Pros & Cons of Student/ Serviced apartments

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  1. Beano

    Beano Well-Known Member

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    I would be building hospitals

    Only takes 10 days to build and the demand worldwide is growing faster than any other property sector :)
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    Only takes 10 days to build and 20 mins to fall over
     
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    In that case it will take 20 days to build in brick

    And you @TMNT will not be able to blow it down :)
     
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    You must work for the government!:)
     
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    If you do it you should own the whole land, otherwise too hard to sell.
     
  6. jprops

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    With leverage?
     
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    Most are internally leveraged (i.e. the trust takes out a loan).

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  8. Beano

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    Who do you think Lindsay get the capital gains then ?
    1: the hotel management.
    2: the hotel/building owner.
    3: the landowner.
    4: the apartment owner.
    5: no one as hotels don't go up.
    6: no one as land in the CBD and in the popular hotel/holiday/business areas don't go up .
    7:the property trust managers who manager the property.
     
  9. 34551

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    Are the Meriton developments typically the type of crap you should look out for?

    They're building a lot around Lidcombe and I'm pretty sure half of them will become a service apartment for travellers for concerts and sporting events in Sydney Olympic Park.
     
  10. Scott No Mates

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    If they're serviced apartments, then they'll be operated by Meriton and held not sold off.

    If they're not Meriton, they'll be FHB fodder.
     
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    Definitely Merion: Apartments for Sale Lidcombe NSW | The Retreat - Celeste | Meriton

    The sales-rep kept suggesting that it was built as a service apartment but now converted to sell-off. Led me to believe that they were doing both with this apartment since it's next to the Accor and Qudos stadium.
     
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    If they're built as serviced apartments, then you'll find that they're slightly smaller and lacking the storage expected from a long term residence.
     
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