Like many young Australians locked out of buying where they actually wanted to live, John Bell Jr and his wife took a different route into the real estate market.

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Federal budget reforms have left a generation of young ‘rentvestors’ scrambling to reassess their property strategies as negative gearing rules threaten their investment model.

Like many young Australians locked out of buying where they actually wanted to live, John Bell Jr and his wife took a different route into the real estate market.

“We wanted to get ahead financially in Australia,” said Mr Bell Jr, based in Logan in southeast Queensland.

“I’d invested in shares before, but property felt like the best avenue for long-term growth.”

The couple believed they…