Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la To : boraxman From : Spectre Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 06:39:00 bo> Buying property to become a landlord is an investment. You are differing bo> between short term and long term investors. Some landlords are bo> developers, but for those purchasing existing stock to rent out, they bo> don't qualify as developers. Even those who do buy existing stock to tear bo> down and build townhouses, that is primarily profiteering to take bo> advantage of government sponsored demand by means of high immigration and Well duh, of course I am..about 2 generations ago now, we had a group of "new australians" that went out and bought themselves a house, then worked on a second one nominally for the kids, and yet another one or two after that to keep the home fires burning. These guys did three things, they didn't renovate and flip, they didn't just wait on the LVR to advantageous to sell, they hung onto the extras as a long term source of income. These are the guys that helped keep the status quo some 30, 40, 50 years ago no.. Its the more recent I need to buy and sell for all the money I can scrounge that have really killed things.. heavily assisting pushing pricing ever higher. Not to mention your extra immigration... population is the other half of the equation. You also need to remember that building in general keeps a large proportion of our economy afloat by employing people. Spec *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware] --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval) * Origin: There is no cloud, just someone elses computer! (21:3/101) .