Hi Julie,

I am a real estate agent in regional South Australia and I am not sure if much of this information differs from state to state but here’s what I can tell you…..

Housing Trust homes can come in a multitude of styles, designs and sizes. The term housing trust refers to the (well, here anyway) The South Australian Housing Trust which since 1942 has held all it’s property for and on behalf of the Crown and was created for the purpose of building or otherwise providing dwelling houses for rental or sale.
I guess it means that most of the homes are going to be old too because it was first established in the 1930’s and as Melbear said they tend to be pretty small.

Sale by tender is pretty much exactly what Melbear said it’s like a silent auction. The house is displayed for sale without a price and all details including section 7 statements (just like an auction) are displayed until tender is closed. During that time interested parties put in offers which are sealed in envelopes and all presented on one day in front of the vendors. The vendor can then choose to accept or decline which ever offer they desire if one at all.
The benefits for the vendor is that marketing without a price targets all buyers and can generate a lot of different offers because everyone needs to submit their BEST offer at tender.
For the purchaser I guess some people don’t like auctions so the idea of a confidential bid is sometimes appealing and can also prevent bidding from getting out of hand (Buyers tend to spend 20% more than they originally plan) when the purchaser is competing against other bidders.

Hope this information will help somewhat…… good luck with your ventures and HAVE FUN!!!

-Blondie[cowboy]

Well if other people out there are getting PM fees at 5% I wouldn’t even go with the real estate firm I work for!!!!!!![upsidedown] At the moment I would, and in the beginning I will because I am working here PM fees are 0% BUT when I become “financially independant” at 11% I think I will be going elsewhere……they won’t be happy..[grrr]….but at 11% I will be saying stiff sh*t gotta look out for number one![lmao]

-Blondie[cowboy]

Real Estate Agent here…….[blush2]

I think before you disagree aussierogue that you should look through the posts under the locked topic about ABC and Steve. Perhaps looking at Bec’s posts AND your own may be wise as you even admitted in there yourself that one comment in particular was unnecessary and Steve did not deserve it……. it was also a personal attack.

So perhaps look up some stuff before you make statements in people’s defense!…. Just a suggestion.[blush2]

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!

Hey geo!!! It’s fine that you call me cowboy…

HEY! I give my 10 cents worth coz I think you all deserve 10 cents not your piddly 2 cents![lmao]

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!

I agree Rugbyfan, wouldn’t live anywhere else in the world but…… also very true about the most deadliest snakes….. I think we have the most venomous in the world here too! The Red Bellied Black Snake…I think?[nerd]

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww Celivia!!!!

Didn’t think about that until you mentioned it![puke]

I’d want bloddy big boots too!!!!!!

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!

I believe that the problem is with customer service, we just don’t get the old fashioned attention and service we are used to.
I remember when you would come out of a place and say, “Wow what was her problem, must be a bad day” [angry2]after receiving poor or unfriendly service… where as now I find myself coming out saying, “Now she was nice wasn’t she, she helped out so much”.[happy3] It’s a pity that it’s now the good service I pin point rather than bad. I find that it is a rarety now to go into a place and get above average service because lets face it the average has dropped…….
Don’t get me wrong there are a lot of people who are really good at it and I used to be in hospitality so I know how hard it is but I believe that the majority are letting us down.

Just my 2 cents worth anyway……. sorry for your experience geo and hope you have better luck next time!![daisy]

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!

If it had a long tail it would look like that horrible thing that jumps on your face and lays eggs in your stomach in the Alien movies!!! [anxious]

Will give me nightmares for weeks…. I know Alien movies did, just gives me the heeby geebys just lookin at em!

-Blondie[cowboy]

You’ll never know if you don’t give it a go!