dilemma.......Our bank has just recently moved to loan of 75% LTV for acquired cost + anticipated rehab cost. 

Anticipating being up to 20 in the near future.

I know you can't really anticipate property appreciation (or it's probably dangerous to).

For the rest of you, please simply read and don't skim anticipating what you think I might say.

:shock: So investing in Australia is, of necessity, almost exclusively focused on anticipated appreciation.Many would say that yields are now unsustainably low and our market is set for a correction (and I agree), but even looking back over the past 40 years, our mainstream market has never been cashflow positive; the best it's done is come close to being neutral.

In particular, the Committee anticipates that weak economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for some time.The focus of the Committee's policy going forward will be to support the functioning of financial markets and stimulate the economy through open market operations and other measures that sustain the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet at a high level.

I know you and partner we're please with the anticipated quick results and now disappointment.

There has to be a certain value-add potential to any property that I anticipate making an offer on.

Hi Lafi,Seems like some staging makes sense if you want to max retail bid, and if you anticipate saving another 5-7K with your counter offer.

I would also add make sure you know the TRUE current market value of the home you are going to rent out.If your plans hinge on refinancing out a certain number to do all these other things you might be surprised.I have had clients who wanted to refinance out of their properties and were surprised that the appraisal came back lower than anticipated and with the banks only refinancing up to lower LTV's than in the past what they were going to be able to take out didn't make sense.