Don’t feel obliged to use a broker from Brisbane… (Disco) Stu Wemyss from http://www.prosolution.com.au can help you out even though he’s based in Melbourne. I have not used him, but he has been recommended to me by others, while the quality of his posts are a pretty good testament to his abilities. Alternatively, Melanie seems to be pretty switched on…[Read more]

Hi Shane,

Welcome back after the other night…

I think we’re essentially saying the same thing to regi_hand… go and learn…

I agree that we should share ideas… that’s what a forum is after all.

I wasn’t trying to be paternalistic… after one of my first posts here someone used a famous quote of give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for…[Read more]

junior

Check out the web links page on the left of the screen… there’s a few there… I have found one or two that aren’t there, but I’ll let you discover those in the course of your research…

cheers mate
r

Hi Junior,

I’m all for being as positive as I can… but if you’re a Carlton supporter, well, what can I say… hehehe… good luck being positive about THAT… hehehe

r

(that coming from a tigers supporter… at least we’re a little bit better off than you at the minute!!)

hi taddey

sorry to be a pain in the rear, but this has been discussed ad nauseum… have a play with the search function at the top of the screen… or better yet, order Steve’s book…

Cheers
r

Hi Arty,

Our area is called Clonbinane… it’s not very well known at all, and we like it like that… there’s actually a 28 acre place up the road that’s going to auction at the start of October… the sign only went up yesterday… you should see the views… amazing…

Anyway, do yourself a favour and come for a drive over our way… we’re on…[Read more]

Hi

the hobbies of richmond….

1. putting my cold hands on (soon to be) mrs richmond’s back first thing in the morning…
2. spending time with my amazing kelpies… aka Ruby and Bailey the Wonderdogs
3. photography
4. weights at the gym (no I’m not a meathead)
5. watching my beloved Tigers continually disappoint me year after year after year,…[Read more]

Hi Arty,

Just something you might want to consider… I’m currently about 55 minutes from my work in Richmond… the craigieburn bypass that is going in along the hume is expected to shave that to 45 mins… Kilmore’s quite a good town (I’m 15 mins from there up in the hills backing onto Mt Disappointment State Forest)… I would heartily…[Read more]

junior,

when u say bargain basement, what are the stats? price etc? I know Echuca reasonably well having worked for a while in Shepparton

cheers
r

aaron,

at least port kembla and kiama are on the coast… u ever been to cobar? it’s the middle of nowhere… my family is from a small (tiny) town near there called nymagee… I can’t see cobar all of a sudden becoming a hot spot…

cheers
r

Hi Reg

First tip, do some research, you can’t expect to come here and find easy answers. We all want to make money on properties, and there is no easy way, if there was, everyone would do it.

Go and read some books… spend some time reading back through the threads… I’m sorry, but it’s not going to be handed to you on a platter.

Good luck
r

isn’t broken hill suffering from the biggest population decline in the country since a lot of the mines have shut down? Sure it’s got cheap houses… but future prospects aren’t all that great I wouldn’t have thought.
cheers
r

Hi arty,

I went through Bank of Melbourne (rocket repay)… with insurance through CGU.

Cheers
r

Hi Arty,

There’s really no reason why you can’t do all three at once, but we’ve no idea on what your borrowing capacity is… clearly having 140k in the bank helps a lot, but I guess it depends on your earnings as well…

I love it over near Woodend, but we ended up buying a 60 acre place near Kilmore (better prices over this way, and just as…[Read more]

Hi and welcome kramla…

My first tip would be to become friends with the search button at the top of the page. If you’ve read Steve’s book, there’s tips in there on where to look for postively geared properties… one tip from me, don’t rely on real estate web sites… they are a starting point and nothing more. Spend time going back through the…[Read more]

Hi Amit,

I agree with George, be very careful.

I have a cousin who runs a plumbing business there, he might know of a good builder who can do an inspection for you.

my email is jaldridge@nine.com.au Feel free to get in touch.

Cheers
r

Hi Amit,

They’re not the ones on L****ey Street by any chance are they? 1x 1br (fully furn), 1x 2br, 1x 3br, garage too? Asking 140k? Let me ask you this… if you have never been to Cobar, how do you know where they are situated in the town in terms of schools, shops, etc… Don’t take the agents word… you are from out of town and they know…[Read more]

Hi Amit,

At that rent (310pw) it sounds like it’d be in the upper end of the prices for rentals in Cobar… if it gets vacant, it will be a bugger to fill. No buts or maybes… it is odds on to sit vacant for some time. There’s not that many people in Cobar who will pay 310pw, unless it’s filled by the mines, and they’re not going to be around…[Read more]

Hi Rod,

I wonder how many people will just hop on realestate.com.au and punch in a search for Stawell, Horsham and Hamilton… if it comes back with no properties that fit the solution, they’ll just say “ah, there’s nothing there”… of course, a percentage will actually hit the phones, and hell, even go for a drive down there…

cheers
r

Hi Jason,

As cremin said, read as much as you can… Jan Somers’ books are okay too, she’s been shot down a few times on this forum, but there’s some handy bits for people starting out…

Read, research and read some more… and don’t do anything until you feel comfortable with it… however, be sure you do do something eventually… a lot of…[Read more]