PropertyInvesting.com | Bob Dobelina | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/bob-dobelina/activity/ Activity feed for Bob Dobelina. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:50:54 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 755ec7a23c0811e05b8a19ec8ce9d00d Bob Dobelina replied to the topic cleaning up renovation dust in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4385882-cleaning-up-renovation-dust/#post-4550290 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:00:49 +0000 Yerrs, so I was reading this while drinking my Spring Valley juice and guess what there is this little factoid under the lid: “Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia”.

Anyhoo, I agree with Ozi, surely you don’t wipe the moist teabags all over the floor as you sweep? IMaybe a dum question, but I for one…[Read more]

]]> 7f41ed6467833a457c74451c8585c61e Bob Dobelina replied to the topic WA Investors in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4383117-wa-investors-3/page/2/#post-4534928 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:48:38 +0000 Have to agree with Dazzling from his prior post(s) (Dazzling I know I’m sometimes mean to you for your tell-it-like-you-see-it approach, but in this case you have my full support [;)] ).

I agree with Dazzling that net yield can be a good indicator of cf status… by the time you get down to net income what’s left? The debt payment. As Dazzling…[Read more]

]]> 7819fa6df0062876491992d79a0a8183 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic WHATS YOUR PROBLEM !! in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382568-whats-your-problem-2/page/3/#post-4531783 Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:50:05 +0000 Gee thanks for your input Dazzling.

Your messages are always so

Tremendously,
Overwhelmingly,
Uplifting,
Gregarious and
Helpful

;)

]]> 72ec556fc7d1414d0754c6559d301777 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic ADVICE NEEDED - Private Tenant wants bond reciept! in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382756-advice-needed-private-tenant-wants-bond-reciept/#post-4533017 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 05:17:59 +0000 My first home ever was rented to students when I bought it and I have also discussed with investing buddies whether a purchaser could let a tenant fulfil the obligations of the FHOG in lieu of the actual proprietor of the property (i.e. you).

I was advised by people, as Derek has noted, that checks are made. Some may be real estate urban myths…[Read more]

]]> d5e7cf3b2fb131ff70d93311b46ce820 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic gross and his project in the forum Creative Investing https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382540-gross-and-his-project/page/2/#post-4531592 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:09:27 +0000 Hoowee, bit of a cheeky post gr, not that I don’t agree with some points though..

I agree that there are folks out there making an absolute mint on stuff like land subdivision etc which has little to do with what Steve has written about. And you would know by now that I would not be averse to making a quid in such environments, with enough equi…[Read more]

]]> b4716fb3a4153ac51fe44b0a621ad43a Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Owning your own home...waste of money! in the forum Opinionated! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382612-owning-your-own-home-waste-of-money/#post-4532128 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:57:15 +0000 Yes depreciator of course they are. Perhaps the wilful expenditure of surplus cash is impressive sometimes… I’ve seen wads of cash put to some pretty fantastic uses. (*drifts into hazy reverie…*)

ANYHOO, the points made about super are very, very true. But this rent v buy argument has been raging for ages, and economists and experts will…[Read more]

]]> dd68bfa9d84807efc0cc54024dfcaa0c Bob Dobelina replied to the topic WHATS YOUR PROBLEM !! in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382568-whats-your-problem-2/page/2/#post-4531766 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:54:13 +0000 PS What’s YOUR problem, buddy?

You lookin at me?

You lookin at me? Huh?

[biggrin]

]]> 27376fd919245f9e999040f4c683c9b6 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic WHATS YOUR PROBLEM !! in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382568-whats-your-problem-2/page/2/#post-4531765 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:47:59 +0000 Great post indeed WASP. Here’s why I am not in an IP right now:

I am selling my PPR and my fiance and I have found a nice place we want to move into so buying the new subject to sale of the old (RE agents… some of them are shocking).

