PropertyInvesting.com | lucylu | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/lucylu/activity/ Activity feed for lucylu. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:26:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1a85cd0cd1d059c6caead4834e07f7b5 lucylu replied to the topic Only 17, where do i start ? in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4391728-only-17-where-do-i-start/#post-4578998 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:52:25 +0000 Go wdemirdonder!!In reply to your request for advice I also left school with not a clue as to what I wanted to do.  So I found a full-time position in a cafe on fairly dismal money but it kept me busy and I had an income coming in.  When I ended up buying my first property I made sure I could afford the payments even if I was unemployed (the o…[Read more]

]]> c180d0568cca9e52e0db2664e3502b07 lucylu replied to the topic Advice for FIrst Home Buyer in Vic in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4390318-advice-for-first-home-buyer-in-vic/#post-4571261 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:57:38 +0000 HI Kenzel and welcome!No such thing as being too ambitious when it comes to property I think.  YOu have done really well to get a $30K deposit and earning $45k gross is most likely plenty to get you started on somethin g under $300K (I bought my first apartment on $28K with a $10000 deposit).Say you bought a 2-3 bedroom apartment or house – you…[Read more]

]]> bbbca0a9acb2829a90c409016afdbce4 lucylu replied to the topic IS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM FINALLY DEAD!!!!!!!! in the forum Help Needed! https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4387384-is-the-great-australian-dream-finally-dead/page/5/#post-4557334 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:47:44 +0000 I think a good deal of the problem is 1. People have forgotten how to live within their means (whatever those means are) and 2. To start small.

It always fascinates me how people pop up on ACA/Today Tonight obese, smoking, with a beer in their hand and say they are ‘battling’.
Duh. Stop smoking/cut back drinking/go for a walk. Get a job.…[Read more]

]]> 1bb892666d0d3849d498088158ec6f84 lucylu replied to the topic Jamie McIntyre in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4371479-jamie-mcintyre/page/2/#post-4455948 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:34:26 +0000 With all the information available out there re Property Investment I think people need to rely on their gut instinct and intelligence rather than blindly following to the letter what some expert has instructed them to do…

Incidentally, three years ago I applied to become a ‘Jenman’ Certified real estate agent and had to complete a quiz which…[Read more]

]]> 0d1a8d1986fa854fb6905470ff232c72 lucylu replied to the topic Incompetent property managers in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4385839-incompetent-property-managers/#post-4550143 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:33:43 +0000 Thanks for all the advice everyone – I feel a lot more confident on knowing what to ask for now. Although the idea of self managing sounds enormously appealing; over the weekend was toying with the idea of setting up a website where people with self-managed IP could access advice, leasing forms etc as from speaking to other landlords in my…[Read more]

]]> 3cdab7c7cbfac80a184d283d9ff98ebb lucylu replied to the topic Incompetent property managers in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4385839-incompetent-property-managers/#post-4550139 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:09:43 +0000 Hi Callander thanks heaps for the advice – the property in question is in the Queanbeyan area (next to Canberra) and PM was with a major agency which is why I was surprised the service was so appalling. Interviewing other landlords is a fantastic idea I never thought of.

The trouble with the property management in some of these smaller towns is…[Read more]

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