Yes Mini, that does seem to be a fundamental of RE. One does find a niche though, and units are *generally* cheaper than houses, and maintenance gets fixed by the whole body corporate. They fix window frames, doors, (all outside stuff, of course), water problems, the roof, etc. I always freak out at the thought of being *entirely* reponsible for…[Read more]

So you said “ya wanna come to this expo on the weekend?” and they thought they heard “the sexpo” right?

Gee, they’re not gonna be disappointed or anything when they get there! [biggrin]

kay henry

PG said:

“Couple of pretty girls also coming tomorrow with us guys! so bad luck if you are not coming!”

DESPERATE PLOY, PG!!

I think most of the blokes who are coming are married- and what are Mel, Mini, and me?? Chopped liver?

Will miss you when you go OS, PG- I will have bought up half of sydney by the time you come back!

kay henry

sis,

I would love to have seen you and PG. But tomorrow, I just cannot do- godda werk. And elves, you know you wanna come on sunday- come with us- it’ll be a hoot!

Didn;t mean to change too many plans. My initial post was to find out what time was best for people. And really, for the majority, it was sunday, so it means I can sit and stare on…[Read more]

harbinger said:

“expected rent is approx $270-280 for similar in area. definitely not +cf.”

Well, it is CF+ if I buy it off you for $130k, harbinger!! [thumbsupanim][thumbsupanim]

Must cost a fortune if it rents for that much [glum2]

kay henry

Folks,

Let’s meet upon Sunday morning (sorry folks who could come only on Saturday- maybe next time, but Sunday seems a goer. We can meet up when it starts and at a place that we can find.

For those who are coming at 1pm, we can choose a place to meet up too- or I can meet ya at 1pm and introduce you to the others.

I’m disorganised (you should…[Read more]

Yack meant:

A bit more information, may allow us to give better BIDS.

harbinger, you don’t need an agent to sell a property- just a solicitor. The buyer will have a solicitor too to do all the necessary checks. Really, if you sell a new apartment, people (investors) are gonna feel more comfortable about buying it than a much older place.

Most…[Read more]

Gramyre :o)))

This post is a bit shallow and competitive anyhoo. [thumbsdownanim

kay henry

harbinger- i dunno. We’re all people behind these posts. And we’re all into property. I have no doubt people would be interested in your property.

I LOVE new apartments- I doubt I could afford one though [glum2] But other people on here would be able to.

You could always do a random thing and sell it to the person with the funnest name!!…[Read more]

Joint venture folks? We could have this baby for about 50k in each!!

kay henry

Yeah, well, the name kay henry on an OTP in Melbourne wouldn’t look so credible either.

Oh look- Rugby’s here and he can actually *afford* it (as opposed to you and me, elves- no offence, but we’s poor).

kay henry

This is too funny! you know, we could actually BUY this property before a Moderator comes along and shuts us down :o)

harbinger, I really wouldn’t mind having this property- how much ya asking?

*looks nervously at left column and sees no orange-coloured Moderators.* [upsidedown]

kay henry

elves,

I’m almost scared he’ll accept it- is a post on PI.com a verbal contract? What if he prints this off??? hehe. I am gonna start looking for loopholes [cap]

kay henry

harbinger, guess I’m just saying your post sounds a tad … ummm… anxious.

How come you wanna sell so quickly? Sounds like a nice purchase- mmmmmm- bayside ;O)

I’ll give ya $200k for it. Am I in the ball park?

kay henry

If you need to sell quickly, harbinger, you may have to *reduce* the price… not up it as with a wrap.

kay henry

geo,

I would be very happy to have 10 properties in 15 years.

kay henry

richmond – thanks for the article.

I replied to the topic of one’s net wealth, and wondered where my wealth had disappeared to! Then I remembered, I had more GROSS “wealth” before I sold an IP. I also had more DEBT, which was bothering me- making me feel trapped. When I sold the place, I breathed and slept a lot more peacefully.

I know one has…[Read more]

RatedR,

Many of us will advise what reflects our own experience. I’ll do the same :o)

If you go to uni, you’ll end up with a better paid job (all the stats tell us that, so look ’em up people if ya don’t like it). Uni is also a great life and you’ll be around thousands of people your own age- you’ll love it!! :o)

There’s plenty of time to…[Read more]

Bears- god, well done!!! You effectively only have 20k debt on your portfolio! You are doing so well, Mr Bear- congrats [thumbsupanim]

And if anyone wants to know about my portfolio, I have less net worth than the Bear.[fez]

kay henry

enlad,

Yes, I did feel nervous :o) And I had very little idea of what I was doing. I read Jan Somers, who was one of the very few aussie authors who was around at the time. My partner and I were visited by a Mortgage Broker to help us out in finding out what we could borrow, and there was no boom at the time, so there was no great rush to fix…[Read more]