Yes I could have taken equity from the old place and gone into some investments but instead we went for the old…[Read more]

]]> 57734823f310f9d8461e8f4709a997f3 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Singleton Beach Estate in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382403-singleton-beach-estate/page/3/#post-4530818 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:24:07 +0000 Did anyone see the story in the same paper about the development in Murdoch on top of the Park n Ride? What the…?

]]> 92b097f0c242e19a21b51342ddee2ba7 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Singleton Beach Estate in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382403-singleton-beach-estate/page/3/#post-4530817 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:18:53 +0000 Wow, awesome to see visionary sandgropers leading the way in this area. If there’s room in this co-operative that’s being suggested, I’d like in as well!

What’s a little -ve cf between half a dozen people?

Bob

]]> 4fbd22cbe67defc31ce9e44431729131 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Coolamon land release in Ellenbrook, WA - comments in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4382226-coolamon-land-release-in-ellenbrook-wa-comments/#post-4529561 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:00:39 +0000 Well done Redwing.

I must be honest, I have not kept my eye on that area but I am now also starting to “sit up and take notice”. Was your prop cf+ when you got it though?

Bob

]]> d18892510918cfc0108dc9bf62f18663 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic The benefits of property developing in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379213-the-benefits-of-property-developing/page/7/#post-4509582 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:10:41 +0000 gr, thanks for reminding me of the original point of the post. I think we all got off track there (the entertaining side topic notwithstanding).

[anxious]

Bob

]]> 62a84b74b076997d698ede2d20e139f3 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Watch Out...Dazzling's been knighted!!! in the forum Forum Frolic https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381746-watch-out-dazzlings-been-knighted/#post-4526662 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:01:14 +0000 Congrats Dazzling I’ve always gotten great enjoyment out of your posts and the ruckus they sometimes create.

I wish you’d speak your mind more often though. [;)]

Bob

]]> cd390eac4b783cde6b7aadd804d4071c Bob Dobelina replied to the topic The benefits of property developing in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379213-the-benefits-of-property-developing/page/7/#post-4509578 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:23:15 +0000 Wow, what a really long post! I was spellbound too, quite a lot of opinions and angles to read about. Poor Michael Yardney got a pounding from the suspicious among us and you have to admit Michael, you did actually spruik a little:

These are some of the concepts I wll be explaining at my annual Property Briefings. If you want to understand some…[Read more]

]]> 873739cb0762dc6bb2008ff210854e6a Bob Dobelina replied to the topic This one is for all the budding developers in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381700-this-one-is-for-all-the-budding-developers/#post-4526314 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:50:13 +0000 Yes gr I can think of one fund lender that will do 66.67% GRV at 11%. Queensland-based, maybe you know them?

Bob

]]> 757d45926699e98e9d56ed8a6353b966 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic This one is for all the budding developers in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381700-this-one-is-for-all-the-budding-developers/#post-4526309 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:10:49 +0000 kp, I think gr is referring to the example from his reply to moony:

so gross $1,200,000 -35% = 780 – build 275 (505)-legals and cost interest 140 = 365 land
my working out with calculator
this is not an example this is a lend I just did.
land after legals came to 389,250.
loans going thru.

“780” would seem to refer to GRV less a developer’s…[Read more]

]]> ef05dc9cd2dfe9a9f7786f938127d033 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic This one is for all the budding developers in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381700-this-one-is-for-all-the-budding-developers/#post-4526305 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:54:54 +0000 Sorry GR just went back and looked again at your wording: “full lend”. I assume this means very high %TPC (Dazzling, if you’re reading that’s debt to total project cost, the development equivalent of LVR).

Bob

]]> ad09a1e057f51b429b08d371e5f41736 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic This one is for all the budding developers in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381700-this-one-is-for-all-the-budding-developers/#post-4526304 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:52:08 +0000 The old due diligence again. SO important.

Thanks for the story GR; a timely reminder, like you say, to budding developers. It requires more attention than many people think.

