In the following cities you will get both cashflow and growth, which doesn't always happen at the same time. It's a nice position to be able to buy something that's going to give you a high return and some capital growth along the way.
Let's put it in perspective; some property in this market is growing at about $10,000 per month! Why? 
Gladstone is a market worth mining into!
Keep in mind:-
- Purchase townhouses over free standing houses because when the market does slow down, it will be very much an executive rental marketplace in Gladstone.
- It’s a very diverse marketplace, and is not reliant upon one industry; meaning a sound area for property investors
- Focus on the city centre and Calliope (suburb) – A $450,000 property will rent at about $600 per week at moment, but over the next three years the rental return will grow to approximately $800 to $900 per week.
- As the rents grow, the property market will grow. The LGA is predicting an 85% population increase over the next 20 years to more than 111,000 people (from 60,000).
Orange
Orange is a very diverse economy, but it has Australia's largest gold mine, which is essentially the Cadia Hill Gold Mine - a Newcrest Mining initiative, and they're expanding and tapping into that gold, which is a very safe commodity.
Keep in mind:-
- It offers a diverse economy, mining, agriculture, tourism, education, manufacturing.
- A current $250 million re-development of Bloomfield Hospital.
- Listed in API Magazine's “Top 100 Places To Invest”.
- Charles Sturt University Campus offers thousands of students needing accommodation.
These huge mining companies, which are essentially blue-chip companies, are paving the way for us to invest. I like the expansion of this marketplace but I also like the fact that it's not a single market economy. It's very diverse; it's got education, manufacturing, tourism, little vineyards, a great health sector......it's a beautiful town - it's kind of the “show pony” town of that area.
Right now it's going through a massive rental growth, and it actually has the lowest vacancy rate in New South Wales – it's sitting at 0%, so when a marketplace sits at 0% there's not enough houses to accommodate the rental market, which makes it a formidable place to be buying.
The expansion of the mine is going to take another two and a half to three years and during that time your property is going to grow. At the end of that time there'll be less need for workers in that town and rents will come back a bit, but I'm okay with that because we think it's a fantastic way to get some capital growth and also some serviceability on your portfolio.
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