Call it an upopular executive decision, but at the end of the day, I want discussion to get back on track.
I received complaints from both sides (both in support for and against various forum members). Since it is impossible to try and fix the problem by leaving some posts and not other, I’ve decided to remove the lot.
Go crazy with e-mails between yourselves, but remember that this is an investing forum, not a place for you anyone to make personal comments.
To this effect, I have (and will continue to remove) remove all posts that are a personal nature that have nothing to do with investing.
While I’m sorry for any offence caused, it’s that simple.
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I’ll be a lot more happy when the forum reverts back to people asking questions and the community brainstorming answers.
I’ve had enough of the critical banter and namecalling.
I’ve taken the hands off a little bit lately, but I for one am not enjoying where the forum is going, and in order to bring it back on track I’ll be around a lot more over the upcoming weeks. Changes have already been made and more are coming soon.
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I re-read my post and didn’t see any point about buying now… just the need to take a position and act accordingly.
If your position is that it will be a good buying season soon, then the time to prepare is now, not when easy credit is a memory or when you can’t access cash.
What I said is that recent sentiment simply marks the end of one phase and the beginning of another.
Every investor needs to make up his/her own mind about what to do moving forward, but I would say that great deals exist in every market (when you know what to look for).
Ill-conceived? I don’t think so. Just a warning for those about to go ‘boots and all’ into property that now is time for caution.
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I wholely agree with other posts and join with them in thanking Bill for his input in this forum.
His charity vision certainly sounds meritorious. Those who would like to find out more information about his cause or would like to donate money should contact him directly at: [email protected]
Please, no further pledges on the forum – contact him directly.
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I tell you what… send them to [email protected] we’ll put them up on the site and then give out your e-mail at the bottom (with a big juicy plug) so people can contact you.
I don’t like long posts with people leaving e-mail addresses. It’s an easy target for e-mail mine bots.
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Heard an interesting quote on radio the other day. Derryn Hinch quoting from one of his mentors I think…
“News is something someone doesn’t want printed. The rest is just unpaid advertising.”
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Oh, and in my dealings with TT, they have always been professional, if not a little rushed. I guess they just have to get a cross section of stories up every night that appeal to their mass target market – hence property followed by shampoo.
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Well, it just goes to show that a variety of opinions are always welcome here, provided they are expressed respectfully and pursuant to the forum rules.
Thanks for your contribution Pinky, and to all those who take the time to answer posts to help members with questions.
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We are looking at bolting on a chat room at a later date, but it would only be open a selected times to discuss a particular topic so that it could be like a mini online seminar.
This may be some time though.
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My understanding is that the image was there after a modification to allow us to track people entering the site via google links.
As such, it is not advertising in nature – more reflective that we use their free technology. Kind of like the link to Snitz at the bottom of this forum.
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Building writeoff (now called capital works) comes off the cost base (ie. is not a balancing adjustment).
However, depreciation of fixtures and fittings does NOT come off the cost base. Instead, it is (usually) repaid if the property value appreciated rather than depreciated.
This point outlines the different tax treatment of the two types of depreciation deduction. See my earlier example to numerical clarification.
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