Good idea Mel! (GIM hehe)

BBS = be back soon

Rob what does O/O stand for?

TTFN

Celivia

Let’s not forget FYI= for your information.
LOL[whistle]

Celivia

Originally posted by Monopoly:
Hi Marisa,

I’m still learning, but here’s just a few…..

IMO = in my opinion
IMHO = in my honest opinionISTM = it seems to me
LOL = laughs out loud
OMFG = Oh my f****** God (sorry, you’ll have to figure that one out for yourself)
LMAO = laughing my a** off (again, think about it)
TTFN = ta ta for now
REA = real…[Read more]

[/quote] In my opinion, after the education into sex ed and other silly little stupid policies the incoming state government (Goss) had to put into the schools just were a waste of money. You can try to educate someone but they got to have the interest and intellect to want to learn from it.[/quote]

I agree. However… this is the case for every…[Read more]

Re single mothers, may be the answer lies in education. Well I’m talking more about teenage pregnancies here.
I think a lot more could be done in the area of sex education. I know they have programs like drug and sex education (my own kids took part in these programs) but these programs may not be intense enough for many teenagers.
I believe that…[Read more]

It wouldn’t matter to me whether a block of land was irregular shaped or rectangular if all other aspects were favourable, like in this case.

Do you ask from a ‘feng shui’ point of view?

Celivia

“30 properties in the area for an average of $20,772 and sold them for an average of $48,433.”

I dunno Lucifer, it sounds like a lot of profit to me… How many hours of “work” do you figure it would have taken?

And, people, re calling someone ‘stupid’- haven’t we all, at some time in our lives, been a ‘victim’ and later wished we had checked…[Read more]

Baloo, I have found the body tricks you- in the very beginning you feel as if you don’t need nicotine, but suddenly, even about 6 months later you can still get a craving!

Just be aware of that…maybe haves some patches laying around in case…[cigar]

Celivia

Dom, the agent who told you about the rental return is the agent who is selling the property, right?
Don’t take his word for it.

Check it out, see how much other properties similar to yours are actually renting for.
You can check out rents either by asking for rental rolls from agents, or on a RE website such as realestate.com or domain.com, or…[Read more]

I am wondering, is there a certain established ‘rule’ lenders use to decide whether or not someone has become too ‘rent reliant’ to be able to borrow more?

For instance, do they use a formula, e.g. rental income should be no more than, say 40% of your total income?
And when your rental income passes that treshold, (say that your rental income is…[Read more]

To answer your question on whether or not this looks like a good deal, I could not tell from numbers alone. It depends where it is, what the vacancy rates are, how big the population is, the future population prediction, what industries there are etc.

ALso, like Yack, I’d want to know a lot more about the accuracy of the rent, it does sound…[Read more]

Just adding that you also have to take into account the purchase of expensive electrical equipment and tools they (e.g. carpenters) are using, plus the maintenance and repairs of that equipment.

Celivia

Well done, MM, congratulations![biggrin]

Celivia

Celivia’s responses in maroon

Originally posted by Y:
What is best course of action if you buy a house and previous tenants have moved out, and left big mess in Yard, and waiting for salvo’s to come pick up toys etc in house.

Personally, I would just ask my PM to deal with it all ASAP meaning get rid of the mess. Pay for it and forget about it.…[Read more]

Three months of vacancy- what a worry![ohno2]

I agree with Derek about reducing the rent. I would!
Are you sure the rent you are asking is the market rent for a unit like yours?

If you’d reduce the rent say $10 per week on a year’s lease, yes you will lose out on $520 for the year, but how much will you lose out on if the unit is going to be…[Read more]

hehe Kay Hrney i am not a gnueis but osoalclcy sfuefr form mnid bgegol dssaiee.

Celivia

So wulod tihs maen taht dscilxys culod jsut cnertaocte on gtneitg olny the frsit and the lsat ltertes rhgit?

Celivia

wow edrenive I culond’t bivele it eheitr! How wired and ipmsoslbie it smees!
Good fun!

Celivia

I used to be a bit of a health freak [freak], years ago. Vegetarian, eating health foods only.[sick2]
Did it make me feel better?
No![]
I didn’t feel I was enjoying life to the fullest without my favourite foods. And it was a lot of effort.

My motto now is, I just eat and drink what I like, but eat the bad things in moderation.[]
I like keeping…[Read more]

Retirement can be one of the best times of your life. When I think of my Grandmother (who died last year at the age of 93) she enjoyed every minute of her retirement. She retired at around 60, traveled and cruised around the world, was a member of a few hobby clubs, had a large cirle of friends, married for the 3rd time (outlived the previous 2…[Read more]