its not as simple as saying i like this person because they have a nice car and nice house. its more subtle. its like saying i am friends with these people we have lots incommon. well why fdo you have lots in common. the answer usually has something to do with status. ie we grew up in the same area (socio econmic background), we went to the same…[Read more]

acey – your last message just described ‘status envy’ very well. you should write a book..

ah yes – but why do we like some people, and dislike others. he opines that we like people ‘mostly’ because of the status they have. he reckons snobs have a lot to answer for……

we hate them but we wanna be accepted by them…

most of us dont have enuf introspection to know exactly why we are attracted to certain types of people…this to me…[Read more]

just finished the book. he recommends some of the following

philosophy
christianity/religion
bohemia

amongst others

basically saying all these things give people an awareness of how small they are in the scheme of things. submitting to higher ideals forces etc. will put statuis into perspective – and once this is done you and me will feel less…[Read more]

how about mowbray? i hear the golf course isnt too bad..

jarred.

travel a bit, experience life a little and by the time yr in your mid 20’s the property market will be alot less risky then it is now..

someone w=once said ‘there is a time for everything’ and im not sure this person meant ‘this is the right time for an 18 year old to get themselves into some serious debt’. unlike 3 years, 10 years and…[Read more]

you know in the history of the world – work as we know it is a relatively new phenomina. it wasnt until we learnt how to be farmers that we actually started to work in jobs for other people…..

setmefree – i hear ya…

the biggest cause of stress in the workplace is ones relationship with peers/bosses etc. if you dont fit in a square hole, if your not a team player, if your slightly eccentric, or from a minority group, the workplace can be a scary place. the best organisations are designed to be supportive but unfortunatley very few…[Read more]

g’day – if you are happy with a 5 pct type return near melbourne i would invest in places like warburton, healseville, ie 45 mins-1hr east to nth east of melbourne. 20k will still be enuf for a 10 pct deposit on a small house and these places although already popular in the last 12 months will continue to do well. sea changes already priced out of…[Read more]

good queastion – i chose mine because i live in a bubble. the world is entirely as i see it and the rest of you are wrong (even if you agree with me you are wrong)

jo – come to think of it – forget debt! why not just retire?? next thing your gonna tell me is that your also blissfully happy!!

people like you make me sick! (hehe – well done)

jo – if you own all yours ouright – half your luck..but has you accountant told you you have a lazy balance sheet!!!

i own my car outright!!! theres a start…

if i saw a really good realestate deal ‘now’ i would buy. but really good needs to be discounted to spot. ie it needs to reflect where i think the market will be in 12 months. you will find that the market has already factored that in to some extent..

but generally there are great old saying like ‘the trend is your friend’ and there is…[Read more]

yep established houses cld go up in value. Phew for me!!! i just got in!

btw if youve got some excess cashflow maybe a time to buy some cheap blocks and hold on to them until town sewerage is up and running. its not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. def gonna happen mostly due to environmental concerns

jo – especially due this is the fastest growing area in victoria. huge growth last 4 years and heaps of speculators buying blocks keeping them for a year and then off loading them. blocks in these areas were wrth 20k 4 years ago. last week they were wrth 100k and now back to vrtually nothing.

what a rollercoaster. if you have an established house…[Read more]

jerry if the only lesson you get from the book is that cashflow is central to building wealth then thats enuf. finding +ve cashflow properties is not as easy as it once was. understand the principals and use them when the market is ripe to use them. ive had a few wines for lunch but i hope this makes sense…

mate – the markets crashed….and if you own a dog you no longer can get the first home owners grant..

sunny del – it was a compliment!!!

lets not all pretend were on this forum to learn all the time. especially the regulars. we just wanna chew the fat, speak a bit about property, learn a little, have a go at the shitstirrers, have a laugh and then line up again tomorrow. yack wld be the first one to agree to that summation.

i have never been abusive. although wilandel sound so…[Read more]

c’mon kay – get into the spirit. have a go! martin is shitstiring. no need to give him the benefit of any doubt.

yr a mongrel martin!!!

hehe