Buying a Rental

Buying a second home can be exciting and daunting all at the same time.

There are some really important decisions to make when looking at purchasing your second home or rental property. 

Should you use a different lender to offer a level of asset protection, or should you use the same lender because you would like to maximise your tax position?*

Buying your second home can arise from many different circumstances.

These may include:

  • A rapidly growing family
  • A want to buy a nicer home
  • Starting a rental property portfolio
  • To become closer to family or friends
  • Facilitating a move to a different city
  • To purchase a property for a friend or family member
  • Downsizing after family have flown the coup or for retirement
  • To down size after family have flown the coup or for retirement


Your reason for purchasing a second home could be one or more of the above reasons, it could also be for a reason that is not mentioned above. There are many factors to look into when buying your second home.


Purchasing a second home can raise many questions, such as:

  • Do you want to simply upgrade or turn your existing home into a rental property?
  • Do I have enough equity in my existing home to purchase a second home?
  • Will I have to add part or all of my savings to purchase a second home?
  • Can you afford the new mortgage repayments?
  • Do I want to stay with the same lender?


As you can see from the above points there are a lot of different things to consider when purchasing a second home, we would love to help you go through the process and help you with all aspects of purchasing a second property.

Contact us to go over your personal circumstances and reasons for wanting to purchase a second home.

* We strongly recommend you seek advice from a suitably qualified tax accountant before proceeding with any purchase that may change your tax liabilities.

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Miller, Scott
27 May 2024

Published by Scott Miller

  • Greg was excellent to work with throughout purchasing our first home. Highly recommend!
    Anna Van Dissen - 13 July 2026
  • Scott was so helpful. He broke the process of buying our first home down into manageable steps. He was also incredibly patient with my endless silly questions. Couldn’t be happier with his service
    Georgia Norling - 11 July 2026
  • Greg from Advanced Mortgage Solutions helped us purchase our first home, and we couldn’t be more grateful for his support.
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  • Super helpful, Scott was always a phone call or email away for a quick question and had no issue doing so.
    Ryan Chisholm - 25 June 2026
  • Great work from Greg and the team at Mortgage Solutions. Helped us buy our first home, lead us through the process and gave valuable advice. Lots of documents and information to read through. Great communication as well. Have already recommended them to friends and family.
    Sam Burrows - 17 June 2026