Research FAQ
Eight practical answers distilled from the PropTrack brief and the property-intel synthesis.
It is not just a suburb-picking system. Under the hood it is a borrowing-capacity-preservation system. The best property is the one that still leaves room for the next acquisition.
Sydney ties up too much debt too early, offers weaker yield, and pushes a buyer toward the DTI cap faster than cheaper interstate markets. It can still work for lifestyle or rare exceptional deals, but not by default.
Vacancy below 2%, a gross yield around 5.75% to 6%+, falling stock on market, and strong land content are the cleanest public signals carried through the research.
Since Feb 2026, lenders can only write a limited share of loans at DTI 6x and above. That means a deal may look affordable in cash-flow terms but still crush the borrower’s capacity for property #2 or #3.
Not as the default. The better split is to keep macro awareness, suburb screening, and acquisition rules in-house, then outsource broking, tax structuring, legal work, and property management.
The highest-leverage uses are suburb scorecards, deal memos, DTI scenario modelling, recurring market alerts, and a searchable research memory. It reduces cognitive load before each purchase decision.
The course-only pieces still missing are the full 35-factor list, exact weightings, suburb workbook, acquisition-to-consolidation triggers, trust sequencing, and due-diligence templates.
Run a broker session focused on DTI runway, shortlist 10 to 15 non-Sydney suburbs using the public PK filters, lock a written acquisition rulebook, and review the Jan–Mar 2026 transcripts before any serious purchase push.