whoops, that should read $40 [lmao]

i didnt mind the lovely low set 14bed at colorado for a cool $14m[cowboy2][party]

some options might be to sell the home and rent a place, the equity could then be used for deposits

pay smaller deposits

do some bird dogging and use the income to pay for deposits

otherwise i dont know, get creative, settle on long terms with early access fix some places up and sell them before you need the loan use the CG to pay for deposits…[Read more]

mate, if you could rent it out for a measely 140,000 per week it would pass the 11 second rule.

its a bargain at 20,000 per night!!! mere pennies really!!

no scheduled second session or anything?

Originally posted by Dazzling:
Foundation,

w.r.t. to question 2) Huh ??

Well I was wondering who was running “the show” over there ?? The “show” being – the largest property portfolio in the world by far.

How do they do it ?? Do they have property managers in each country…imagine their bulk discount on PM fees…who all report to one…[Read more]

Originally posted by Dazzling:
Folks,

There seems to be a generous smearing of religion wrapped up with many contributors to this site – probably attracted by Steve’s open acknowledgements in his books…evidenced by some of the quotes on their signature.

I was wondering what the religious people thought about the Catholic Church and their…[Read more]

mate, redlands shire council i believe is in charge of all the little islands.

My uncle has a house on Macleay Island. I have heard recently that the barge company taking houses over to the islands was looking at closing down, or has ceased operations (from a good source) But stupidly did not get all the inforamtion.

Anyways, it should not be…[Read more]

stones corner is a popular wholesale shopping outlet area here in brisbane, close to the CBD, and woolloongabba, close to transport infrastructure. yadda yadda yadda

what would you like to know??

A year ago this would have been a difficult question, but right now, I know, the reason im investing in property is not so much for financial gain, but more for time wealth.

Working 11hr days six days a week, with demanding hobbies and life commitments, makes you appreciate time an awful lot. But I am slowing down now.

QUESTION:
A forked road…[Read more]

Originally posted by jhopper:
The man has the hiccups and wants the water to get rid of them. The bartender scares him with the gun so he dosn’t need the water anymore.

Had to really search the memory banks for that one!!

Ok, an oldie. What is the biggest number you can form using two numbers (using two real digits only).

Or it was a…[Read more]

Originally posted by emcdonald:
reminds me of those song lyrics…
“remember you can wear your underwear four times without washing it, forwards, backwards, inside out forwards, inside out backwards”[biggrin]
just read the riddle, still thinking…

e x

that song is:

“Not the sunscreen song” by John Safran, a sendup of “The sunscreen song” by…[Read more]

GOLD!

is there a way you can search for all posts by a particular user?

some users have consistently great info, and it would be a good idea. It could also help you to guage how helpful an individual is being, based on there previous responses, and might show us which (l)users to ignore? [biggrin]

Originally posted by natwayne28707:
My partner thinks that I am contributing to Steve McKnight’s and Robert Kiyosaki’s retirement funds by buying all of their books. I think that if we got rid of Foxtel my partner would be more motivated with property.

ROFL!!! Seems true. A friend of mine, said, why waste all the money on the books. Yet a $5k…[Read more]

Originally posted by marliw:
From a novice’s point of view, there seems to be 2 ways of approaching this – from the unemotional, investor ie sell; or 2nd from the angle of giving something to your in-laws. Have you asked what they want to do? Maybe they want to downsize? Maybe if you discuss your dilemma with them they can help you come up with a…[Read more]

Originally posted by FW:
Grrr my ISP had a glitch and lost the really long answer I’d typed to this!
[angry2]
anyway, when I started out it’s fair to say hubby wasn’t keen. He was working ridiculous hours, and didn’t want to know. Initially I started doing some small share trades, and talking to him occasionally about it, but property was just…[Read more]

I was keen to go to the brisbane one, and noticed it was full…

Is there going to be another day in brisbane, or is there perhaps another way to get along?

???

Rob

Originally posted by Benny:

As “Debtdogg” said That being said, if you do not have another income against which you can claim deductions then surely if income (rent) less expenses (rates, interest etc) gives you a negative figure you have negative gearing.

Probably the most important thing to understand is this:-

If you are positive geared,…[Read more]