PropertyInvesting.com | ANUBIS | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/anubis/activity/ Activity feed for ANUBIS. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:25:02 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 afc15dab631bccf459d3c3912c79d0e4 ANUBIS replied to the topic List of financiers to be very wary of. in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4402006-list-of-financiers-to-be-very-wary-of/#post-4636995 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:11:25 +0000 Short Term AdvantagePromise the earth, have great testemonials blah blah blah.  Interest rates get jacked up, LVR's go down, up front fees disappear.

]]> c1da93558238690c190e5f2bea46e505 ANUBIS replied to the topic High price to pay in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381540-high-price-to-pay/#post-4525288 Sun, 07 Aug 2005 07:34:47 +0000 Get yourself an exit plan. You sound like you can’t emotionally keep doing what you are now long term, so that sets the scene.

How long can you (& family) keep doing what you are doing? 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years?

When you decide that it should make the following decisions easier as you will be working towards an exit date. What will…[Read more]

]]> 027e3c1288e228ea35bab20c9c6c2027 ANUBIS replied to the topic What type of vehicle do you have ?? in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381491-what-type-of-vehicle-do-you-have/page/2/#post-4524661 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:38:46 +0000 MJA – ohmigod, that commodore is not as fully sick as your rex [wink]

]]> 23f00334714d9a03881a521fa621164b ANUBIS replied to the topic What type of vehicle do you have ?? in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/topic/what-type-of-vehicle-do-you-have/#post-4524649 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:11:15 +0000 Until Tuesday we had a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, but it has now sold.

I also have a “toy” which is an HX Sandman ute :-))

]]> 1a5d5053c27b7394c2de54d5c211c6b1 ANUBIS replied to the topic Sydney Discussion Group in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381164-sydney-discussion-group/#post-4522757 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:42:52 +0000 Kay – I think it’s a small town near Bourke [wink]

]]> 08e13de6aca50a3c7597b7a68fc3d29e ANUBIS replied to the topic Time to Consolidate? in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380923-time-to-consolidate/#post-4521158 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 23:00:25 +0000 We have sold nearly all of our property in the last 6 months – the 2nd last one was listed a few days ago and we’ll probably keep the last one for a while longer yet.

Residential Property isn’t as interesting or stimulating as it used to be for us, and being a landlord is over-rated for mine. I’ve never been into CF+ for the sake of it – quality…[Read more]

]]> c4099efb20a65bf7472674959c3841cd ANUBIS replied to the topic Current Yields in Tassie? in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380795-current-yields-in-tassie/#post-4520295 Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:30:56 +0000 SOunds pretty standard for Tas now. Around 5% seems to be common, maybe 7% if you look have some luck.

]]> 34eb4b6eb47bd87ab90454456339e67e ANUBIS replied to the topic Watered down education in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380678-watered-down-education/#post-4519488 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:18:39 +0000 You will get sweet FA respect for a diploma in business if you are trying for a corporate job. If you do it for skills for your own business then maybe.

Those courses you mentioned just sound like the basics for very junior staff. Just not seeing value in the corporate world.

]]> 76d29cc2776397c256123b3c5869084b ANUBIS replied to the topic Watered down education in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380678-watered-down-education/#post-4519479 Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:17:42 +0000 yes passing helps [grad] but distinctions are not reqd.

]]> 72aa8c9c1dbeec89451258e1e14c9ff2 ANUBIS replied to the topic Stinkin' Gurus in the forum Heads Up! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380684-stinkin-gurus/#post-4519540 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:47:30 +0000 Very true – and they’re actually apes wearing human costumes, and secretly running all the banks using Nazi gold, to keep me poor.

I think they’re listening to my thoughts, but luckily I’m wearing my aluminium foil hat to block their fiendish devices and death rays.

Those damn dirty apes.

]]> 9e1c14b4b7825eb156a7a12df1c8eb16 ANUBIS replied to the topic Watered down education in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380678-watered-down-education/#post-4519477 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:42:56 +0000 Diploma’s are fairly low on the prestige factor – right up there with certificates. You may be better off biting the bullet and doing a Bach of Business.

