start. [Read more…]
