Hi REQ,Thanks for the comment. Yes I'm sure we will get there with hard work! Actually the motorbike I mentioned isn't too bad – I use to go to work everyday no matter what the weather, and it costs me $15 a week in fuel. No parking fees. So that's great. I'm doing lots of other things to help – as daft as it sounds, I take advantage of the…[Read more]

Ooops – I posted this under another section amd it belongs in here! Sorry about that.Hi, I'm pretty sure timing has a lot to do with it. I had a property in the uk (my home) which I had for 10 years. Sold it for  what I paid for it. Nightmare. After another 7 years it's now worth 4 times as much. Just my luck. I bought a property here in Oz in…[Read more]

Hi, I'm pretty sure timing has a lot to do with it. I had a property in the uk (my home) which I had for 10 years. Sold it for  what I paid for it. Nightmare. After another 7 years it's now worth 4 times as much. Just my luck. I bought a property here in Oz in 2000 for 137k. Gone up in value very nicely! So I'm in luck with this one. Trouble is I…[Read more]