Bruce,

I don’t know whether you are the real deal or not, and I’m not going to gratuitously insult you, but surely if someone, especially an elderly lady, breaks down in your cab, you can take time out to give her some solace, instead of taking this attitude:

“Being too busy I almost threw her out of the cab.I had other jobs waiting.”

I know…[Read more]

aussierogue, I’m sure society can do without one less journo… heh heh

seriously though… the key thing in my post was “work for someone else”… I’d like the freedom to do my own thing… be it a bit of farming, running my own business, writing movies or books… something like that…

r

Hi,

I don’t aspire to drive ferraris, live in huge mansions or anything like that… I would just like to be able to have FREEDOM, in that if I don’t need to work for someone else, it would be nice if I didn’t have to.

I would also like to create some wealth to pass on to my kids and their kids, so they all get off to a good start.

That’s not…[Read more]

Leigh,

I work at Channel 9 as a journalist/producer… have been in the media for 10 years… I’ve been tossing around some ideas for some sort of reality show based on real estate investing… if you’re fair dinkum, feel free to ask some questions on production processes… anyway, whack jaldridge@nine.com.au into your address book for future…[Read more]

so you run a business but you don’t pay taxes? on anything? good to see you’re a fantastic contributor to society… society has to have taxes… it’s an unfortunate fact of life mate.

I’ll leave it there…
R

yep fair enough David, taken on board… for what it’s worth I also believe in the theory “what goes around comes around”…

“self preservation and fear” – mate I think that is an apt description of many of the people I work with in the media… heh heh

have a good one
r

G’day David,

Just curious to know why you think it is “unfortunate” that the “majority” of people don’t reveal where they are buying. My question to you is A: Why should they if they don’t want to? and B: Why criticise if they don’t?

I’ve been happy to help out with Rockhampton since I bought there recently, but I didn’t say too much about it…[Read more]

having slept on my response to bruce, I’d like to add that my mum, in a regional area, was left single by the death of my dad, who passed away aged 26… she brought up 3 kids… one is now an airline pilot, one is a television journalist, one is a police officer. gee mum, couldn’t you have done better? (Sorry to sound self-righteous, but I’m…[Read more]

Bruce,

Thanks so much for your incisive contribution to the board, I’m sure many people found it extremely constructive and worthwhile.

As the offspring of a solid line of country folk, I am glad that you have opened my eyes with your generalisation of me and my clan, and many more like us, as the lowest of the low. I will try from now on to…[Read more]

FWIW Joff, I agree with you… I think it’s going to be really hard for the majority of younger people (I’m 29) to get a foothold when they’re buying their PPOR. Obviously not everyone’s into property investing, so there’s going to be a lot of people doing it tough… or are already…

I know of a lot of people my age who have loaded right up on…[Read more]

Hang on, we’re being told that Iraq having WMD’s has now been revealed as a pack of lies… and all of a sudden we’re supposed to believe Nth Korea has nuclear capabilities? I’ve heard interviews with international relations experts who have basically said Nth Korea doesn’t have the capability to launch nukes… and their longest range (nuke-free)…[Read more]

email me at jaldridge@nine.com.au and I’ll send you some details on some agents up there.

g’day emily…

I think if you go back and read the other posts on this thread it should be pretty obvious where the properties are.

r

g’day robert, i was told exactly the same thing by agents, and as i said, if you buy from drive by, you’re in for some trouble I reckon, hence the reason i stayed for a week and got the lie of the land. plenty of places i looked at looked good from outside, but it was pretty clear that they were very ordinary once i went in. you have to see past…[Read more]

Um, it ain’t a suburb… it’s a mining city in far western NSW. Cheap houses, but the mining industry there has struggled big time in recent years. If you do a google search on “broken hill” you’ll find a lot of info.

Cheers
r

I am a 29 yr old sports journalist/producer for t.v. in Melbourne.

I watch sport and get paid for it.

It’s hard to think of it as work… um, that’s about it.

R

Hi…

In terms of viewing IPs as a market, I recently went on a shopping trip and bought a few… I think I did okay, because they were houses weren’t too expensive, for either me to buy or the tenant to rent, they were in good nick, and won’t require too much maintenance. To me the investment decision is quite low risk, and they will be cashflow…[Read more]

what about the travel expenses to research and buy in Rockhampton? My trip (last week) was not just to suss things out, I bought 4 houses there, so what would the tax man say about that? My fiance and I already have an investment property in Vic, so does my Qld trip mean I’m just adding to my income? Or does that point come at settlement when the…[Read more]

g’day essykay, no, I wouldn’t say it’s secrets, but as you know it’s a lot of work to find areas to buy in, researching, phone calls etc, and I reckon I did twice the amount of work without being told where to look than what I might have done if I had… does that make sense? I reckon it’s more worthwhile and a better learning experience for…[Read more]

There’s no doubt that SOME of the people I came across were provincial and conservative, but I think that taking an attitude smudged by broad generalisations and preconceived ideas is only going to hinder investors when they’re trying to deal with people, not just up there, but anywhere.

You might only be joking around AlisonW, but quite a few…[Read more]