North Lakes & Mango Hill – very busy area!!!  Another went in 4 days, another in 1 day…. 

Our friends' house went under contract after 15 hours on RE.com.au – week before last.  For the asking price & it was a good price…A.

Everything is for a fee isn't it?!!!  This website is also a big ad for products which we can take up or not – clearly just like bendbanks post with his details showing his website – no harm in that & I see loads of people on this forum doing the same thing.  But a good thread just the same, raising some valid points which I've learned from a…[Read more]

bendbanks can you detail how the property manager would be liable for any damages & money owed?  We are in Qld & our property management contract clearly stated the landlord's agent isn't responsible for anything that goes wrong in a tenancy.   I'm really interested in getting as much knowledge as I can re this issue.thanksA.

Hi Bendbanks,I'm unclear about what you are saying?  Did these clients have a property manager or self-manage their IP?  What do you mean by investing sometime in their management?Maybe you can help with my questions re  what recourse do investors have when they do have a contract with a property management service & the property is damaged, re…[Read more]

You're very unlikely to get jobs advertised as gender specific unless there's a nice little disclaimer attached!!!  All I can suggest to people  looking at these options will sound very similar to the motivational stuff re making money/financial security strategies you see all over this forum & other places – if you want it badly enough you'll m…[Read more]

Hi Murray,I've just done a search on BHP Billiton website under their employment/careers section – link below to the results for "machine operator" search.http://jobs.bhpbilliton.com/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=356559&lLocationID=5994,4595,4596,4597,4598,4599,4600,4601&lCategoryID=997,1007&sLanguage=enKeep at it – have you registered with a mining…[Read more]

We were able to find childcare fairly easily – but  we were also able to live in Perth Metro & hubby travelled to work from there.  When we were looking into Karratha I was able to find info re the childcare centre from the council website.  The difficulty in getting the kids into childcare (plus a few other things….) was one of the reasons we…[Read more]

Oh, the Ekka!!!  We'll just miss that  –   It is soooo much fun – but yes, cold windy days means the Ekka is on it's way to Brissy – what is it this year – a flying pig or something even stranger???

Perth for past 2 years – heading back to Brisbane in coming weeks.  Will have to get used to sunny days again (& no rain…)A.

Can't wait to get back to beautiful BrisVegas!!!! 6 weeks & counting….

No probs, good luck with your plans!A.

No rail line at Beachmere – I think  there is  a bus connection to the train station at Caboolture (Bribie Is – Caboolture bus service I think?).  I guess it would depend on the pay off between affordable beachside living vs trains & ease of transport (similar to Redcliffe area – no train line but still very liveable area & attractive to youn…[Read more]

From our experience, there's a multitude of employment opportunities within the mines/construction industry in Australia now – not just WA by any means. Specifically relating to the mines in WA the opportunities for work from engineering right through trades,to driving 777's  – those massive trucks (the mines apparently love women drivers as t…[Read more]

Check out the Caboolture City Council web page re the redevelopment of the foreshore at Beachmere – that's even closer than the Sunny Coast from Burpengary & looks like it will be a lovely community area soon.  Those types of community areas will be an added attration to surrounding suburbs like Burpengary also.A.

Original boards won't always have uniformity in colour – could be an added selling point being the original boards?  it's often the character you referred to that buyers are looking for.  Guess it's really up to you.  With regards to renting the property – check with the property manager/agent re whether you can add a special clause in re ha…[Read more]

Hi TA,Taking the opportunity to increase your income now & drastically reduce your debt would be something I would seriously urge you to consider!  FIFO (fly in fly out) opportunities are available for all sorts of jobs all over the country.    We moved our family from Qld to Perth 2 yrs ago as my hubby was able to double his income with the res…[Read more]

Wizard in Maddington Ph: 94930000.We were looking at our options re investment loans & met with Damon from the Wizard office in Maddington – came to our home & spent over an hour & half of his time going through options & strategies – to assist us to better understand our options, even though he knew we were likely to not be getting a loan with h…[Read more]

thanks Xenia, this is very helpful info for us.Anni

Thanks for your comments Opportunity in everything. The first Real Estate Agency we used for managing this property was long established in the area & who we bought the property through, so we thought we were on our way to developing a working relationship with them, but that didn't quite work out that way!  Thanks for the offer of referral wh…[Read more]