Is the floor particleboard, strip flooring or fibro?

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Gotta love those one don’t you Richard

What sort of management rights? Rent roll, strata or holiday lettings for a building?

You need to hold the appropriate licence.

which planning office OA ? There is no such centralised beast in Oz.

you should check what your sales or management agreement says. It should have a schedule of rates & whether or not they keep any rebates or discounts.

Likewise , I have a few ins with a couple of development companies in the inner city & north shore.

There are several standard form contracts available, working with non-standard contracts can be risky & expensive.

The HIA, MBA & RAIA all have standard formas. RAIA are more slanted to the owner. Standard building contracts have been tested in the courts & have precedents.

Usually goes through the hands of the liquidator – so you need to watch the legal notices of who has gone broke, who the liquidator is and contact them to find out

Raise the issue with the licensee of the agency. If you have no joy, take the agent to the Vcat/Fair trading.

Which city?

just keep shooting in low-ball offers. Go back with a lower offer than your current offer, cite changing market conditions. Even prices in Mosman have dropped 5-7% since late last year. Offer expires close of polling on saturday

http://www.propertyinvestment.net.au/forms/cash_flow_analysis_form.pdf

Option with another option to extend (would mean putting down  a little more $ for the extended period but there is no huge outlay early on) or alternatively an option and failing exercise of option the 1st and last rights to negotiate with the vendor prior to sale. 

There are good & real bad areas around Moree. Check with the local cop shop or school for the better streets.

If you don’t want to stand out, don’t wear a shirt with a collar, trousers or leather shoes.

what is on the asic website?

asbestos may be in many pre-mid 1980’s materials. Lead, mostly in paint.

Building issues are a fact of life, so is risk.

Although you can purchase commercial property from a related party eg your own business premises.

Try a subscription to RP Data or Aust Property Monitors.