WA Post a Bargain - Perth 2019

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  1. hematite

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    Nice work Damo - good to see you finally got it! The great thing about Perth is you have some high paying industries (Oil and Gas, Mining), and if both partners are in the same industry (Happens quite a lot), you can be on $240k combined as 21 year old graduates, which if spent right, can buy a very nice home for a FHB.
     
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    Any reason this isn't selling? Price dropped from 280 to 275.. one in the block sold for 441k in 2014. Rents currently low 300's, in a better market push closer to 400. Just seems crazy you can get 2 beds without living underneath someone in a prime location 2km from the CBD for under 300k.

    Ok strata levy isn't too flash, but at that price??

    7/60 Smith Street, Highgate, WA 6003
     
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    There are a few weirdos in the complex but I have always considered them to be pretty good value. I have a one bedroom townhouses about 500m away and mine are $500kish and rent for $400pw. Yes it's dated, yes it's open parking but it's an awful lot of construction in a great location.
    The biggest hassle is practically no furniture will fit up that spiral staircase, so you either buy flatpack and build in the room or take it up and over the balcony. And they don't have courtyards, just the balconies

    PS last one in the complex sold for $300k but had been renovated probably in the last 10-15yrs so quite a bit more modern. So it's definitely worth less than that but how low??
     
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    The land has value (as entire block and as a small section). You are buying a percentage of that. You can estimate that
    The Unit has a build cost. Down grade due to age,factor in reno cost to get back to as "new"
    Unit has a "rent" value. You can then calculate what size loan would be cash flow negative/neutral/positive.
    Media suggest very little price growth in near future.
    State Government has plans in place to cope with large population growth in next 20 to 50 years.
    My dodgy maths suggests a $200k loan 5% and $330 a week rent would almost pay its way.
    Just because it sold for $400k once doesn't mean much. Another may have sold for $300k just a factor to consider.
    To me if I wanted to live in that area or my investment strategy wanted a property to hold.
    I think that is a bargain at $275k looking at what $300k buys in Osborne Park Tuart Hill etc a lot further out of town. Whether it's a good investment. Who knows?
    But YMMV
     
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    Rental will more likely be in the $250/week range in this market.

    Rental Income: $13k ($250/week)
    PM Fees: 12% = $1560
    Council + Water + Strata = $4550

    Rent pays for about 54% of the P+I payments. Not a great cash cow considering it is a unit.

    Many older inner city units are cheap for a reason.

    Now, if you can buy all 16 or so units for $275k a pop, that's about $4.5mil for 2800m2 of R80 land throw in an extra 6 mil or so for construction and you have some decent profits in there but then again there are plenty of other options in the $10mil range ...
     
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    A lot less attractive at $250 a week
     
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    Aren't carbays in these ones all common?
     
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    Not really....especially considering rent in Samson.
     
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    25 Mereworth Way, Marangaroo, WA 6064 waiting to see how much these go for. Can not believe they skimped on the landscaping!
     
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    These ones are the first cab off the rank for the area. Kinda fit for the location & might appeal to first home buyers who could pay like $380k, minus 10k grant and no stamp duty. Rent it out in a year for $350pw or even more with the way things are going. Pity the finish just isn’t quite there...
     
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    Can get 5% yields in middle ring suburbs on older properties where the CG aspect still exists unlike houses like these I reckon
     
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    Too expensive in this market I would have thought, considering Balga stock pricing on similar product being low $300s these days isnt it?
     
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    Agree!
     
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    depreciation & low maintenance would be handy....Perhaps suited for retirees with the shops a 2 minute walk away. 39 Mereworth just sold for $369k, id imagine the numbers would stack up for a 3 unit site there. Mine certainly doesn’t o_O
     
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    Perhaps but retirees have better ways to source income. ETFs with good dividends inside of Super for example.
     
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    I would say no chance at $395k asking. Look at the quality of the brick laying in one of the pictures it screams cheap to me the lack of landscaping doesn't help either probably would look like that after 6 months anyway but poor presentation won't get you top money.

    A lot better locations to buy a $395k unit closer to Perth

    That whole area is riddled with developers "having a go" and losing money at the moment
     
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    I meant to live in, not as an investment.
     
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