If I was starting out again then that is exactly what I would be doing. Your first house cannot be a 4x2 in Cottesloe unless your parents are rich. Many of those so called scum bag areas are improving and many of the prestige areas of Perth were once scumbag areas. Good luck waiting for house prices to come down to your expectations. Perhaps you should lower your expectations. Never let your ego get in the way of making a dollar. My Bull terrier loved Midland. He would sit in the front of the house and chase the you know what and beat up their dogs. toughen up kid.
