personally i think its a good creative way to make cashflow.

i would first check with the student union and check what the demand is like…and find out how much students are prepared to pay and what type of facilites they would need.

there was an article in API magazine about 4 months ago relating to this exact topic. they even outlined which…[Read more]

its an interesting one steph..

heres what i think happens

350k loan = approx 2700 per month

1 partner is on say 60k and the other works partime and earns 25k. after tax they bring in 5k per month. so they live on approx 2000 bucks.

how one afford school fees, holidays, clothes etc is a tough one..

most people think that if one partner is…[Read more]

marsden – what you say is def backed up in the latest API magazine. Sure some people miss their family and friends and then move back to the city but then again many dont!!! have you been to the beach recently??? it has cafe’s, golf courses community groups etc etc. and family and friends love coming for a visit..

infrastructure in country areas…[Read more]

anyone with their own atm machine is a worthy partner.

i couldnt find the link – if someone finds it can u please cut and paste

rgds

thanks steven – im gonna print your message out and show it to my wife as proof that someone listens to me (allegedly anyway)

cheers mate!

yack – if i sell now i make money…thats the point. you said ‘always’. youre wrong!

hang around a while and y’ll soon find out who to listen to and who not to listen to. I for one am someone to ignore as much as possible but you probably already know that!

i think you would have more luck if you surfed the messages and found out this info and then approached the people you want…

first lesson in realestate – deals/people/info will not come to you

you gotta find them

quality city properties dont ‘always’ outperform country areas. this is patently wrong. especially over the last 2 years. if you were to clarify time frames you may be rightmost of the time. but thats what investing is all about risk/reward and time in and out of the market…

my country property had doubled in values in 18 months and if i were…[Read more]

i would like to see a nice 30 pct drop…..lets see…

the interesting thing i have found is that the over 20k are holding there own and the middle suburbs are lagging. i think alot of poeple just think they wont be able to afford say a nunawading, point cook, or a coburg and therefore go for ringwood, hoppers crossing and a reservoir instead thus decreasing the gap between the suburbs.

i grew up in…[Read more]

surfing the net – you can get a brand new 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house at point cook for 340k…

im not looking to buy there but that does seem cheap to me.

SM – no one can tell you where to start. because if it were that easy we would all be buying there.

there are deals in every street in every suburb in every city.

read some investing books (steves would be a good start) and it will show you how to find these deals.

techinically you dont need any money to start buying prperty. infact you could…[Read more]

i think you guys are assuming too much. Every house you buy is the result of someone selling so whether its mcKnight or weston selling it – might be irrelevant. they might be seliing just to even up there portfoilios rather than any reason relating to the house being a bad investment..

they sound like pretty good returns to me. but like the…[Read more]

steph – i like w.a. alot – yr very lucky. esperence is amazing, as is the entire coast – coral bay, ningaloo reef etc….we spent 3 months camping…

but i promise not to tell anyone so it doesnt get too busy..

qte from marc

As a last thought and just to prove how different we all really are, all this talk about equality and rights that we consider advanced and unifying, is seen by other cultures as a sign of weakness and a signal that it is time to move the demands once more, a bit further.

In Japan to acquire citizenship you must live in Japan for 3…[Read more]

jess – you are a shit stirrer. most of you 10 posts have been philiosphical questiona – and good ones at that…

fess up jess!!

(why arent you flipping burgers anyway??)

with regard to your question – its a bit like gary ablett – he just seems to know where the goals are. some are naturals and some need to work at it!!

it is irrelevant which country is MORE racsist than others. any racism is bad. The idea that you can be MORE or LESS rascist is stupid. any rascism is bad and the kkk debacle should be a wake up call for all australians that there is underlying rascism in our country. we should be worried as should other countries when this type of thing happens…[Read more]

steve and dave

congratulations

must say it took me a while but i bought the book yesterday and finished it this morming. like mini mogul i concur – its a fantastic book. the mappers stories are great – you have everything there – triumph, tradgedy, passion, pain…bloody good read.

i think the most insightful part of the book (apart from not…[Read more]