PropertyInvesting.com | emmyb | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/emmyb/activity/ Activity feed for emmyb. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:40:45 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 74eb897999c6b74e9b321768b4ad3b6d emmyb replied to the topic To keep existing property and battleaxe or knock down and build two new ones? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4401070-to-keep-existing-property-and-battleaxe-or-knock-down-and-build-two-new-ones/#post-4631064 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:07:04 +0000 Frankston

]]> fc153c4cceecd189151aa96192ff97ea emmyb replied to the topic To keep existing property and battleaxe or knock down and build two new ones? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4401070-to-keep-existing-property-and-battleaxe-or-knock-down-and-build-two-new-ones/#post-4631061 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:52:47 +0000 Thanks guys,

Makes total sense. I need to do more research and number crunching but I can see the logic behind your answers.

Fredo – What is a DA?

Cheers,
Emmy

]]> 724c96e25d0ef9e6faedcf84e51c0da0 emmyb replied to the topic Getting Permits in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4400645-getting-permits/#post-4628531 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:05:58 +0000 Thanks for the advice Trev. Makes sense :)

Emmy

]]> 0db619f848b6fc6c7ffcc952d9435614 emmyb replied to the topic Getting Permits in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4400645-getting-permits/#post-4628529 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:38:23 +0000 HI Trev,Thanks so much for your advice..I've just had a very confusing conversation with somebody from the council. Basically she said that I can pay a draftsman to prepare the plans or can do them myself as the owner with the builder as long as I am willing to put my name on them. I've never heard of that option before. Have you? what are the…[Read more]

]]> 62064d25d25c166ddb0a14c4498d30cb emmyb replied to the topic Reasonable length for a Sunset Clause on my first offer in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399922-reasonable-length-for-a-sunset-clause-on-my-first-offer/#post-4624455 Wed, 19 May 2010 07:16:18 +0000 I also don't think I explained it properly. We would put in three seperate offers one by one. So if they said no to offer number one and asked for more money we would then come back with offer number two. If they came back and asked for more money again, we would give them offer number three. That's why it goes up 5k each time. I think I have…[Read more]

]]> c3c4875cd079b3c41c3efadba81f8a67 emmyb replied to the topic Reasonable length for a Sunset Clause on my first offer in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399922-reasonable-length-for-a-sunset-clause-on-my-first-offer/#post-4624454 Wed, 19 May 2010 07:10:56 +0000 Michael 888 wrote:
If you are buying nearby to where you live, then I would sign a contract and attach a small token deposit of say 1,000 dollars to show you're serious. You can then also play clause amendment ping pong by altering price, terms and initialing. If from a distance and fax clause is stated in the contract then a similar scenario…[Read more]

]]> d6e96067ca7ce059cc73a77eb7c95676 emmyb replied to the topic Reasonable length for a Sunset Clause on my first offer in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4399922-reasonable-length-for-a-sunset-clause-on-my-first-offer/#post-4624452 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:26:02 +0000 Thanks  so much for your valuable advice Michael… :)I will give them until the close of business day from signing the contract of offer. I just had no idea on what a normal sunset clause was but if it's not too out of line to put such a tight one in there then I will.So if we want to make an offer do we tell them our first offer over the phone or…[Read more]

]]> 22e7c5c51926e583c1a42c249fcc3eb2 emmyb replied to the topic Short Term Borrowing through a Mortgage Broker in the forum Thanks heaps guys. Your https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398475-short-term-borrowing-through-a-mortgage-broker/#post-4615352 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:01:57 +0000 Thanks heaps guys. Your answers have been a great help.Will discuss portability with my broker.Emmy

]]> a1aeadd06eb0bf9ca3078a8889edbbbc emmyb replied to the topic Hotspots for a reno project in Melbourne in the forum Thanks guys, Excellent info https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4397956-hotspots-for-a-reno-project-in-melbourne/#post-4612298 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:10:31 +0000 Thanks guys,Excellent info as always.It makes sense that a hotspot is not so important if I am selling it 6 – 12 months later. But there is always the option of renting it out for 12 months after some basic renos and then selling it to get more captial growth? Or am I confusing things by giving myself too many options early on?I guess when I say…[Read more]

]]> cc45fadbd70adc2ac7c5bc5e44072037 emmyb replied to the topic Subdivision planning costs in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398065-subdivision-planning-costs/#post-4612869 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:24:48 +0000 Ok that's a bit more like what I expected. Great to know. Thanks Mazstar Jac M, Do you think if the plans and permits cost anywhere from 25 – 40K that you would recoup that with the sale price of selling with plans permits? What if they wanted to bulid something a bit different? Are you narrowing your market by selling with plans?

]]> fdf8905451787c5ef9c31a0faae3e7be emmyb replied to the topic Subdivision planning costs in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398065-subdivision-planning-costs/#post-4612866 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:59:10 +0000 Hi DWolfe,Thanks so much for your helpful info.. The costs were quite a bit higher than I thought they would be but I am still considering the property as it seems to tick a lot of boxes. I am a bit nervous as this is my first and I have only just started to look in Frankston (previously I was looking in Geelong but that is just as, if not more…[Read more]

]]> 391ae7bd9d3135ffe225b468c1bc4204 emmyb replied to the topic Hotspots for a reno project in Melbourne in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4397956-hotspots-for-a-reno-project-in-melbourne/#post-4612293 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:07:50 +0000 No I'm afraid we aren't eligible as we sold our house last year. Am trying to figure out what to do with the capital we made from the sale. I want to stay where I am renting for now but can use it as my primary residence for 6 months so that I don't have to pay CGT once it is sold.So I guess it's just a matter of finding a bargain that can be done…[Read more]

]]> 2d95313f563c01bcae2cf63d9d10a83b emmyb replied to the topic Hotspots for a reno project in Melbourne in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4397956-hotspots-for-a-reno-project-in-melbourne/#post-4612291 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:59:01 +0000 Thanks for your suggestion. I do have a good accountant but he is currently away.I am engaged (defacto). We currently rent so we could register it as our primary residence and kind of move in while also keeping our rental. But we would only want to have it as our primary residence for the minimum amount of time – I think it was 6 months? If that…[Read more]

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