I have two different companies I am working with. I have one in Melbourne who have not been very communicative, they are not very accessible, when you email them then you have to wait a substantial amount of time before they respond, and I'm talking days if not weeks - telephone is another issue. With McCarthy Group right from the beginning everything just went really smoothly. When I was worried about what was happening with my property through the other company, McCarthy helped to solve those issues that should have been the other companies responsibility. With McCarthy it's been very smooth, there haven't been any hiccups, I haven't had to adjust my lifestyle. With the Melbourne company it has been a struggle, I signed up in November 2011. The property is lock-up. I went onto the building site and had a look at it. I was very happy with the building and I was assured that the building would take a matter of months to complete and would be handed over to me and settlement would be only a matter of months. Unfortunately I am still waiting 12 months on for the building to be settled. Currently I am still waiting. I have been assured it will be under two weeks to settlement which will take it to just over the 12 month period but I am not holding my breath with that because there seems to be delay after delay after delay. There is a very big difference between the two property investment companies. While I am waiting on the Melbourne company to deliver on their promises, I have been through a whole process of financing, looking for the finance with McCarthy Group, getting that approved, setting up the building, having the building completed having it managed and also being rented very very quickly and very easily, having it receive my tax variation through and having received my first lot of rental and still waiting for Melbourne to settle. That's the McCarthy difference, McCarthy Group make property investment easy. It has been much easier and I am very grateful for having McCarthy help me with my financial situation. If I had my wish I would just be with McCarthy and probably signing for a second property by now.

• published: 09 Apr 2013
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