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Remember the $820K rooming house I wrote about? The one producing $1,200 a week? This one beats it. Different property, bigger block, better numbers. But I'm also going to tell you about the four clients whose properties couldn't be converted — because that story matters more.
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I'm going to walk you through a deal that my accountant called 'obscene.' Not because it was risky — because the numbers were almost too good. An $820,000 house producing $1,200 a week in rent. Let me show you how.
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Read a comparable-sales median with its sample size, dates, missing fields and product definition. Compare individual observations before using a sparse market result.
Check geographic definitions, boundary dates and product mix before comparing council and suburb prices. Keep metro labels and cross-state policy meanings explicit.
Check days-on-market calculations against the sale event and campaign timeline. Keep later campaigns, withdrawn listings, relistings and unknown dates separate.
Create a development evidence register before an offer. Link each claim to dated title, planning, survey, services, building and market evidence with a named next action.
Use a residual land-price worksheet with a supported exit scenario, complete project costs and dated cash timing. Keep price research separate from valuation and personal advice.
Read development-site missing data using coverage, source status and verification steps. Distinguish no matching record, failed retrieval and confirmed absence before buying.
Deduplicate property research without merging separate lots or sale events. Reconcile spelling, unit numbers, parcel identifiers and subdivision changes with title evidence.
Use AI exterior observations as research flags. Distinguish visible surfaces from structural systems, photo dates and unknown material before comparing sales. Keep source dates, unresolved questions and the next verification step visible before making a property decision.
Read property listing history without confusing asking guides, portal search values, estimates and disclosed sale prices. Preserve relistings, dates and source revisions.
Build a rooming house income bridge from room advertisements to agreements and collected receipts. Identify occupancy, inclusions, arrears and the cost denominator.
Compare rooming house rooms, private ensuites and shared facilities using dated plans and operating evidence. Keep unknown bathrooms separate from confirmed shared ones.
Separate rooming house candidate records, registered premises, licensed operators and verified operating stock before interpreting market supply or sales frequency.
Build a dated rooming house sale timeline before using a comparable. Separate land, permitted projects and operating buildings, and preserve unresolved evidence.
Check the operating evidence behind a tenanted rooming house sale: anonymised income, premises and operator records, service responsibilities and handover conditions.
Select single-storey unit comparables by built form, title, private outdoor space and shared obligations. A portal unit label does not establish a matching product.
Verify two-bedroom two-bathroom unit layouts using plans, dated photos, inspection and title records. Check actual facilities, usable space and shared obligations.
Check every owners corporation, maintenance fund, levy and defect record before buying an apartment. Use AI extraction with page references and human verification.
Read housing approvals, commencements, work in progress and completions separately. Understand what builder insolvency can change without assuming prices must rise.
A practical granny-flat inspection method: test furniture and door swings, independent access, privacy, orientation, storage and the handover documents.
A Victorian granny-flat quote checklist covering inclusions, ground conditions, services, delivery, payment stages and the July 2026 Home Warranty change.
Imported and modular granny flats need evidence for their actual Victorian site and construction. Check product suitability, approvals, contracts and insurance.
Compare shared supply, private submeters and separate utility accounts for a Victorian granny flat, with a practical briefing checklist for your electrician.
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