pisces – i reckon transaction costs on yr method are prohibative. in victoria with stamp duty, fees etc

pisces the terms ‘easiest and safe’ are contradictions in terms of investing. o/wise known as risk vs reward. if there was a safe and easy way to make money we would all be doing it!!

we may occassionally get lucky but usually to make money its not so easy and the more you want/need the less safe the method is…

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marc 1 – your story reminds me of the crusades, or all the missionaries who have helped distort the natural way of things in various parts of the world.

not that i wanna start a religious arguement but the story of jesus’s followers (not jesus) is hardly abt leaving things to take there natural course

you linked the two together…..

monopoly – i agree with mini. business and morals as you put it should walk hand in hand. everyday i see ‘little hitlers’ (in the words of paul kelly) try and pretend there are different rules at work compared to at home.

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if the problem is money then its not a problem at all. if someone offers you a lowball price you have every right to say no…. cant get much fairer then that!!

markey – i agree with you. if you are an out of towner it is the agents best interests to find this out as quick as possible and try and pull a bit of a swifty. with country towns going great, +ve cashflow, buying sight unseen etc etc all the rage, these guys can see a canary from a mile.

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i dont se a problem in making multiple offers as you suggest. it wont create a fake market because all of your offers, im guessing, will be low balled. i have offered in on 3 places at one particlar time with 3 different agents.

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nice one george – hehe

i agree – it was definately bec – it read like her anyway!

g’day scremin.

good question. i keep telling myself ‘the best things in life are free, and ‘if the problem is money then its not a problem at all’.

i know that doesnt help when all youre craving for is a new set of golf clubs a new car and a trip to fiji.

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derek – good points – cant argue with that. watching people trying to make sense of markets/market forces etc is always interesting and just abt everyone thinks ‘they’ are right.

i want maxi walsh to be right though so i can by a cheap ppor. oh how i would love for a 550k house in melb to be worth only 400k in 12 mos time. let me dream…

darlin, darlin stand by me! ooh stand by me!!!

i was only joking abt yellow cards. youre all sent off!!

pisces – you are suggesting someone who disagrees with you has a mental health problem – yes that is defamitory and in the workplace and other aqreas wld be deemed harassment.

blondie see the word ‘almost’

i disagree – becs comments were almost always very well thought out and not personal in there content.

normally i would agree with you guys and infact i have supported bec in the past. but if you read her last post to steve to me that qualifies as ‘irreconsilable difference’ and no way back!!! there was a tinge of james hird abt it..

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ref this topic – cue pisces

steve – a bit of donald trump in this post. hehe

as you said its your site and you dont need to be lambasted like that.

sorry to see you go bec…..

so pisces that is a wasp (because everyone else has a bee except you) in your bonnet then!!!

whats wrong with critisism – its a legitimate form of debate, discussion etc.

the worry is when it becomes personal.

and to be truthfull i think its getting all a little bit too personal and yes i dont reckon steve deserves becs last post.

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pisces – yr personal, condescending attack on bec says more about yr state of mental health than hers. if you cant win question there sanity – grow up