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The new investor playbook - Owner occupier properties with investor yields

15 September 2026·1 min read

Ten townhouses at Bayside Frankston priced from $885,000, moments from the beach with very strong rental returns. Invest today, sell at an owner occupier premium tomorrow.

Has the property investment playbook changed? possibly, with the new tax system. To access capital gains tax concessions and negative gearing benefits investors can only buy brand new. So savvy investors are now asking about their exit position, and oftentimes favoring owner occupier grade properties, over high yielding investment properties. In rare instances investors can have both. Bayside townhouses is exactly one of these opportunities.

Street view render of Bayside Townhouses
Bayside Townhouses, from the street.
Interior render of Bayside Townhouses
Inside Bayside Townhouses.
Interior render of Bayside Townhouses
Inside Bayside Townhouses.

With today's yields estimated at close to 4.5% Bayside Townhouses would cost less than $150 per week to hold and are forecast to return over $1.5m in rental income and equity uplift over 10 years putting close to $900k in your investors pocket after costs. These are family sized homes, in a go ahead area, just 400mtrs to the beach. So when the time is right to sell there will be a queue around the block at auction day.

Unit 7 at $885,000, held as an investment

Out of pocket, a week
$148
Cash to complete
$231,761
Equity after ten years
$1,052,484
Return, ten years
11.7%
  • 20% deposit ($177,000) and 6.20% interest, interest only for five years
  • an investor on $120,000 a year, including the Medicare levy
  • held 10 years, let at 2% vacancy with 7.7% management
  • capital growth of 7.1% a year, which is Frankston house medians from the Valuer-General, 2014 to 2024

Location

Frankston · Inherited from the estate — schools, retail, transport and employment within reach.

Schools & childcare
John Paul College1.2 km
Kananook Primary School1.2 km
Frankston Primary School1.5 km
Building a world class hospital for Frankston families (under construction)1.2 km
Transport
Frankston station900 m
Kananook station1.7 km

This lot's position