Would be fantastic to see Steve here early 2004. I’ve been racking my brains for a couple of weeks trying to work out how I can juggle things to get to one of the Eastern seminars.

My favourite nursury rhymn was “go to sleep, go to sleep so you’re Mummy can go too. Whoever comes up with an idea on getting small children to sleep will not have to worry about property to become a millionaire.

Here’s another negative but it can’t be helped sometimes. My then 19 year old son, complete with long hair and the current “look”, rented a brand new 3 bed unit through a full time Managing Agent and didn’t have one inspection for a full year. He twice notified the Agent that the reticulation didn’t work and still didn’t get a visit. When he vacated the Agent asked if he would go 50/50 in putting in new plants. You can guess what he told him.

We start at 4.30am. Weekdays usually done by 5.00pm but sometimes are still at it 9.00pm. Saturdays and Sundays we usually finish around 8.00am and then go look at properties, do shopping, clear a bit more of the jungle. The more we clear the more we find. So far we have found a lemon, two orange, a mandarine, three fig, an apricot, a loquat and latest find, a grape vine. Can’t wait until we are smart enough to accumulate a property portfolio that is income producing.

Mini, you can type aa to mean the same as an a with dots over.
Our youngest is named Nimbus and he loves it. My husband is a Dane and is motor bike mad. The Nimbus is a Danish made bike produced by the brothers Nielsen of Nilfisk fame. In Denmark a child is not named for sometimes up to three months so that you can get a feel for a name. We don’t name puppies or kittens before we have them so why prename our children. Kids, the best thing that can happen to you. Mine are 27 and 21 and I love them to death and even better they still love me[]

Casey, you should look at the house you have, size, condition etc and do the sums. What would your return be as Commercial and what would your return be as units. What is your plan, sell or hold? One of our properties was a rejuv and sell but part way through we discovered it’s to be re-zoned soon so our strategy changed. Looking through Sooshie’s links, someone suggested the Planning and Infrastructure web site. I found this fantastic and has made me change strategy as I found info that will affect my particular area down the track. Have a look.

They often come back to visit the neighbours[] or haunt old stomping grounds

Currently we have one IP for sale, purchased 6 years ago for $154,000 and on the market for $250,000 (not a good deal but it has been rented for part of the time and used as PPR for the rest)are renovating another which was to be sold but then found out that the property is to be re-zoned making it a four unit site so it is now getting a modified reno (believe me it needed it)to be rented until we are ready to demolish (purchased for $124,00 and will rent for $160pw) and one purchased yesterday for $119,000 to be rented at $150pw. The last two are in an area with a current growth of 20.4% and major plans for public transport upgrade and freeway extention. Next we plan on a couple more negatives in this same area, a couple of positive in a coastal area and a few wraps to help with the negatives.
Congrats to Weston, you really have got it worked out