Top 5 mistakes with SMSF borrowing

For many SMSF experts, the number one question they get from prospective and current SMSF trustees is ‘Can I use my super to borrow to buy property?’ The legislation governing SMSF borrowing is complex and fraught with pitfalls for the unwary investor, and yet there is plenty of potential to use this strategy to grow your retirement savings.

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SMSF guru Meg Heffron, founder of Heffron SMSF Solutions, has decades of experience managing SMSF administration and has consulted to Government and industry on SMSF legislation, policy and regulation, and has seen all the mistakes a trustee can make with the borrowing rules.

In this podcast, Gemma Dale asks Meg to discuss many of the issues you can and should consider if you want to use your super to borrow, such as:

• how do the borrowing rules really work,
• whether you can develop or renovate a property inside super
• what kind of property you can rent to yourself inside an SMSF,
• what risks make borrowing difficult for most SMSFs, and
• how to minimise the risks and make sure you’re getting the most out of this strategy.

 

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