Dear Pisces,
As if the baldness isn’t bad enough! Actually my weight problem is more of a personal concern. No offence taken. Monopoly and Kay, thanks for the kind compliments and concerns re: my father. Dad’s still in hospital and still waiting on the results. I guess I don’t stand a chance with single lonely guy. Anyway, I’ll find time this week…[Read more]

KrazyStyler,
You beat me to the ‘post’! To think I was worried about losing a day’s pay for a PI meeting? Thanks to you and all those who attended who made it a great success! Like I said to you KrazyStyler, the location is irrelevant if it’s in Melbourne. Just a thought though. Perhaps next time we probably shouldn’t book for a table of only 6 in…[Read more]

Dear Monopoly, Melbear, Steve, et al,
I really appreciate your concern re: Stan’s (my father) stroke. He’s taken a bit of a dive and he’s having an MRI tomorrow. My mother’s deaf so I’ve just been flat out since Saturday with work/hospital/advocate, etc for him. I bought him a DVD today and some early Jane Austin B+W flicks so he can sit up and…[Read more]

Dear Jo, Derek and Kay,
Thanks for your replies. As Julius Caesar once said to Brutus, “The fault dear Brutus, Lies not in our Stars,
But within ourselves”.
I should have been more diligent from the word go. But as I have gained more momentum from this site, etc, I continue to learn. I don’t see any benefit in exspousing the flaws in the PM, as…[Read more]

VR,
My answer to your questions ends with one word – “CONGRATULATIONS!”. You’ve started on the path. Be a sponge and soak up as much info with everystep. If you don’t, the fear of tripping will stop you dead in your tracks anyway.
Good luck,
(but you already have it!)
Regards,
Gatsby.

Kay is absolutely right. That sort of stuff is way out of order, for you, the next owner but ultimately the victim.
Gatsby.

Anyway Mini Mogul,
as I was saying. If my right to life was on the line in ‘China’ I’ve discovered an off shore fund based in Hong Kong where you can invest in Biocryogenics. So I figure that if I am killed I could always have my body frozen, which when thawed years later would by then mean a massive win win realized capital gain waiting for me in…[Read more]

Hi,
I’d agree whole heartedly with the last post. Four years ago someone told me to read ‘this’ book. Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘The CashFlow Quadrant’. It’s not the first book he wrote but I’d recommend reading this first. It changed my whole life and I was able to grow Roses out of shit after it. I mention this book (Rich Dad, Poor Dad, you could read…[Read more]

Hi Stu, What about cross collateralization in regards to starting with the ‘end in mind’ as opposed to how most PI’s in the last/current boom purchased (ie ad hoc). I guess it’s starting with a plan rather than the ‘property’?
Great mag (especially now that it’s monthly). Another subject somehow might cover the real value of taking due diligence…[Read more]

Dear jancrows,
That’s a bloody good point. Next time I have to go to court and I’m asked ‘How would I like to plea’, stuff the judge. I’ll just pled ‘Maybe?
Cheers,
Gatsby.
P.S. And to everyone on this original post, don’t forget that Oscar Wilde once said “Work is the curse of the drinking classes”.

Melbear,
I’m sorry to hear about your uncle. My father had a stroke this morning.
Take care,
Regards
Gatsby.

Mary Poppins,
Maybe we should get together. We have so much in common. Let’s take books for example? Well what do you know? I read left to right also. We can also talk deep! Well jeez, I enjoy sex too! It’s almost frightening how much we have in common!
Cheers,
Gatsby

WallFlower,
Come along and meet me in the ‘FLESH’ so to speak on Sunday at the Blackburn Hotel meeting at 11am??? Also you must have ESP! I have got prosthetic wooden legs (but REAL feet!) I’ll try and get my picture up on the gallery via a friends scanner or something.
Cheers,
Gatsby.

Yack,
I propose we all put in and pay you $1200 if you promise NOT to come! Either that or we start a ‘People who hate People’ meeting. “People who hate people, come together!”. “No!” “Come on Yack, you’re our strongest member!” “Piss off Gatsby! If your coming then I won’t be there” “Yack, that’s what I’m talking about”. (Damn, we almost had a…[Read more]

It goes both ways,
I’m often asked by work colleagues why I’m currently single. All I can think of is that I guess it’s going to require a very special lady,..or a bunch of average ones? My effort of meeting someone last week was this new girl where I work in disability and we just sort of clicked. Anyway I actually asked her why she was single…[Read more]

Rob,
Please don’t leave. Don’t feel too ‘Hamlet’ about ‘this is the hour’ (To Be or Not to Be, etc). We need Mortgage brokers like yourself and we also need good ones for the input and we can all gain from the replies. That holds for all of us. Plus I’m running out of material!
Help me Rob!
Gatsby!

Thanks all for your replies, etc. Derek actually hit my question on the head. Yes it is ‘rental vacancy’ that I’m concerned about. I think the Investors club had some sort of policy where they would cover a % of lost rent during a vacancy period, however ASIC banned it. I apologize if my question wasn’t as specific to my query. I have all the…[Read more]

Hi Monopoly,
You’ve raised an interesting point regarding rental insurance outside of landlord insurance(?). This is something I’ve often asked myself if it can be insured for. Or does anyone know if it can be covered by a different policy? Seeing as it can be a huge loss in times of a long vacancy, does anyone know if there is protection against…[Read more]

Rob,
This is an open forum so it’s great to post in different forums on different threads. I’m currently concerned about discretionary trusts and have been given excellent advice by brokers like yourself. I’m also concerned that I named my dog ‘Stay’. When he was a puppy I had alot of fun calling him. ‘Come here Stay’. Confused the hell out of…[Read more]

Re: drink driving. I actually went to court for parking 30cm away from the gutter!!! (no B.S.) I pleaded insanity. I then asked the judge for the time and when he told me I then replied ‘No further questions!’
Cheers,
Gatsby.