Are You On A Tight Budget But Wanting To Get Into Your First Investment
Are Dual Income Investments Worth The Hype?
Paul: Yeah, personally as an investor myself and an owner of a couple of duplexes. They’ve got to be for a reason and that I think is the key is that duplexes for me as an investor as long as you’ve got an exit strategy. The key that I always look at for things such as dual income properties in general is the fact that you’ve got to think who’s going to buy this property after you and ultimately that’s going to dictate the potential demand for that property long term and if it can’t be if there are instance strata title or torrenced titled subdivided and sold off separately then of only going to sell that property to an investor and that’s kind of the exit strategy that we always have to go in with mind, unless you’re paying cash or intend to play pay or are in this property for a long period of time and turn into a really long term cash flow generator for us. We always got to say that there’s got to be a very good reason to make sure that that duplex or townhouse or two side by side opportunities in single title have really got a very good purpose and a reason behind it because for a long term capital growth perspective. If you can’t cut them up you typically will see okay or good growth in the good times but in the softer times the hardest properties to liquidate and typically the first properties to soften.
But in terms of the sort of the upstairs downstairs arrangement upstairs downstairs or even side by side because a lot of people and a lot of dual income properties which potentially can’t be subdivided strata title they typically will only ever be one property with two separate residences. Technically an auxiliary dwelling you can only ever sell to a single owner and if that is the case and you can’t subdivide or sell that property independently you end up with a bit of a pickle if you don’t have an exit strategy that’s certainly is something you can handle.
Are Renovations Really Worth It?
Host: Is it maybe a good idea to do some small modifications to the property in agreement with the tenancy and see what they would want to change about the property and whether they want to renegotiate the rent for a few improvements.
Paul Glossop: I think if I personally and I having to gone through this. I can’t count how many times I have gone through a similar scenario, where I have had a property of mine or even of a clients that comes up with an opportunity to say “Look we can either lock them into a long term lease” or we might say “Look it’s time to maybe give the place a polish and shine”. Whether that be a floor board paint or something that’s more major. Ultimately for me the bird in the hand is always better than two in the bush. If you got a tenant in play and if they are covering the rent, and they are good tenants, and they are giving your rent on a weekly basis. Paid consistency and they check out with regards to the monthly inspection then to Michaels point again, I think if you are going to have consistent tenants in there, to get them out just to do a small or even a major overhaul unless really that capital works is going to give you a two-fold return on your money. I would never see the value in it. So for me that opportunity to renovate will always be there but ultimately the tenants are there right now, they are giving you rent from day one, keep them in there, keep them happy and if you do have to do a couple of small things, whether it be fly screens, air conditioning anything that might make it a bit more probably potentially owner occupy style for them, which might give you a chance to up rent next time over. That would be the small things you could do whilst they are still living there, that you don’t have to evict them to do so.
Is A Property Manager Worth The Cost?
Host: False economy to do away with the property manager Paul?
Paul Glossop: Very much so. DIY property management, couldn’t think of a worse way to spend my time than have to deal with property management personally. Especially not being qualified, it is the best money you could ever spend as a property investor.
Host: Right, well there you go. That’s an unequivocal answer there. That’s all we have time for tonight but make sure you send through your property questions.