PropertyInvesting.com | LeonR | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/leonr/activity/ Activity feed for LeonR. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:03:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 3d55f43aad4a8d95b91e5898181cf6be LeonR replied to the topic Carpet Beetles...eating our carpet in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4410757-carpet-beetles-eating-our-carpet/#post-4699559 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 04:29:54 +0000 Seeing that your property is in Mackay – Queensland …..

I remember hearing of one guy in Queensland that had a similar problem to yours regarding carpet beetles. Thinking outside of the box he caught about a dozen cane toads and placed them inside his home. After about 2 weeks most of the carpet beetles where gone and the well fed cane toads…[Read more]

]]> 8b37884f9b716b8fd16db15a0eeadf33 LeonR replied to the topic Subdivision in Perth (capital gains) in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4407945-subdivision-in-perth-capital-gains/#post-4679771 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:47:44 +0000 Derek and Richard many thanks for the information.

]]> 41856148476f190f70fb15bf836aedf2 LeonR replied to the topic Property bust not here yet ... worse to come in the forum [url=http://www.usdebtclock https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4385726-property-bust-not-here-yet-worse-to-come/page/53/#post-4549481 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:25:21 +0000 Not sure how real or accurate these Debt Clocks are.

World Debt Clock, with Europe looking pretty bad.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/world-debt-clock.html

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USA Debt Clock, click the link below and watch the USA debt grow.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

]]> b82c8e9ae373c03b70cc035223a9edef LeonR replied to the topic Subdivision in Perth (capital gains) in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4407945-subdivision-in-perth-capital-gains/#post-4679767 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:47:42 +0000 We're in the process of doing something similar (in Adelaide) and also interested to know if its possible to minimize the capital gains on the sale of the rear block.

]]> 76e9f97a22adf08c7cbfe8b37392d4a9 LeonR replied to the topic Greek Bail Out Explained in the forum Forum Frolic https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4407712-greek-bail-out-explained/#post-4678085 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:29:18 +0000 Actually its not far from the truth ……… my Greek friends can understand-relate to the story.

]]> f117033fa09317be9c60363981a867b3 LeonR replied to the topic Nathan Birch in the forum I am not writing this to https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4407270-nathan-birch/#post-4674716 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:05:04 +0000 I am <u>not</u> writing this to knock Nathan Birch, as I do admire what he and his team have achieved in such a short time.

From Nathan's Binvested facebook site, a few comments made by some of his clients:

 "in the last 12 months we have purchased another 7 properties, and will be shortly settling on another 4."

 "We now have 3 properties -…[Read more]

]]> 32535a00131e718ec4c16a6525aa3be5 LeonR replied to the topic Nathan Birch in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4407270-nathan-birch/#post-4674716 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:05:04 +0000 I am not writing this to knock Nathan Birch, as I do admire what he and his team have achieved in such a short time.

From Nathan's Binvested facebook site, a few comments made by some of his clients:

 "in the last 12 months we have purchased another 7 properties, and will be shortly settling on another 4."

 "We now have 3 properties -…[Read more]

]]> 3d316bf889c5a8543f4c8482ad00d52f LeonR replied to the topic Has any one ever bought an apartment as a investment? in the forum About a week ago I saw on https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406946-has-any-one-ever-bought-an-apartment-as-a-investment/page/2/#post-4672484 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:17:51 +0000 About a week ago I saw on Foxtel a show called Your Money Your Call, hosted by property guru Margaret Lomas. One of her guests mentioned that 85% of apartment blocks completed since 2000, have some type of structural defects.
The three most commonly cited defects are,
1. water leaking within the building
2. internal and external cracks
3. water…[Read more]

]]> 4b4533ee2abbb6b4343f0af533b003cf LeonR replied to the topic Has any one ever bought an apartment as a investment? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406946-has-any-one-ever-bought-an-apartment-as-a-investment/page/2/#post-4672483 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:27:55 +0000 Derek wrote:
Hi JP,Never bought one – probably never will. Being OTP there will be significant financing issues you will need to consider as the vendors and their contract will require you go unconditional within 30 days (or similar) BUT the bank will not provide unconditional finance until they can value the property – and this only happens…[Read more]

]]> b95e3d0af8304bd1ad6bc63806630bfc LeonR replied to the topic Long Term Investments in the US in the forum Overseas Deals https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4406987-long-term-investments-in-the-us/#post-4672709 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:44:29 +0000 I have to agree with Nigel’s straight to the point comment.

I visited Detroit back in 1993 and it was a basket case back then, with dirty slums, dangerous african-american gangs, thugs at every corner and crack addicts roaming around like zombies in downtown Detroit. I do remember feeling sorry for the police and paramedics having to deal with…[Read more]

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