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December 2, 2003 - 12:05 am
Hi,
It was closed as we split one forum into multiple forums due to the substantial number of posts.
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November 26, 2003 - 1:33 am
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I had a post talking your members accessing my web site to use the private message function – it seems to have been deleted without any reason why – I would assume that a reason why should have been publicly posted – I would had done this on my web site.
Or maybe it has been moved?
Hi Marc,
If I were to have a guess, I’d say the post was deleted because it was deemed to be advertising by a moderator.
Moderators do not discriminate against people, topics, or posts – if its advertising, it gets deleted.
Although your post may have not been as far ‘over the line’ as some others which we’ve seen on the forums, it sounds like it was over the line nonetheless.
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It seems interesting that my post was deleted in less than 5 minutes of being posted but at present my request to tell me why has not been posted – 40 minutes now…
As much as we may like to, the PropertyInvesting.com staff don’t monitor the forums all day. We have a whole office to run. We have moderators who volunteer to help us administer the forums, and deal with posts on a ‘deal with it as you see it’ basis.
Because we can’t be everywhere at once, if anyone comes across a post which they feel may be advertising, send an e-mail to admin at propertyinvesting dot com.
This way, you help us to keep the integrity of the forums, and ensure that the forums are a valuable information resource. We don’t want the forums to degenerate into a free classified ads forum.
Thanks
Brent Hodgson
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November 18, 2003 - 12:45 am
Hi,
Unfortunately, when Steve created the e-mail address on stage, we still needed to get back to the office to physically create the e-mail address in the office.
This was done yesterday morning, but it seems it took a while for the changes to propagate.
I’ve tested out the e-mail address and it seems to work now.
Warm Regards
Brent Hodgson
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November 13, 2003 - 10:58 am
Hi Guys,
What do you think now? Is there a dramatic increase in speed for you yet?
As I type this, the web-gurus upstairs are just finishing a major site performance upgrade.
This will mean that all faucets of the will work faster – particularly the forums.
If in the next few days you notice any errors, e-mail them directly to us at [email protected]
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Brent Hodgson
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November 5, 2003 - 3:01 am
Hi,
Please contact me about this: [email protected]
Thanks.
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October 10, 2003 - 12:20 am
There….Fixed!
Thanks for the heads-up on the outdated links Elysium!
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October 9, 2003 - 8:00 am
Hi Guys,
Fair point.
The reason Fast Track is only available on CD is two fold;
1) It’s too long to fit onto a CD
2) It become a much more expensive exercise to (re)produce it on CD when it comes to duplication, printing, putting into a case, and mailing it out. Particularly if Fast Track needs to span two CD’s.
So, to keep costs down (so that Fast Track is easily affordable and accessible to anyone) we decided to go with Tapes over CD’s, since most people still have a cassette player – even if they haven’t used it in a while.
“Huh? What’s Fast Track” I hear someone say…
If this is you – visit https://www.propertyinvesting.com/resources/6 to find out more.
If you haven’t heard the tape yet, it’s worth at least looking into. I’ve got a copy of it in my cars right now, and listen to it regularly on the way to work. (And you think I’d get sick of all this property investing stuff[]).
I hope this answers your question.
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September 4, 2003 - 2:25 am
The cover on the Angus and Robertson site is very old – in fact, it was one of the original draft covers designs and it never got published.
I wonder how they got a copy of it…[?]
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July 9, 2003 - 1:35 am
Hey Kirby,
Try the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. They should be able to put you in touch with someone.
http://www.aiqs.com.au/
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Brent Hodgson
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July 7, 2003 - 12:19 am
Hey willrogers,
You got it in one – the more posts you make, the more stars you get. []
They also change colour, and you get a different ‘forum rank’ as you make more posts.
I’m not sure whether it will still be around later this month when the new forum comes in – I guess we’ll just have to wait and see
Brent Hodgson
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June 18, 2003 - 11:40 pm
Hi Chris,
A few people to the forum went along to one his lunchtime free introductory sessions in Melbourne.
Have a read about people’s thoughts here https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1316
Cheers
Brent Hodgson
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June 18, 2003 - 2:31 am
Hi Alana,
There was a post recently re: Perth Accountants, and a couple of names were mentioned.