Bob

PS 11%? Youch! What was wrong with the bank?

]]> 479d8961e613ea8a4052050d8078a1d5 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Calculator in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381603-calculator-2/#post-4525691 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:50:30 +0000 Goddesk, folks keep telling me I am pretty good with excel (wouldn’t say that myself but anyhoo). I could have a look at it for you and try to modify the tax stuff in the formulae. No promises though! Feel free to email the spreadsheet.

Bob

]]> 0eaf6eeca1218a976f32485586bea8d5 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Adult children living at home in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381236-adult-children-living-at-home/page/2/#post-4523209 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:51:20 +0000 Dazzling;

Enjoyed the longhand version of your perspective – some good points and well put.

Bob

]]> 6e3ecd5cc6500ed978438509d097a5f3 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Devoloper wants my pad! in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381545-devoloper-wants-my-pad/#post-4525356 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:23:04 +0000 Corejay’s idea of price couldnt be of importance to you, when you are trying to work out fair price. its only important to you so you can know if a good deal is to be had.

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Grossrealisation, I think I know what harpeau is getting at… I am guessing that you are going to do up a quick reverse static feaso for coreyjay starting wit…[Read more]

]]> 44dd85f98eab7a213e2561fd569fabd1 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic What would you do if you were me? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381304-what-would-you-do-if-you-were-me/page/2/#post-4523699 Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:36:24 +0000 You know Prophecy, I think some folks reckon you might be taking the pith if you stay at home where your costs are low. While staying at your family’s place is a superb way to save, I agree that you can’t do it forever – but you never said you were going to stay at home till all your teeth fell out did you?

I think you have created a great o…[Read more]

]]> 8be202cac239ed3d0fe5dc6fe17804b6 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic What would you do if you were me? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4381304-what-would-you-do-if-you-were-me/#post-4523694 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:52:18 +0000 Yes, these posts can get very interesting; the most interesting are usually the ones in which someone offers his/her blunt, coarse and/or slightly smug opinion (for which they are unapologetic). Then there are all the responses from folks slightly miffed by the lack of tact and then the blunt person defends him or herself with a long and carefully…[Read more]

]]> b52c609de12b4bdbd6c801a6db44788b Bob Dobelina replied to the topic INVESTOR CLUB- GOOD, BAD OR UGLY in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4380459-investor-club-good-bad-or-ugly/#post-4517857 Thu, 26 May 2005 06:11:23 +0000 I would have to agree with the Mortgage Adviser, if it’s the Investors Club and you are not getting service from them, you need to make a fuss about it! They are supposed to be there to help you go to settlement.

I would also agree with Mortgage Hunter, they are quite good in that they can “hold your hand” all the way to settlement and a good way…[Read more]

]]> 1e0ad7893733d188f4a1ef03f9efeb27 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic The Bank won't lend on my Terms in the forum Finance https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379583-the-bank-wont-lend-on-my-terms/#post-4511842 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:30:00 +0000 Are you using a broker? There are lots of other loan products out there!

Bob

]]> d6409e4c6906db3a890b8b4156cb1cce Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Don't follow the flock !! in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379398-dont-follow-the-flock/#post-4510740 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:17:44 +0000 Thanks resiwealth for the words of encouragement, and the practical and informative suggestions re what to look for in a stalling or correcting property market. If I am ever lucky enough to shake your wise hand, remind me not to wash it for a month.

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]]> 06cb131491db1d0b53b390c7e6947d65 Bob Dobelina replied to the topic Passive Income in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379237-passive-income-2/#post-4509680 Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:40:03 +0000 Well these forums (forae?) make for interesting reading don’t they?

Roessler, seems the point you are leading up to with your “parroted” wording is the notion that this “passive” income isn’t as passive as the word implies. In one of Steve’s books (can’t remember which) he basically reminds us that while a portfolio of cashflow…[Read more]

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