I have a relative dying of asbestosis. The specialist told her that podiatrists are at high risk of a very similar disease… from filing toe nails! how disgusting is that?!

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I think this asbestos issue will become a huge issue. the deaths so far are the tip of the iceberg; when tens of thousands of people start dying I think there could become mass public paranoia. our friends at James Hardie thought they were clever making a run for the US, lets hope their past catches up with them.

Hi Kattan – just wondering how long the process took you, from finding the land to the expected completion date? Will it be CF+ or at least neutral upon completion?

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there are some people in WA that have had beach shacks for donkeys years and I think they eventually just get bulldozed. Also some riverfront properties run their fences right to the rivers edge even though it is technically public space. I am not aware of them having some ownership right to the land. Would be interesting to hear if there is some…[Read more]

and my standard heads up whenever this topic arises… they are definitely not a club but a project marketing company / real estate agency. Many people give them a good reference though (and then again many dont)

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in large projects you will get the best OTP prices at the start as the developer will need x% sold in order to get the bank financing. The other good deals come at the end of the sales program when the developer just wants to clean the project up.

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stamp duty shouldn’t apply as you aren’t buying anything, though it will trigger capital gains tax. hidden nasties could include the amount of time it wil take to get the title issued before whilst waiting to settle on the sale (if you are selling it) and the associated interest or the biggies which are things such as council required garages,…[Read more]

Hi Misty – I would say with a reasonable degree of difficulty. It demonstrates that the research side of it takes more than looking at one table of numbers. I would also say that you need to use your gut instinct when buying property and look to the future not what was great yesterday… trying to predict future demographic demand, rezoning…[Read more]

Hi Derek,

thanks for those ideas. The book could be a handy resource even for myself. I have also been told that the Dept of Justice is responsible for administering the Strata Titles Act and that apparantly the ‘Strata Titles Referee’ can make an order on such matters. Will get to the bottom of it.

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I agree that using a median average can be very misleading. I would suggest looking at many indicators: median average, medium average – both split by land, hosue and units. You also need to get a feel if this is people just selling improvements on the land or if the land itself is rising, though one can influence the other. I would also look at %…[Read more]

yack I don’t see how you concluded that from this article? my conclusion was that if you work hard and get into property you can do very well for yourself and that you should be looking to the next cycle.

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yes this is a very strange response from your PM

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yes as much as his self placed pedestal position is irritating, I do have to agree with what he has said there.

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on the REIWA course a PM said in one of her lectures that it is illegal to take extra money for a pet bond other than the $120 or whatever it is for the treatment. is this still the case? no wonder pet owners have a hard time of it – government interference yet again

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surely if you hadn’t cliamed it you would just adjust your returns to cliam it = 100% claim for the depreciation and only 50% assessed on the CGT. so it should all be good news?

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Plus if it is available for rent but you don’t have a tenant, that doesn’t automatically mean you can just go stay in it. There is a peak period of about 13 weeks I think it is that if you so much as step foot in the door it is no longer considered available for rental. check out http://www.ato.gov.au for the fine details.

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interesting, deflation is still a real possibility…

http://www.economist.co.uk/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=2877003&CFID=31310667&CFTOKEN=163e2ed-833947e4-6d44-4572-a305-520a77cf0313

I can’t see a lot of room for tightening rates too far.

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good PM’s are hard to find. if you find one pay them very well.

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3 years – wow, that’s a huge call! still it’s good to have buyers and sellers – else the world wouldn’t turn!

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yes ‘good’ is very subjective. even if you paid cash for a property, quite a few still beat an on call interest bearing bank account, so I geuss that’s good? But in comparison to rent yields a couple of years ago, its a dog

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