PropertyInvesting.com | DeClair | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/declair/activity/ Activity feed for DeClair. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:37:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 276c6a538386d94683a425c990db5ca8 DeClair replied to the topic Aussie John on Sunday Show in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4383056-aussie-john-on-sunday-show/#post-4534526 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:32:22 +0000 Originally posted by ET:

Isn’t his core business Aussie Home Loans?

It was, but for some time now he realised there was far more money to be earned in offering a wider variety from many loan providers.

I’m cynical of his motives…he has a public profile and he knows how and when to use it. Don’t you think his concern will make more of the…[Read more]

]]> 121ee8fc97aa6b07218a2169dc8f0376 DeClair replied to the topic Aussie John on Sunday Show in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4383056-aussie-john-on-sunday-show/#post-4534521 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:53:18 +0000 I think you have to consider that John Symonds and his brokerage chain has a vested interest in the brokerage from property turnover … so I think rather than see the market languish slowly lower over the next few years, he wants to hasten it, so that the market recovers and more sales are made again.

]]> aec1f55c00cb201b155bfa3c866cd8ad DeClair replied to the topic Low Doc Loans and the ATO in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374623-low-doc-loans-and-the-ato/#post-4480235 Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:00:42 +0000 Update:
The tax office will begin a blitz on low documentation loans after a preliminary audit showed 70 per cent of borrowers may have failed to declare full incomes. In some cases, small businesses’ annual incomes as stated to the ATO were lower than the repayments on the loans. The ATO looked at 176 low doc loans, typically used by the…[Read more]

]]> 3b434a9a96c4b1b355c3578bcabb49f0 DeClair replied to the topic Now this is reassuring...what is Labor's position? in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374625-now-this-is-reassuring-what-is-labors-position/#post-4480259 Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:49 +0000 Yes I agree, though I think we should expect to at least hear Labor’s policy/thinking on this business, before the election. I tend to think they favour higher net taxation from the ‘Mum and Dad’ property investors…as in NSW Labor’s new taxes.

I also think it better, if we can challenge the strength of their commitment/statement, PRE election,…[Read more]

]]> 7db31dc20a33884c6b1134ae2279744b DeClair replied to the topic ANZ and CBA brokers ... would you use them? in the forum Finance https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374299-anz-and-cba-brokers-would-you-use-them/#post-4478130 Mon, 07 Jun 2004 01:17:27 +0000 I see, though isn’t this similar to Aussies mobile lenders? I’m sure, bored person, that the banks may be concerned about brand dilution, however, I think this the opposite extreme, too much branding for my comfort… bias, if any, is not as obvious, or pronounced for most other brokers. They rely on the goodwill and word of mouth from satisfied…[Read more]

]]> bdbd9f0b42e3eeb5350881fb272cda14 DeClair replied to the topic ANZ and CBA brokers ... would you use them? in the forum Finance https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374299-anz-and-cba-brokers-would-you-use-them/#post-4478128 Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:19:47 +0000 Just sounds like the banks selling off their mobile lenders, reducing costs, maximising profits. I can’t imagine them being accepted as much as unalligned brokers once people confirm that they are heavily biased to sell their companies product, first. Time will tell.

]]> 0ea7715b2875d62e1cd60bad85dca487 DeClair replied to the topic Mortgage Choice must apologise in the forum Finance https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374044-mortgage-choice-must-apologise/#post-4476095 Thu, 03 Jun 2004 09:42:54 +0000 I investigated a MC franchise because I was impressed with their bold statement that they were ‘unbiased’. Their franchise docs are covered in it.

I’m afraid ,as I found out more about the company, I could see the opportunity for them to be quite unbiased if the will was there, so I lost interest, gut feeling that something wasn’t right…

On…[Read more]

]]> 0d05a3c867042bca0a91853dca9fee3b DeClair replied to the topic Prices falling Investors running away in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4373983-prices-falling-investors-running-away/page/3/#post-4475615 Wed, 02 Jun 2004 04:04:21 +0000 I think people need to keep perspective in all of this… If people can keep paying their loans until the next property boom (IF), sure enough, the boom will ‘regather’ those poor neg equity lost souls, and behold, turn them into substantial positive equity ‘born agains’…happens in cycles, folks, and it’s why there are now a lot of people with…[Read more]

]]> 6df00936631b9cc5a54f9bb1c7247703 DeClair replied to the topic THE LIFESTYLE PLANNER in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374161-the-lifestyle-planner/#post-4476946 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:02:43 +0000 I would like to know more about the mob you’re thinking of, and thanks for your warning…although in the coming days of regulation, any sharks won’t be able to survive, in any case…not for very long , at least.

]]> 5578a7935b360979d30c3a7449210deb DeClair replied to the topic THE LIFESTYLE PLANNER in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374161-the-lifestyle-planner/#post-4476944 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:54:42 +0000 well they haven’t sold any franchises, as yet, as far as I know

]]> 4b30be94a7b6c704ba1401f216336408 DeClair replied to the topic THE LIFESTYLE PLANNER in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374161-the-lifestyle-planner/#post-4476942 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:29:56 +0000 Well I’ve never heard ‘Rob Poumako’ mentioned and they’re Vic based…I’m pretty sure you must be thinking of someone else.

]]> 057f1a572311d61d0f87f9304f069433 DeClair replied to the topic THE LIFESTYLE PLANNER in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374161-the-lifestyle-planner/#post-4476939 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:48:58 +0000 I think they have a set fee, like an accountant, and have set it so that the client get better that free service ie money back.

The thing that appeals to me is the way the program has something like 500000 possible variables and how it maps out a clients financial future…one guy said it was the only thing that told him NOT to get that third ip,…[Read more]

]]> defa9824c31b1d556bd95dcf6337f038 DeClair replied to the topic THE LIFESTYLE PLANNER in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374161-the-lifestyle-planner/#post-4476936 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:05:17 +0000 I’m looking into a franchise, as well, I haven’t heard of any of the previous posts people involved. I attended a info night.

I don’t speak for the company, but a Lifestyle Planner (LP) will become a new type of professional that fits in between accountant and financial planner…they charge a set fee but the client can elect to have the…[Read more]

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