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July 31, 2003 - 2:48 am

Hi Nessie,

I’m interested in the article you mentioned. I looked but couldn’t find it anymore. Would you happen to have URL for it??

Have a great day!

Marco

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July 23, 2003 - 4:28 am

Hi Dosser,

I’ve been on holidays for the week, so haven’t been able to get near the www.

Tax Lawyers – yeah – ditto from what the others say. I hear David Abrahm (CPA – Adelaide) is good and understands what we are on about. E-mail me for details or look it up in the whitepages.

BTW – Seacombe Gardens – are your townhouses the ones on Seacombe Road?

Cheers,
Marco
wenzel at mbox.com.au

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July 17, 2003 - 3:57 am

Hi Ms Elvis, wander over to:

http://www.reisa.com.au and click on General info. This lists median prices. Also try this link:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22median+house%22%2BSouth%2BAustralia&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

Make sure you past the whole link… or you’ll miss out.

Good luck, have fun.

Marco

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July 8, 2003 - 2:39 am

Hi Caz,

just been thinking about your statement. I attended a presentaiton by Russell Woodrow a couple of weeks ago (http://www.woodrowandassociates.com/index.html). He mentioned that property and shares (ie most super funds) work in cylces. That is, when shares are down, property tends to head to up, etc etc.

I’ve sat down with him a couple of times. He listens to what your needs are – therefore no template solutions. Have a look at his website and read some of his articles.

usual disclaimers – I’m a client of his, so I’m not benefiting by writing this.

regards

Marco

PS – bearing all of the above in mind, a positively geared property should always be making money – regardless of cycles.

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July 7, 2003 - 4:22 am

Hi Folks,

agree with your comments. I’ve been looking at contact management tools recently (as opposed to property management)

I’m looking for something that will help me manage my list of contacts but also allows me to attach files ie Letters and faxes that I send, and makes notes of telephone conversatione etc.

Act! is something that looks good, but it’s a bit pricey.

Any ideas?

Regards

Marco

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July 4, 2003 - 4:02 am

Hi Xenia!

I have a meeting with pierie executive services on the 24 July. I’ll let you know how we fare….

Can’t remember who it’s with at the mo. Haven’t got my diary.

Look forwarding to hearing what you think!

Cheers, Marco

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July 2, 2003 - 4:56 am

Hi there,

My understanding is the following:

if you are payg then you… pay as you go…
Otherwise you can defer it to the end of the year – but check with your CPA.

To put it in Kiyosaki terms – get on the right hand side of the quadrant asap.

Have a great day!

(Oh – I really enjoy reading your posts! Keep them coming!)

Marco

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July 1, 2003 - 4:06 am

Hi Xenia,

Yes there are Adelaide people here <grin>
I posted much the same question some time back and got stumped as well. It doesn’t surprise me that nobody answered. Probably the thing holding people back from answering your request is due to one of the following:

A) The size of Adelaide’s corporate sector. It’s small compared to the other capital cities, so people tend to keep their contacts close to their chest.

The cost involved in doing “Business” in Adelaide, compared to other states. Seems to me, if you want to put a decent contract together it’s close to a deposit on a house…

Tips – do a search on this forum. There are a number of people who recently swapped contact details for a meet here in Adelaide.

Alternatively, if you want to chat, feel free to contact me – [email protected]

Kind regards

Marco

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June 17, 2003 - 3:49 am

What a great idea this is! Thanks Leigh.

Marco here, just doing my daily surf through the forum. My wife and I live in Adelaide with our 9mo son.

Been researching and setting things up for a little over 18mo and thoroughly enjoying it. I work for a company that helps people with their personal finances, budgeting etc. Very rewarding when you see the light come on in peoples eyes []

Always happy to help, although I do take a low profile for two reasons – the quality of the answers are wonderful and I just don’t spend that much time on the net.

Keep up the good work, hope to meet some of you in real life at some stage.

Marco

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June 12, 2003 - 3:10 am

Hi there Gaijin

I’m in Adelaide, happy to chat. E-mail me if you like – [email protected]

regards

Marco

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June 2, 2003 - 4:15 am

Hi Jason

I use Leigh Lockwood. His mobile number is 0414-880-887. He understands the peculiarities of SA WRAPS.

Have a good one!

Marco

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May 28, 2003 - 6:32 am

Hi Gatbe7,

I always allow 5% of the contract (my) price. That’s the short answer, but someone else may expand on it.

regards

Marco

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May 14, 2003 - 3:29 am

Hi f_j_o,

I’m more interested in who the loan is underwritten by than who’s logo is on the paperwork.

Keep on doing what you’re doing!

Marco

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May 13, 2003 - 3:31 am

Hi there jasontang888,

Are you aware of the legal intricacies in SA? You can’t do a straight vendor finance, so you probably need to get a contract drawn up for a Lease option.

Cheers,

Marco

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May 13, 2003 - 3:16 am

Hi TheGill_1963,

I used homeside last week. No problems from a borrowers point of view.

Cheers,

Marco

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May 13, 2003 - 2:55 am

Goodness, either there is nobody here from Adelaide or there aren’t any local Solicitors in this state.

Any takers?

PS – I used Geoffrey Adams.

Kind Regards,

Marco

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May 12, 2003 - 4:03 am

Hi Chris

South Coastal – a bit vague, more info?
Happy Valley – Hilly area with some newer developments. Good Public Transport, services etc.
Aberfoyle Park – as per Happy valley
Flagstaff Hill – Yeah ok, don’t know it personally, but it’s a bit further “down the hill”
Hallett Cove – Have looked at this area myself. The Local council is proposing a lot of work in this area. New main streets to interconnect this area with other suburbs etc. Even a retirement village! Currently not an area I would buy in as the services (delis etc) are few and not the nicest, but that is a subjective statement. Also the Public transport is not the best, but who know – all about to change??

These are my views, so subjective and in the eye of the beholder. Maybe try to contact a local agent to have a chat? Who knows….

Keep on doing what you’re doing!

Marco

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May 6, 2003 - 3:42 am

Fullout,

don’t know if it will work, nor am I aware of the legal side of things but here we go:
What about a double closure?

Keep on doing what you’re doing!

Marco

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May 5, 2003 - 4:31 am

hwd007,

It’s best that you find your own, build the relationship etc. However – one of the agents I have found to be very honest is Ray White, Brighton (SA). All the people at this office are good, however Leigh Lockwood is the person I deal with the most. His mobile number is 0414-880-887.

Keep on doing what you’re doing!

Marco

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May 2, 2003 - 3:31 am

Hello all,

It comes down to finding somebody with integrity. Avoiding the agents that tell you they have integrity is a good start.

If the agent smells… don’t deal with them. Find somebody else

Marco