We pay $83 a week for full access to Brisbane and Ipswich, costs are more if you want greater coverage.

I'm aware of downward pressure on rents at the moment in the outer Northern Suburbs, places around 30k from the CBD specifically. Lots of development stock is being bought by investors and it's all being placed on the rental market, depends a lot on the specifics of where you are and what you are renting.Some recent rental data from the REIQ…[Read more]

I've paid $440 the last few times I have got a valuation done in Brisbane.

We have our PPOR opposite a HC house, also the suburb has plenty of them sprinkled around. Never noticed a problem, likely this depends on the general area as well (We are 10k from Brisbane CBD). Our HC neighbours are very quiet as have been all the ones I'm aware of, probably something to do with waiting 7 years or so to get a house in their…[Read more]

Hi Luci,A good start might be to attend some investor networking evenings in your area, in Brisbane we have monthly BIG (Better Investing Group) on the last Tuesday of the month, you should have something similar in your area. These evenings are a great and cheap way to meet fellow investors and listen to an expert speak on their area of interest…[Read more]

For the southside, I have bought tiles at Springwood, the long strip next to the highway and not far from Ikea with lots of car sale yards, don't remember the exact place but there are a few choices there. Got a very good price on a line that was going out of stock. For skips I have always just used the classified section in the local newspaper,…[Read more]

http://www.big.org.au/Meets last Tuesday of each month, first visit free. Excellent networking possibilities. Can't beat it I think.Cheers,Andrew

Hi Denis,The Better Investing Group (BIG) hold meetings on the last Tuesday of each month at the Jindalee Hotel, first visit is free. Great networking and information resource for anybody interested in property, I'm always there if I'm able!Regarding CBD apartments and capital gains I know that performance can be very building specific, which is…[Read more]

A slight update to this post.

I have found out that there is a standard 2% charge on all foreign currency transactions with my Suncorp Metway VISA card.

Interestingly I got a mysterious ‘foreign currency refund fee’ for all my transactions recently, and it was quite a decent amount as well.

No idea why, but I won’t be phoning to…[Read more]

What garbage.

I almost stopped reading after the ‘never been wrong’ part of the article. Never been wrong must mean you have done nothing in your life, or you are perfect, and we all know how many perfect people or predictors there are out there.

It always pays to look at a persons motivation when they have a point of view, especially with money…[Read more]

Originally posted by Big Rob:
<snip>In any case, you can actually leverage MORE against SHARES. How do I know this? Well, I bought $100,000 worth of shares in November for $0. Ongoing cost is the interest repayment which is slightly higher than the interest repayment on a property loan (about 1% – 1.5%). No stamp duty or legal fees and I even got…[Read more]

I have been in a similar situation with a girl friend. She didn’t even want to know about finances despite my attempts to involve her.

I ended up just keeping quiet about the whole matter. I think getting people to step outside their comfort zones is just very very challenging.

“Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good…[Read more]

Hi Barbara,

Hopefully this is a constructive reply:

I believe Robert Kiwosaki answered this question excellently, he was asked so many times for investment advice before he came up with the following “fits all sizes” response:

“If you do not know what to do with your money, put it in a bank, and do not tell anybody that you have money to…[Read more]

Originally posted by unannounced:
Has anyone been to the Better Investing Group Brisbane meetings before?

I was wondering how people found it?

I’ve only read a couple of bo oks [like a mi llion other people] and have the desire to purchase property [like a mil lion other people], so I am wondering if I should learn a little more before…[Read more]

I don’t see why only <edited> naive would think hyperlinks from a persons posts can be viewed as endorsement from them for something.

“I don’t like having my posts hyperlinked.” That’s really all there is to my point.

Bye.

“Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on marble.” Arab proverb

Originally posted by The Mortgage Adviser:
Julia,

That is a bit over the top don’t you think?

I agree 100% with Julia, I don’t think it’s over the top at all.

And the idea that you can choose from a “vocabulary minus advertising linking words” smacks a bit of newspeak from 1984. Doubleplusgood eh? Ok maybe that was a bit over the top

I like…[Read more]

Another Coastie here. Mermaid Waters.

I have 2 spare seats in my car going up to the Brisbane Investors Group this Tuesday, leaving 6pm returning by 11pm or so. Info available on this forum and Somersoft as well.

WaySolid

“Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on marble.” Arab proverb

Terry,

Are the banks thinking that rates are likely to drop at all?

From a post I read at Ssoft from PittSt it would appear as if banks fix their profit in on both fixed and variable rates and their fixed rates are no indication whatsoever of their view on future rate movement.

WaySolid.

“Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but…[Read more]

Should be worthwile as usual.

Might even see AstroBoy there this time.

Think I have spoiled myself a bit for the Spann evening though as I listened to his “Millionaire Magic” presentation this week.

WaySolid

“Write the wrongs that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on marble.” Arab proverb

Originally posted by **PropertyGuRu**:

PPOR ( own house ) is not asset it’s a liability.

I’m not sure if Kiwosaki came up with this saying or just borrowed it. It needs clarification.

Of course your home is an asset, consult the dictionary. Kiwosaki jigged the definition of an asset to “something putting money in your pocket, not taking it out”…[Read more]