Tina,

Contact Dale Gatherum-Goss (http://www.gatherumgoss.com)

He’s the best accountant for property investors in Australia!

He’s based in Melbourne, however I know investors all around the country who use him.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Yup,

I like motivational tapes.

You can find a surprising variety of them at the local library – so consider your options before forking out big bucks.

New tapes aren’t necessarily ‘better’.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

I’m too busy to have time to procrastinate.

I’ll do some of that tomorrow.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

The idiot quote predates Kiyosaki by several thousand years.

Whether you believe you can, or believe you can’t – you’re right!
(Henry Ford)

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Torachan,

You can prove black is white & that 1=2 with enough hard work and spin.

If you don’t want to buy Investment properties then don’t – you’ll be in the majority, you can feel OK about it. You don’t need to have property investors support your view for you to be justified in your choice.

I’ve had people tell me to their face that property…[Read more]

Bid1006,

It depends on the type of Trust.

Hybrid unit Trusts allow you to negatively gear.

To learn more about Trusts I suggest you buy a copy of Trust Magic from http://www.gatherumgoss.com

Cheers,

Aceyducey

acmain,

The group I’m involved with is an investor-run group (by volunteers) who don’t sell nutting to nobody! We get together for socialising & mutual support plus some education through good speakers when we can arrange them. Read my last post again.

Cashflow is a good game, it balances fun, speed and education nicely IMHO – as I said in my…[Read more]

ginamarree,

This is a breach of the REA Code of Conduct.

Report him to the Principle of the Agency & the state REI.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

These are more of what I’ve done than ideas for other people, but feel free to draw from them (but if you want to compete, talk to me first!)

Lately I’ve started a company that assists Oil Juniors in sourcing non-traditional finance from high net worth individuals (property & share investors) and also provides corporate support in building their…[Read more]

Not only his head, but your head too.

There should be plenty of profit in doing it legally.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Resorts are not residential property.

Ensure you look at appropriate comps and do appropriate research.

Finally get independent legal & financial advice!

Frankly many of these resort deals exist for one reason only – fleecing naive, gullible or lazy investors.

After all they do say that Australia rides on the sheep’s back!

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Since it’s such a small group you should see about also pulling in people who post in other forums – you might end up with a larger group

(we’re doing that in Canberra ATM – it’s great cross-fertilisation)

Cheers,

Aceyducey

And how many IPs does the reporting journo own…..

He should own heaps because it’s tax-effective!

Bet he doesn’t.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

The Australian dollar seems to be holding it’s value against the Australian dollar pretty well so far Redwing.

But if you really want to sell some I’ll give you AU$0.90 for every AU$1.00 you want to exchange.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Their comic on REAs was spread over three days so be sure to check back for the other two.

And there are even more now….

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Also speak to local REAs – they can provide quite a bit of information.

Local council sites are the best source of the level of info you are looking for, but the do vary in quality.

A couple of the Real Estate sites also hold some demographic & median price info as well.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

No land tax in NZ either.

Everywhere except NT in Australia does – to various limits.

There’s a master page at the ATO that can link you off to the appropriate Offices of State Revenue for details.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Marisa,

You’re partially right.

The issue is not which is better, it’s which is better in which circumstances.

For some people one approach is better. However many people still don’t understand the ramifications of their choices on serviceability, long-term CG and their personal living standards.

If a discussion on which is better gets all…[Read more]

Don’t forget the most important question…will someone finance it for you?

You can cut down the list of small places to research dramatically by excluding all the towns where you cannot easily get finance…though it’s always possible to work through a local bank branch – if there is one.

Cheers,

Aceyducey

Baloo, There’s one in a recent thread over in Somersoft.

For free.

How do people get away with charging for offer templates? It’s pretty standard!

ah well, I suppose some people will even pay for water in a bottle.

Cheers,

Aceyducey