PropertyInvesting.com | ScaryMary64 | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/scarymary64/activity/ Activity feed for ScaryMary64. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:28:20 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 32ed2d054e24d06daf01a144fbe4d121 ScaryMary64 replied to the topic Bird-Dogging in the forum Creative Investing https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4379268-bird-dogging-8/#post-4509845 Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:06:19 +0000 Hi Darryn,

Maybe a good suggestion that a site like this one could host some sort of contacts or oportunities page that would bring investors – developers – builders and bird-doggers together.

Mary.

]]> 98c63a90d93590b203607631a5b7adcb ScaryMary64 replied to the topic Interesting article on rents. in the forum General Property https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374587-interesting-article-on-rents/#post-4480006 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:36:50 +0000 Kay,

I think it all comes down to cash flow. When you’ve borrowed 90% of the purchase price of a property (as most investors will if they can) then the percentage of the loan repayment covered by the rent is pretty important. With interest rates at 7% and rental income in Sydney running at 4% that’s a 3% loss you’ve got to cover (1.5% on a good…[Read more]

]]> eb7f8ab11f3f57ddd2866d3b50343a7e ScaryMary64 replied to the topic Own Vs Renting in the forum No Subject https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374398-own-vs-renting/page/2/#post-4478759 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:17:16 +0000 When My fiance & I bought an IP we had $50K between us as deposit.
We really wanted a house to live in but even back in 1997 in the Sydney market we were looking at $400K for what we really wanted.
So we bought a small 2BR-SLUG IP for $215K and continued to rent a 3BR-DLUG townhouse that was big enough for us and the impending kid.

When we sold…[Read more]

]]> 18a783f07a6070b213944697936c2596 ScaryMary64 replied to the topic Agent issue in the forum Legal & Accounting https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4374481-agent-issue/#post-4479429 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:18:57 +0000 Hi,

My pet hate is real estate agents.

I’ll live without them whenever possible. They are only working for one person – themselves.

The only good experience I’ve had with an agent was getting one to find me a tennant. They did all the background checks, found me a good tennant, I paid them the first two weeks rent and then they left me alone -…[Read more]

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