I think tradies should be required to quote an hourly rate and detail a schedule of activities in half hourly increments as part of the quoting process. When conducting the work they should maintain a timesheet detailing their actual times and associated activities in half-hour increments to be compared against the quotation.   If something unfo…[Read more]

I think that the current property boom will end with some potentially catastrophic results. Many Australian investors are geared up to the hilt (particularly the mums and dads players with the one property, representing a high proportion of investors) and the clouds are gathering for these and many thousands of home owners with large amounts of…[Read more]

Originally posted by Dazzling:

You missed the point. It was a bit of a whine and was meant to foster a few laughs with others’ whinges, but you put an end to that by not playing the game.

Good on you Simon for not playing the game.

We could always go back to “what car do you drive”? – snooooooze.

Yep, I suppose we could. That thread…[Read more]

Originally posted by 3056:
“From the heart of my bottom”. At first I thought it was a typo. What a great come back!

Perhaps, if you’re in to cliche. A great comeback would have been something like:

” “From the heart of my bottom”. At first I thought it was a typo. What a great come back!”

Great comeback!? GREAT COMEBACK?

And that’s no typo!

That sounds really tough Badger. Must be frustrating sometimes to be self empoyed.

You can do better than that. Other than idiots like me what really pisses you off? Come on give us a real diatribe.

Awe come on Simon, who are you kidding. You were not trying to help; it was a dig in the guise of help. Go back and have a re-read of what you wrote. To me it says; mate you are obnoxious and you’ll never get a decent employee as long as you have a hole. Let me teach you to suck eggs, patronise you a bit and give you a degree in the…[Read more]

There’s always one isn’t there. Why can’t you just see it for what it is? This site’s full of these kinds of responses where the respondent manages to extrapolate bollocks and infer coblers.

I”M HAVING A WHINGE SIMON. It’s cathartic. Anyway, guess my nationality and you’ll understand.

Stuffed up there with that last reply. Have to say that this site could do with some usability design. The icons are too small and are not intuitive. As a previous user of the site I am aware of the functionality available, but as new user this functionality would be somewhat hidden.

I understand that paper trading is far from real life as it…[Read more]

Originally posted by foundation:
Sorry Mr Qlds, I was just kidding… should’ve used a [biggrin] or 3! I agree with property WA – don’t pay for software and data feeds (available free)/ systems (free and or bogus) /seminars etc.
The suggestion that actual trading is better than paper trading is based on experience. Paper trading can be useful, but…[Read more]

Foundation and Richard, some good tips and advice, thanks.

Richard, I’d welcome suggestions re any sites you could recommend.

Cheers, M.

Originally posted by SteveMcKnight:

I will only put my name to something if I’m happy that real value can be delivered.

I read somewhere that Steve McKnight was billed to appear as a guest speaker at an event in NZ. The seminar was named Richmastery Property Academy run by Phil Jones.

According to the article The New Zealand…[Read more]

I’m not a full-time investor; I have my own company and generally use that as a vehicle for investment opportunities. Our Core business is in the IT space, but we diversify and use funds for other business ventures.

I have two IPs and am always on the look out. Trouble is with me I don’t like high stakes ventures, so I am inclined to only go for…[Read more]

Originally posted by Mortgage Hunter:

And please do me a favour and email me a link to any vitriolic posts [biggrin]

I would, but guess what, just about every post I made has been “moderated”!

My car is a customised Pontiac Trans Am called KITT. My name is David Hassle-a-lot. A lone crusader in the dangerous world of property gurus. I am McKnight Rider.

Well my apologies to you WayneL.

Simon,

Those are fine sentiments so long as you treat people with an even hand. And despite what you say, I think you really do have your head in the sand if you think you and the other moderators are impartial. Take a recent post I made as a typical example. I raised an issue about the Today Tonight controversy. I felt it was relevant in light…[Read more]

Have a chat with calvin@thirty4, he’s got tons of books he can lend your homeless people.

Sorry C@34, but this was so serendipitous, I just could not resist.

And sorry Andrew for making light of a serious matter.

Originally posted by Rob&Janice:
Hi All

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

Albert Einstein
1879-1955, Physicist and Nobel Laureate

I bet Neil Armstong hoped Albert was wrong!

I think that the logic of renting and having an IP is really dependent upon circumstances. In my case I’d say no, since my PPOR would cost me about half of what I pay in mortgage to rent something similar. However, if I retained my current PPOR and used it as a rental, I’d only get about half as much in rent as the mortgage is costing m…[Read more]

Sue,

What I meant was be careful of what you admit to if you don’t know what it means i.e. shash could mean hirsute, therefore you could have unwittingly admitted to being hairy.