Originally posted by L.A Aussie:
This is a fine-able offense these days. If you feel like it; report the auctioneer and the agency to Neil Jenman (send him an email via his site) and he will deal with them. He loves this sort of stuff.

Cheers,
Marc.

How so? What is the acceptable + price? Its been asked here before and the general concenses was…[Read more]

Originally posted by dacium:
How close is it to auction? If it is within a month then the seller usually has to go through with it no matter what now.

Never heard of this before? I myself bought a house just a couple of weeks ago 4 days prior to auction!!! What are you basing this comment on?

From my experience the reason they dont accept any…[Read more]

Originally posted by dacium:
That market ‘crash’ was a joke. Seriously after that ‘crash’ most of us are still in profit from november. And alot of mine were already pulled out and going short. ‘corrections’ only happen in stock markets because there is pack mentality in that when it stards to decline, everyone wants profit and sells, pushing the…[Read more]

Originally posted by boon69:
hhmmmmmm ok thanks for that, I guess one positive thing in the light is that the they will not be complete for 2 years, which will give them time to rise in value – that is if the initial value is a fair price in terms of real time value

Or fall in value-things dont always go up mate……Its sounds like you are…[Read more]

Originally posted by boon69:
Thanks for your reply Marc,

One thing I did like was the fact that the ‘salesmen’ was going to buy a couple of these apartments himself ( as I found out when I approached him after the seminar).

Of course he is lol, can someone say ‘GULLABLE’ ? [whistle] Sooo has he bought them already? Has he shown you the signed…[Read more]

This annoys me to no end and should be made illegal!!! Good trick of making people attached to the property because they think they can afford it, lots of people turn up thinking the same and what do you know a nice little bidding war begins. Best trick I have now learnt is to just work out for yourself what you think its worth and what it will…[Read more]

I couldntt hink of a worse place in Victoria-my god I feel scared everytime I have been there, take a walk through the shopping centre and you will see what I mean, definately the arse end of Victoria!!! Gunna take a looooooong time to turn that joint around. Frankston has quite a few things going for it which explains the increase in value, the…[Read more]

I wouldnt say I have an emotional attachment but I think if I can get it for the price I want then it will definately be worth it-Ive done my research and IMHO it will probably go for $330-340, maybe even 350, its hard to tell the general feeling but I suppose i just need to work out my cut off. The reason for asking was o.k if they generally…[Read more]

Any chance of some examples of this in Melbourne just so I know what to look out for etc?

lol so true, them and used car salesman[biggrin] I will never get ovet the time as a young fella I was looking to buy a used Ford Falcon that when started up was only running on about 4 of its 6 cylinders-the salesmans reply was a classic ‘yeah thats normal, these new cars have built in technology that shuts down cylinders when at low revs to save…[Read more]

Thanks for the reply-it just struck me as false advertising. I would compare it to me putting an ad for my car in the paper/net with 2 year old photos when it was all shiny and new and getting a lot of people to come look to see it is now dull, scratched and dinged up. IMHO this should be illegal, and at he least highly un ethical…?

Can someone please explain to the much spouted belief that its the land that goes up in value? Find this hard to understand as if this were the case every second place would be being knocked down to build a new house etc on the ‘land’. I would have thought its the whole package that goes up-just look at the inner city victorian style shoe boxs…[Read more]

Sunshine I wouldnt touch with a 10 foot pole-still a long long long way to go before that becomes anything. Dont know about Mitcham but Maidstone and West Footscray would be good buys-but dont expect anything to cheap-the prices have already gone up in these areas [angry2]

Thanks for the reply Beck, alot of them cant really be ‘fixed’-they are either in dingy little old appartments or have such limited parking that they arnt practical. AH well I suppose just have to play the wait and see game…

Thanks, its just I thought it would be a pretty clear cut thing-I figured since I havent even put a holding deposit down or signed anything that I should be able to easily walk away?

Cmon guys please I would really appreciate some assistance here?

Went for a drive to Sanctury Lake the other night and noticed there was TONS of houses for sale??? WHat on earth is with that?

Dont treat customers like idiots-looked at a place on the weekend, was initially told they were to notify the vendors of all offers with a 3 in front, went and had a look, the <edited> agent then tells me ‘we have had lots of interest in the mid to high threes, around $380k should see you get it’ So I send an email to the agent saying sorry but…[Read more]

ouch!! How does someone your agre afford two properties, with one over $450k?

Not sure what you are asking? CGT is generated from when you sell….