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Why buying residential property in an SMSF is a million-dollar mistake

This financial adviser ran the numbers to show that using your SMSF to invest in residential property isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

James O'Reilly
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After a particularly slow start, I’m pleased to see that my superannuation has just nudged past $400,000.

It’s hardly a life-changing milestone, but it prompted a question I’ve heard countless times: should I take control of my super by setting up a self-managed super fund to buy property?

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