Being enrolled is quite often as good as having it finished. It’s more about the ability to undertake the work and learning new ways to approach things than the grade.

]]> bc6c73f066f3a516620eeb4a1230747a ANUBIS replied to the topic McKnight buys 30 US homes for $1m in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380635-mcknight-buys-30-us-homes-for-1m/#post-4519132 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:41:06 +0000 All together say “pre-nup”

]]> 8461b7c878350a302a77f58e32b12436 ANUBIS replied to the topic McKnight buys 30 US homes for $1m in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380635-mcknight-buys-30-us-homes-for-1m/#post-4519126 Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:03:37 +0000 Originally posted by tom1000000:

I want to know when Steve will stop!

Here is a Guru that is supposedly an expert. Yet he is still buying, buying and buying.

Shouldn’t he be living off all the brilliant decisions that he has already made?

If he has to keep on buying property then really investment is just another job since apparently you never…[Read more]

]]> 6fda46d0c8acb82e6fe2e451696ba647 ANUBIS replied to the topic doubled money in tas on land in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380388-doubled-money-in-tas-on-land/#post-4517397 Tue, 07 Jun 2005 06:49:34 +0000 We did a similar thing but we purchased 3 blocks which we appear to have sold.

]]> 3335aca6c0028a2219990e24b0f607fc ANUBIS replied to the topic Dodgy Real estate agent in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380645-dodgy-real-estate-agent/#post-4519236 Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:32:18 +0000 If agents know they have multiple offers coming they may present them together. Not really a big deal. If I was the vendor I wouldn’t take you seriously offering a $100 deposit.

]]> ddf1711ec689c146761f9829198b53b9 ANUBIS replied to the topic DISGRACEFUL AUSSIES!!! in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380492-disgraceful-aussies/#post-4518117 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 11:43:39 +0000 There was a rally in Brisbane Friday afternoon to protest her imprisonment and demand action. 21 media representatives were in attendance – 6 protesters turned up.

Perhaps there is a new cause in town we haven’t heard about yet.

]]> 0a96b04defdd6c0cff8d54ce29b259b8 ANUBIS replied to the topic Please help me moderate in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380581-please-help-me-moderate/#post-4518732 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:52:16 +0000 Hi guys – looking at the lists of mods for each forum there are very few who are still regularly here.

Perhaps you could ask admin to recruit a few more, as it’s a bit much to expect Simon and Cath to do it all.

]]> 3b9d6a686b2113c364eb99393a0ff4db ANUBIS replied to the topic A friendly 'move along' in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380580-a-friendly-move-along/#post-4518726 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:43:09 +0000 check out http://www.landlordaction.co.uk/index2.html

for a UK perspective.

]]> ff3827db1e2cbe18d32e11c276a402e8 ANUBIS replied to the topic RIP Derivex in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380541-rip-derivex/#post-4518479 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:05:46 +0000 Who prevented them from taking any further applications?

Was that at the behest of ASIC or voluntary due to poor management?

]]> 2d69a62808d1f09111dab5ab909fa886 ANUBIS replied to the topic qld developments, beginner! Needs a start! in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380528-qld-developments-beginner-needs-a-start-2/#post-4518377 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:03:20 +0000 Calling all Moderators – this is dangerously off course and nasty.

Can we get it locked???

]]> 4be5c2335db10ddf768ec3b2ebab6aaf ANUBIS replied to the topic Internet Cafe Ideas in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380523-internet-cafe-ideas/#post-4518312 Mon, 30 May 2005 07:19:00 +0000 Difficult to differentiate in a market likely to become more marginal than it alreay is. There are plenty in Sydney (CBD) – some for gaming, some are combination coffee shops & eateries and as far as I can see very cheap – around $1 to $1.70 for half an hour of use.

