I didn't want to quote the price because honestly I couldn't remember I think it was around the $500ish mark for the 3 days. I have no idea what they will be charging this year. There are people who buy tickets and then can't go as well, I was one of those last year, and they sold them on the forum. Hopefully the price won't go up heaps this year.…[Read more]

Hi 888LD,Why not regional? Why not outer suburbs? Why not a house? I can understand wanting to pay cash, but there are plenty of other options out there, you can get some great cashflow + houses at the moment if you don't want pretty or inner city/suburbs. I have a great house (shack) that we reno'd recently and we put the rent up by $60 p/week.…[Read more]

Hi jadamo76,Propertyinvesting.com puts on a 3 day Mega conference. It's 3 days of property information, broken up into workshops with property and other speakers. It should be advertised on the site soon. Well worth the money, I'm not sure how much it this year, but I loved the last one I went to. I'm sure there will be more info on it soon… Chee…

Looking forward to this one, couldn't go to Sydney for the last one!! 3 days of property…. bliss   D

Wow!!!I would LOVE to have that many cars…… need more moolah!Driving a HSV Clubsport (luuurve V8's) called Brutus and hubby drives a 370z. Red and yellow. I saw this race deck stuff you can get to create a checkerplate type floor. It was on Vanilla Ice's reno show he did, still thinking about putting down on the floor and painting the garage…[Read more]

Hi RyanJD,If I were in your shoes, I would go and see a solicitor. If you do this wrong, it is possible that you may be out money. You've said that you gave them permission to fix the fences, did you say you would pay for further repairs? Did you say you would reimburse them? Do you have any of this in writing. The spreadsheet is good, did you…[Read more]

This is going to be interesting to watch!I'm thinking materials costs will go up, and that the compo (cheers Scott) aint going to be enough to cover the cost. New builds will cost more to build, timber will go through the roof, concrete and other high polluting items will go up. Anyone worked out how the carbon credit thing is going to work? You…[Read more]

Thanks christianb,Been a long time coming. Still working on it too! "And a lot about how you put the knowledge into practice."  Nailed it.Cheers

Hi everyone,Cheers christianb, always happy to be corrected by an expert. I guess I am speaking from my personal experience, where even in an area formally designated for high density (apartments) a major planning backflip happened by council. It really does pay to have all the information. And be prepared with a backup plan, just in case.I guess…[Read more]

Hi,Even with Res 1 zoning, you'll still need to have a chat to a draftsperson or architect. For a short answer you can call the council to get a real vague, maybe, almost or sometimes answer. Heaps of things will impact on what you can put, where easments are, setbacks from the street, overlays, trees, what else is in the street, whats around in…[Read more]

This thread just keeps on keeping on……almost as bad as the property crash 09 thread!This is my last post on this, then I'm unsubscribing Firstly, Simple, even if the three posters you have pointed out are the same person (which I doubt) so what, they can speak their minds just the same as the property bears that have multiple logins do.…[Read more]

Go Tigermiger!Might have to change this thread huh?! This year……. Got protested at, got rejected, council overturned a major part of the planning scheme in favour of protesters, did 1st reno, bought a house to live in, made money from shares, lost money from shares, started a new business doing house staging and open for inspection cleans,…[Read more]

Paulk,I think it is excellent that you have high liquidity and the ability to buy when ready, I think many would be envious. I hope you won't leave it as cash for too long. Which particular market are you looking at? I think we'd all like to avoid the falling market. Would that be Vic, or NSW, or WA or territories, would that be regional, city,…[Read more]

Welcome nevertoolate,Stay forever my friend. This forum is full of thread such as these, and the property bears live in the caves just as much as the property bulls live in the lush green paddocks. I have to say, no death tax thank you. We all know that governments have a great history of spending our money, and how do you know any tax such as…[Read more]

Well you would have quite a few people selling an unencumbered property worth 1.1mill for $995k. The tax would then be avoided, and you would get a drop in property prices.If the estate was worth $1 million and had mortgages to $800k would the tax be on the whole amount or on the 'profit'. You'd then create a class of people who couldnt afford to…[Read more]

Hey FWord……I have to say……. I'm not pitying our kids…They don't have to head off to a war, they wont starve on a boat headed here, they won't know abject poverty (hopefully), they will have the right to freedom and voting and equality, etc. It's just money. It's a tool like a hammer and if you know how to use it you can build wealth.…[Read more]

Hi Kateej03,Thanks for the reply (and thanks everyone else too!) I'd love to know who I can chat to about signing up, how much, what you get at the end, what sort of time commitment is needed, how long the course runs for etc. Thanks heaps in advance!CheersD

Well at 200 years old, it is probably one of the youngest countries.And yes, that is exactly what I'm saying, people love their houses. It is part of their family, why do you think Aussie banks are laughin gall the way with 30 year loans.I don't agree that they care what it is worth, only if they need to use any of the equity, and really if you…[Read more]

Time to ponder the differences.Germany population 81 million, Australia 23 millionGermany has manufacturing, Australian governments have done their best to get rid of ours.Germany has infrastructure, bullet trains etc. Australia, we have a couple metro trains that can't even run on timeGermany land size 357,114 kms2, Australia land size…[Read more]

Spot on with all the above posts. In my case time! I only come here every so often, I used to be here every day. Too much on. I also don't log in everytime, I might just come have a look around and then go.When questions get asked then people generally get answers. More questions and discussions, then more people will log in and want to join in D