crashy wrote:
Has anyone ever sued their agent?my agent has diplayed gross negligence, such as:- failing to erect signs for open home- failing to highlight the homes features when walking through- failing to turn up to an open home- failing to run an ad in the paper- failing to change marketing when client complains- turning up 15 mins late to…[Read more]

Thanks everyone for their comments so far – I like the ideas about giving good tenants movie tickets or gardening vouchers.Col

Hello,Maybe I'm one of the few forumites outside capital cities, but the Far North Queensland market is still pushing ahead strong (sure not like the boom times of 30-50% gains p.a. a few years ago, but that's probably like everywhere else in Australia). Cyclone Larry has had an upturn effect for the real estate market with prices jumping up. The…[Read more]

Hi Redwing,By the way do you fix for a long time like 5 years or just 1-2 years??Cheers!Col

Many thanks to AmandaBS & Duckster for their comments. I've just spent 4-5 hours on this website researching & reading advice from others on investing…lots to learn.All the best!Col

Many thanks Derek for your advice. I've just spent 4-5 hours on this website researching & reading advice…so much to learn.All the best!Col

Hi everyone,

It appears everyone would buy & keep the property if the return was right & just use the increased equity in the property to continue buying properties.

Cheers! [cap]

Thanks everyone for their comments thus far. [thumbsupanim]

Thanks Marc for your detailed comments.

Yeah, that was my thoughts as well. The thing I see between people that sell the property & people that keep the property is that in the first instance, they can physically see that they’ve made $35,000 profit (or whatever the figure is), & in the last instance where they keep the property, they’ve STILL…[Read more]

Many thanks Sanjiv for your comments.