]]> 464acc38817422eaf76efa2c7872ca42 ANUBIS replied to the topic DISGRACEFUL AUSSIES!!! in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380492-disgraceful-aussies/#post-4518107 Sun, 29 May 2005 23:00:58 +0000 Sorry DD, but no-one I’ve talked to thinks she is innocent.

We can’t enforce our rules and regulations on another country without invading them. Indonesia is a sovereign nation as far as I know and they are free to set whatever penalties they like for crime just as we are.

I think she was lucky she wasn’t sentenced to death – probably due to the…[Read more]

]]> 0af75cc17263866d6dbd45ed4873dd8a ANUBIS replied to the topic is it good time to buy? in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380389-is-it-good-time-to-buy/#post-4517406 Mon, 23 May 2005 01:57:16 +0000 Originally posted by The Mortgage Adviser:
A few reasons why I would never touch Tassie include the decreasing population, lack of employment and the weather. If these are negative at commencement of doing your due diligence, there is no point looking further.

Population is actually increasing in Tasmania

Unemployment has declined over the…[Read more]

]]> f567f0086d1753884043ecd3d679b6bc ANUBIS replied to the topic The Investor's Club in the forum Heads Up! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379777-the-investors-club-4/page/3/#post-4512839 Tue, 17 May 2005 23:05:03 +0000 Hey Dazzling – I know people here in Sidanee who don’t like going west of Newtown – let alone over to East Africa.

It was a joke in case anyone was wondering – don’t want a posse of Sandgropers lobbing on my door in their clapped out HJ holden to give me a touch up [party]

]]> 12f3abc92d37d5fb88e33f157ba844e5 ANUBIS replied to the topic The Investor's Club in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379777-the-investors-club-4/page/3/#post-4512837 Tue, 17 May 2005 01:54:29 +0000 I consider it East Africa

]]> 547ec0e65d350451655423fc71aa0134 ANUBIS replied to the topic Wolli Creek, Sydney - new units in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380288-wolli-creek-sydney-new-units/#post-4516591 Tue, 17 May 2005 01:53:13 +0000 I’m not a lover of units but one development in the CBD has caught my eye.

http://www.liveportico.com

It is built inside the facade of a beautiful sandstone church. They have been building for around 4 years now I think.

]]> 5942a45f92b1ef862fecbcdcad84346b ANUBIS replied to the topic Budget: Impact on Capital Gains Tax in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380199-budget-impact-on-capital-gains-tax/#post-4515760 Wed, 11 May 2005 04:35:02 +0000 Wouldn’t it only apply to the portion below the 60k cap though?

So if I earn 55k and have a CG of 50k – only 5k of it is taxed at the lower rate?

]]> a80ac41f84a9006c1cfe3dd4fd735646 ANUBIS replied to the topic Due diligence on a car in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380195-due-diligence-on-a-car/#post-4515742 Tue, 10 May 2005 23:58:24 +0000 Conditioning I think. We are conditioned that the process of buying a car requires several viewings and test drives. Buying a house requires a few visits and making an offer. Both can be emotional decisions.

]]> 44972950bebabe5268b055e9cb87debd ANUBIS replied to the topic Recruitment Agencies - Very Disappointing in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380176-recruitment-agencies-very-disappointing/#post-4515631 Tue, 10 May 2005 22:45:30 +0000 Robert,

If you’d prefer not to have to do a six year part time Bachelor degree there may be another option open to you.

I’m not sure of your age/experience but I’d imagine you would qualify on both counts for entry to an MBA program even without the undergrad. Takes 2 years part time, and even though they are becoming quite common, still hold…[Read more]

]]> 0c9a9f27b3b07e4076b5da1d5c0d5662 ANUBIS replied to the topic Are seminars scams? in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380050-are-seminars-scams/#post-4514548 Tue, 10 May 2005 05:17:32 +0000 Seminars don’t interest me, but I wouldn’t say they are all scams. I feel that they cater to the “professional student” category – learn and learn but never do.

More like a bad investment decision or poor ROI/IRR/ROCI – choose your own measure.

