One other piont to note is that going for the cheapest is not always the best,…. some accountants will do your tax cheaply but bill you for advice or other services given though out the year

NO,…. rates notice has nothing to do with the actual market value.

I actually don't think it will have much affect at all unless it means that developers will be putting more property on the market,property works on the old rule of supply and demand ,… to lower the prices you have to increse the demand,…

I like the sound of the the Ausra Solar Thermal power plants, I had a look at there web site and think it's a great Idea, I like how they can store the thermal heat so they can kick start the turbines during peak times when they can obviously sell the electricity at a higher price, which conventional solar plants can't do because the peak time fo…[Read more]

shane.barry28876 wrote:
I think oil has been over rated lately – wind power is the way!

Wind will be a valuable part of the energy mix,…. But will never provide large scale base load power,Our best bet for this is Geothermal and Clean coal and possibly nuclear,….. But I think if there is going to be the predicted massive growth in Nuclear…[Read more]

Plug in Hybrid Cars,….. Possibly One technogly that could save us from economic disaster,….

I Found this graph which shows what I was trying to explain about the price of oil rising out of proportion to the fall in production If you look at a drop in supply during the '70's due to opec cutting back production, you can see that production was reduced by about 10% but the price rose from $5 a barrel to close to $40 a barrel,…. that…[Read more]

This chart shows global production since 1930,….. the green shows the USA production peak in 1970 and a steady decline,…. europe peaked in 1999,… russia peaked in 1989,….. Since then the world has relied on the middle east to meet excess demand but as the chart shows the middle east is due to peak,…… However even though the worlds…[Read more]

The Bars on this graph show the amount of oil discovered  each year, and the line graph shows global consumption, Notice that even with all the modern technology available we have never discovered more oil than we did in 1968.50% of the worlds current production is coming from the giant oil feilds discovered 5 decades ago, which are now maturing a…[Read more]

I have been doing alot of research and thinking about peak oil,… As far as investing in property is concerned I believe property near public transport, especially the train lines will be a good idea.As for investing  in the share market I believe the sectors that will perform well are, Oil Companies,…… as long as they have good reserves, the…[Read more]

ormeau wrote:
You may also like this as well, I sent this guy $25 for a helping hand, cant wait to see it when it finished!http://www.kiwiev.com/

Yeah, I am excited about the future of electric vechicles and "plug in" hybrids, You should watch the movie "who killed the electric car" I rented it from block buster.Did you know that Electric cars…[Read more]

Just watched another DVD relating to this topic called " Who killed the Electric Car"I think it is a must watch.

Terryw wrote:
Capital gains tax has nothing to do with debt. it will be the same no matter what debt is on the property, but you will have to repay the loan eventually.

Yes I understand what capital gains tax is, I am trying to understand the benefit of redrawing equity rather than selling,… some people have said the benefit is that you can…[Read more]

I understand that borrowed money is not income, but eventually you will have to sell the property and repay the debt there by paying the capital gains tax, as well as the years of non deductable interest,or am I missing somthing

GlobalMark wrote:
Dear Morgage Hunter,I guess each to their own, I like to buy properties that are set and forget. I like to idea of going overseas for a few years and coming back to my porfolio having grown with little or no attention.On the other hand from what you and others have told me you really need to keep tabs on shares on a regular…[Read more]

GlobalMark wrote:
Dear Morgage Hunter,I agree it is a generalisation and most stock brokers and financial planners (I hope) trade themselves.However, for those who don't trade they are not exactly going to be upfront about it.I have a lot of friends who work in banks as financial planners and stock brokers and I know for a fact that they dont…[Read more]

can you explain how the equity is non taxable,

Fortitude valley ("the Valley")has become a pretty trendy area, good night life, I think one and two bedroom apartments will always rent well in that market, I like the northern suburbs near the bruce highway like Bald Hills, Murrumba downs, Kallangur and mango hill because the highway upgrades in the last few years have made getting to the i…[Read more]

I don't think you can go wrong in the Bris Vegas market,…. Brisbane has really come of age in the last 8 years, I expect the that brisbane's growth will continue well into the future, I favour investing in the northern suburbs along the bruce highway and gympie rd, South east areas out as far as redcliffe are also my favourite areas,

I believe that oil is to cheap,Crude should be trading at around $150 a barrel,We have a great system of supply and demand, there are so money alternative fuels out there under development that are cash strapped, and people believe them to be to expensive, if oil were trading at $150 a barrel so much investment $$$ would flow into…[Read more]