Meet David

David had been planning for a long time to buy a commercial property that he could lease to his own company.

His business is a consulting engineering company that carries out field work using drones and equipment to measure things like water quality and river flows. With 10 people on the books, the business needed a practical space it could use mainly for storage, with some office space for meetings, quiet work and computer modelling.

Buying the property through his self-managed super fund made sense to David because it gave him more control over how his super was invested.

Rather than putting his super into investment products where he had limited visibility, he liked the idea of investing in a property he understood. Leasing the premises to his own company also meant the investment would support a business he knew well and believed in.

For David, it was about backing himself while creating an asset for the future.

“The online interface made communication easy, and when something was unclear, I could ask a question and get an answer fairly quickly”

• Finding a suitable commercial property
• As this was Peter’s first car loan, he wanted the finance process to be simple, clear, and easy to manage.
• Finding a lender who specialised in and understood Commercial SMSF lending
• Finding a lender he could deal with directly instead of going through a broker

• Using AI, David found loans.com.au
• loans.com.au specialised in Commercial SMSF property loans
• David could apply directly without using a broker
• The loans.com.au team responded quickly when questions came up

“Buying a commercial property through an SMSF is a complicated process, so I wanted to deal with a lender that had experience in this area.

“I had spoken with a broker before, but I wasn’t overly fussed with that approach. There are already enough parties involved when you’re purchasing property, so I liked that I could deal with loans.com.au directly and manage the process myself.

“The process worked really well. It was detailed, but that’s the nature of this type of lending. The online interface made communication easy, and when something was unclear, I could ask a question and get an answer fairly quickly.

“What I appreciated most was the responsiveness of the staff. If someone didn’t know the answer straight away, they were able to check with the right people and come back to me quickly.

“For me, this purchase was about having more control over how my super is invested and supporting my own business at the same time. loans.com.au helped me make that happen.”