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THE PROPERTY NERDS: Interest-only or P&I?
Interest-only or principal and interest? The choice could affect your repayments, borrowing power, and ability to buy your next property, with the “right” loan depending on the strategy behind your portfolio.
On The Property Nerds podcast, Arjun Paliwal from InvestorKit and Jack Fouracre from Fouracre Financial tackle one of the biggest finance decisions facing property investors: interest-only or principal and interest?
The pair compare the two types of loans, looking beyond the headline interest rate to the impact each option can have on cash flow, debt reduction, and portfolio growth.
They also examine borrowing capacity, including why some lenders treat interest-only debt differently and how the right loan structure could potentially give investors more room to acquire additional properties.
The conversation then turns to loan-to-value ratio (LVR), refinancing, and equity, including situations where paying down debt faster can strengthen an investor’s position and when preserving cash flow may make more strategic sense.
Paliwal and Fouracre also explore the longer-term impact of inflation on debt and why investors need to consider their broader portfolio strategy rather than automatically choosing one loan structure over the other.
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