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14/10/2026

Picture two buckets.

One is your super, which now has new limits on what it can borrow to buy.

The other is your own name, which plays by a completely different rulebook.

The 10 August change touched one bucket. A lot of people are acting like both are gone. They are not. What your super can do, and what you can do outside it, are two separate questions with two separate answers.

General information only, not personal financial advice. Speak with a licensed adviser about your own situation.

Free 13-page guide. No cost, no obligation: https://wiproperties.com.au/smsf-guide

12/10/2026

Commercial property is not residential with a better yield stapled on.

A vacant house re-lets in weeks.

A vacant industrial unit can sit empty for months, and your fund carries every cost in the meantime.

One business tenant failing is not the same as one household moving out.

Deposits are higher, lending is tighter, and the compliance test has to keep holding after you buy.

It can be the right answer.

It is rarely the right answer just because residential borrowing closed.

Want to talk it through before you do anything? Book a call: https://wiproperties.com.au/consult

10/10/2026

Can $170,000 buy a property outright?

Let's do that maths honestly.

It will not buy you a house in Brisbane, and anyone telling you it will is selling something.

What it can do is get some people started in a light commercial unit with a sensible buffer left over.

Whether that is right for you depends entirely on your number.

The guide runs the honest version.

General information only, not personal financial advice. Speak with a licensed adviser about your own situation.

The full 13-page guide is free. We'll email it to you: https://wiproperties.com.au/smsf-guide

08/10/2026

When both partners are in the same service, you are not running two small plans.

You are running one household strategy with two incomes, two supers and one shared goal.

Plenty of people in this situation plan as two individuals when the real advantage is planning as a pair.

The numbers look very different when you put them on the same page.

Have questions? We're happy to help. Schedule a call with us today: https://wiproperties.com.au/consult

06/10/2026

You can still borrow inside your SMSF. Just not for a house.

Small industrial units, workshops, consulting rooms and light commercial can still be bought with a loan, where they meet the business real property test.

Everyone heard the word ban.

What was actually passed was business real property only.

Those are very different sentences.

General information only, not personal financial advice. Speak with a licensed adviser about your own situation.

Read the whole thing for yourself. Free guide: https://wiproperties.com.au/smsf-guide

04/10/2026

Retiring overseas is not a daydream you sort out at 64.

The people who do it well start years ahead: the visa pathway, the currency, where their Australian assets sit.

Spring is a good time to map it, while you are thinking about the year ahead.

Plan early and you get to choose.

Leave it late and you take what you are given.

Not sure where you stand? Let's have a chat: https://wiproperties.com.au/consult

02/10/2026

Here is the detail almost everyone has missed.

The new rules restricted borrowing, not buying.

When your fund buys a property outright with its own cash, there is no borrowing arrangement, so none of the new restrictions apply.

That single distinction is what keeps a $170,000 balance in the game.

Whether it makes sense for you depends on your number, and that is a conversation worth having.

General information only, not personal financial advice. Speak with a licensed adviser about your own situation.

Free 13-page guide. No cost, no obligation: https://wiproperties.com.au/smsf-guide

29/09/2026

The most expensive mistake in a hot market is falling in love with a property you cannot actually finance.

Get the borrowing sorted first. Know your real number, your buffer, and the structure, before you walk through a single door.

Preparation is boring right up until it is the reason you win the deal.

Have questions? We're happy to help. Schedule a call with us today: https://wiproperties.com.au/consult

27/09/2026

If your SMSF already owns a property with a loan on it, you do not have to sell. Not now, not in five years.

It has been the most common question since 10 August, and the answer surprises people every time. Existing arrangements are broadly grandfathered. You can still refinance. If you exchanged before the 10th, you can still settle.

Confirm your own fund with your accountant, because it depends on your facts.

General information only, not personal financial advice. Speak with a licensed adviser about your own situation.

The full 13-page guide is free. We'll email it to you: https://wiproperties.com.au/smsf-guide

25/09/2026

You will hear the words business real property a lot now.

In plain English it means commercial: a warehouse, a workshop, a consulting suite, a small industrial unit, used wholly and exclusively in a business.

That is the property your SMSF can still borrow to buy. It is a real option. It also behaves very differently from a house, and that is worth understanding before you jump.

Want to talk it through before you do anything? Book a call: https://wiproperties.com.au/consult

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