]]> 3ef22f4a005650010fca609a7994ade3 ANUBIS replied to the topic Doom and gloom in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380109-doom-and-gloom/page/3/#post-4515172 Tue, 10 May 2005 05:05:17 +0000 I think it would be fair to reduce the top marginal rate to 30% and scrap all neg gearing benefits.

All gains and income taxed at the marginal rate.

]]> 13f5938b61ad00379812cd5d5bbf26c7 ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/page/3/#post-4514774 Tue, 10 May 2005 05:03:08 +0000 I do – you just missed the irony.

]]> 984a69ba867f5cf466942aadd4213235 ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/page/2/#post-4514772 Tue, 10 May 2005 03:34:40 +0000 Exactly

]]> 6cfc03d4345337ef4003671ae1b4176d ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/page/2/#post-4514769 Mon, 09 May 2005 23:04:03 +0000 Is it just me or is there a lot of genitalia measuring going on between some of the roosters on this site of late?

A’la

My portfolio is bigger than yours.

I have more experience than you.

My methods are best.

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
And they’re like – it’s better than yours

]]> 1110ef42982283d4a669ea8b78846fd3 ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/page/2/#post-4514768 Mon, 09 May 2005 22:57:56 +0000 Kay & Gatsby

Love your work.

Now must get back to my nefarious scheme to take over the world……damn….didn’t mean to say that out loud.

]]> c684e3e4d66e2a65811a69e0479f9d31 ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/#post-4514750 Fri, 06 May 2005 12:54:13 +0000 Indeed people need to learn, but not everyone wishes to be a teacher. Some look for stimulating discussions with contempories rather than blind devotion and platitudes.

]]> ac676097f60df883690d58230b549c1b ANUBIS replied to the topic Numbers and quality on this site dropping in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380076-numbers-and-quality-on-this-site-dropping/#post-4514748 Fri, 06 May 2005 05:06:06 +0000 Could be that this forum is very biased towards CF+ and wraps as these were Steve’s tools of the trade. There’s only so many times people can be bothered answering “Where are all the CF+ IP’s?”.

]]> c0844fc886ccf04e5acfe8ed580e9474 ANUBIS replied to the topic RIVKIN DEAD in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380000-rivkin-dead/page/3/#post-4514214 Thu, 05 May 2005 02:19:01 +0000 Originally posted by kay henry:
hehe Anubis- as funny as ever :)

kay henry

Thanks Kay – nice to be appreciated, even if I am slightly obtuse for some people. [laughing]

]]> 621006fd83baeed4a90c767e6d1e158c ANUBIS replied to the topic RIVKIN DEAD in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380000-rivkin-dead/page/3/#post-4514211 Wed, 04 May 2005 06:08:58 +0000 I agree – let’s stop bad mouthing Adolf Hitler. 60 years is enough, he was just misunderstood and had short man syndrome.

]]> 7544872e64522222b9f52369ca910943 ANUBIS replied to the topic RIVKIN DEAD in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380000-rivkin-dead/#post-4514187 Mon, 02 May 2005 06:54:34 +0000 Originally posted by 1Winner:
I can see that there are plenty of “informed” people around here who are quick to judge on the basis of their “information”.

Unfortunately your sources are biased and are paid to make headlines in order to sell you Coca Cola and McDonalds and make you belief you now know it all.

Reality is somehow different and when…[Read more]

]]> 4462f187b5512b0d357fb8a624f07035 ANUBIS replied to the topic RIVKIN DEAD in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380000-rivkin-dead/#post-4514180 Mon, 02 May 2005 02:09:12 +0000 Alpine Offset anyone?

Just because a person has died doesn’t make them a saint. Perhaps some more research is in order.

For what it’s worth I think media coverage has been quite restrained.

]]> d720fe1fccc0ebc86d044b3d8ff3e511 ANUBIS replied to the topic Property Investment in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379885-property-investment/#post-4513365 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:29:20 +0000 Perhaps some of us are here to share what we have learned over about investing in real estate, in exchange for learning more from others.

