yep best thing my parents ever got me to do bought the chepest house in east donnie for 150g spend about 15G on it sold it five years later for 292,000 not bad increase, still have unit in canterbury bought for 140,000 worth about 300 now.. also bought aprtment in hawthorn which is tarting to go up. dabbled in shares made some money but property is the go bricks and mortar plus the residual income from renting.