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She could not tell the difference between a broker and a banker. She did not know what council rates were six months after settlement. But she trusted the process, bought a structural-issue weatherboard on a corner block, and watched RPData value it at $780,000 twelve months after paying $625,000.
My first investment property in Melbourne taught me the most expensive lesson of my career. I rented to a couple who seemed perfectly fine at the inspection. Two years later, I found five different names on mail in the letterbox and a smell that took months to clear out.
I have watched Melbourne families buy dream homes at low interest rates, then get crushed when rates doubled. Monthly repayments went from $5,800 to $10,000+. One spouse lost their job. The house went on the market as a forced sale. Here is the formula that prevents it.
Mount Waverley has 54 separate government-recognised risk overlays. Flood zones, bushfire areas, heritage controls, high-voltage easements — all free public data, all buried across 20 different databases. We used AI to merge them into a single interactive map.
The CGT 50% discount costs the budget $247 billion over the next decade. 59% of that benefits the richest 1%. But every government that's tried to reform it has failed. Here's why.
It's the most common question I get: can I use my first-home buyer stamp duty exemption and then secretly rent the property out? Short answer: no. Long answer: let me explain the three ways this destroys you.
Whether you own property or not, you need this free tool installed tonight. It monitors any address in Australia and alerts you the moment it hits the market. Developers use it to watch for site consolidation opportunities. Investors use it to track comparable sales. Here is how to set it up in 90 seconds.
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