I’m not being intentionally rude, but wanted to point out that in reality there aren’t a bunch of cashed up people out there waiting to hand over their money to someone with no experience or track record in…[Read more]

]]> a5d5377fc7efe8850d7a3d879f0764fc ANUBIS replied to the topic what if the market is dropping? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379909-what-if-the-market-is-dropping/#post-4513509 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 06:14:23 +0000 Not always but similar properties of similar value certainly do, and as you know there are many markets within a market. I find most of these techniques from courses overly simplistic yet held up as the holy grail of prop investing.

]]> a9c32e3ec5d58713c3355966c1e037c8 ANUBIS replied to the topic what if the market is dropping? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379909-what-if-the-market-is-dropping/#post-4513506 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:04:32 +0000 Sorry I can’t see why a property with problems would have a higher yield. It is more likely to have an appropriate yeild for value, so that if you fix it up it will be just the same as equivalent props in the area.

Sounds like a nice case study for a workshop rather than something for application

]]> 95b74e32f6e02c586099ddaf87fec290 ANUBIS replied to the topic The Drug Crisis-Interesting article in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4378508-the-drug-crisis-interesting-article/#post-4505271 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:52:34 +0000 Originally posted by Gatsby:
Hi Anubis,
I’ve just finished reading ‘The Damage Done’ by Warren Fellows. Now I don’t want to get into the ethical/morality of someone who was caught and imprisoned for trying to smuggle heroin (ie the lives destroyed by heroin) out of Thailand, however it was an incredible book to read and what he had to endure.

Hi…[Read more]

]]> 71203981ed53c68c0662e6fbea9b7d42 ANUBIS replied to the topic The Drug Crisis-Interesting article in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4378508-the-drug-crisis-interesting-article/#post-4505270 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:50:08 +0000 Originally posted by Scremin:
Anubis,
you know you can get counselling from other areas than your priest.

Should have explained that it was mandatory in order for him to perform ceremony. We didn’t require any but had to have a few sessions with him anyway prior to the wedding.

]]> 0a4ffd1f463c70dbdf5287b3f71a7b9f ANUBIS replied to the topic Property Investment in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379885-property-investment/#post-4513363 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:41:06 +0000 Hi Rod,

At the risk of restating the obvious, I think it will be difficult for you to find someone prepared to contribute all the cash for building a joint portfolio.

What are you bringing to the table apart from time? Do you have experience in the property market?

The mythical money rich, time poor partner is better served by using a buyers…[Read more]

]]> 23cac701cd5e5eb7c1e42ad257a3e050 ANUBIS replied to the topic The Drug Crisis-Interesting article in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4378508-the-drug-crisis-interesting-article/#post-4505268 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:30:15 +0000 I think the education falls down when the “educatees” are talked down to or patronised. It’s hard to take a message seriously when the “educator” has no first hand knowledge of the topic.

It’s a bit like my Catholic priest giving me and my wife marriage counselling before the wedding. It’s part of the deal but what can he tell me about married…[Read more]

]]> ddb2c17f69e2a8be0afde48b472a3b87 ANUBIS replied to the topic Alarm bells ringing in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/alarm-bells-ringing/#post-4512710 Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:30:47 +0000 They certainly are an optimistic bunch those West Coast home buyers. Of course they have no facts to back it up with, but shucks they are enthusiastic.

Now what was that latest Green Day album called again….?

]]> ff8259dd95673b2acd50cddcc48bfc43 ANUBIS replied to the topic Investing in Motels in the forum Creative Investing https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379810-investing-in-motels/#post-4512986 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:42:15 +0000 I’d be looking at who pays for what with outgoings, maintenance etc.
State of repair overall,
Historic figures for renovation i.e life of fittings etc
Occupancy rates
Try & gather info on what price similar hotel/motels sell for & rent for
$5k a month sounds good now but in 25 years it will be of far less value – maybe index it to rise x% each…[Read more]

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