An investor has accumulated a property portfolio worth $6 million with $3.5 million in borrowings associated with it. The investor's LVR (loan to value ratio) is therefore 58%. The investor refinances to 60% and pulls out $100,000 in tax free funds to live off for the year. The $100,000 is added to the $3.5 million debt, taking total borrowings to $3.62 million.
An investor calculates that she needs five unencumbered properties to retire.She acquires ten properties over a period of years, lets them appreciate to a value of $8 million financed by $3 million in borrowings, then sells 5 properties, leaving five unencumbered properties. The rent from these five properties provides the funds to pay the investor's living expenses in retirement.
An investor builds a high capital growth portfolio of five properties worth $3.5 million financed by loans of $1。5 million. He sells all five properties and, after extinguishing the loans and paying capital gain tax on the sale plus sale expenses, is left with net proceeds of $1.5 million. This amount is invested in a managed fund which pay an average 7% ( or $105,000 ) distribution per year, providing the passive income that pays the investor's living costs in retirement.