Check it out at https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1399
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Brent Hodgson
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June 18, 2003 - 12:56 am
You want the latest update?? Huh? Huh?
OK, here it is.
Steve’s book is 99% of the way there. It’s been written, edited, and is now being typeset so that it can go into print.
The front cover is being finalised right now, and we’re counting down the days until the first copies hit the shelves on August 1st, 2003 – barely 44 days away.
No word yet on whether we’ll be able to score some advance (personally signed) copies which we’ll make available for PropertyInvesting.com members, but I’ll keep you posted.
Brent
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June 12, 2003 - 4:37 am
Hi Essykay,
WealthGuardian is now up and ready for you in the resources section.
Cheers
Brent
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June 11, 2003 - 12:44 am
Hi jubeiREI,
Good question on the .com issue.
The short answer is it’s because of our international appeal.
Although the information we provide is fairly Australia-centric, we have a huge amount of members from outside of Australia. At our last seminar, we had people coming from all over Oceana and the Asia-Pacific region.
We have members from almost every country in the world, because the same basic principles of property investing apply everywhere.
Although we knew from the start that we would have international appeal, we were lucky to be able to get PropertyInvesting.com. At the time, the Tech-Boom was in full flight, and names like HotNewRealEstatePropertyInvestingSecretsRevealed.com were already taken. Steve came across PropertyInvesting.com, and the rest is history.
I hope this satisfies your curiosity []
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June 10, 2003 - 11:39 pm
Great Work Red Card!
It’s awesome to hear about your success. I hope this is just the start of something much bigger for you.
Keep it up!
Brent Hodgson
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June 10, 2003 - 7:51 am
Hi Sunni,
I ran a quick search on RealEstate.com.au and found these 200+ properties between $90-120k in Queensland. No doubt there’s a great deal in there somewhere.
As for Ipswich, I’ve heard from a few people that it’s getting harder and harder to find great deals up there. Prices are up, and yields are down.
But if you can’t find positive cashflow, you can always create positive cashflow. Have a look at the strategies section of PropertyInvesting.com
Cheers
Brent
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June 10, 2003 - 7:44 am
No idea Felicity. I guess the only way to find out is to get Steve to send away for his credit report.[]
He does stick to 80% LVR loans though.
The seminar which I was talking about was his original wrap seminar from a couple of years ago (I was listening to the recording recently).
Sorry I can’t help you on this one.
Brent
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June 10, 2003 - 5:43 am
Hi Rachel,
Lets see if I can answer some of your questions.
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In your seminar on obtaining unlimited Finance my take on this was that if you are structured right as a company trust that you are only going garentor on the loan and it goes on your personal income.
Yep, essentially that’s it.
As for credit record searches and enquiries – I can remember Steve saying once at one of his early seminars that the loans he goes guarantor for don’t appear on his credit record.
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Is it my understanding then when you go for a new loan that you do not disclose the other loans that you have taken out previously.
Full disclosure is always the best policy. Otherwise, the bank may foreclose on you suddenly down the track.
No doubt you’ll find that you encounter the problem of financier redundancy a couple of times in your investing journey. For example, financier one will give you X many loans, and after that stage they decide you’re a big enough risk. Then you move onto the next financier, until they stop lending you money, then the next.
At some point, financiers will begin to think you know what you’re doing. They’ll see that you have 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 properties, and believe you’re a better risk than when you had zero properties and no debt.
Have another read through your copy of WealthGuardian, and think about visiting an accountant and talking to some mortgage brokers about how various structures would work for you. You might be coming across a problem where the 3 properties which you own are diminishing your ability to get finance.
The structure which Steve uses has allowed him to do a whole heap of deals, but as I mentioned earlier, he has gone through the issue of financier redundancy, and moved through various banks and lenders.
The structure also means that Steve personally holds no investing debt (although he does go guarantor). He owns zero properties in his own name, and somehow because of this, banks love him and he still technically qualifies for the FHOG.
But the issue for you is developing a structure which suits your investing purposes, and for that you need to examine all aspects of you investing plan and speak to professionals who can help you.
I hope this at least answers one or two of your questions.
Brent
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June 9, 2003 - 10:03 am
Hi Lizzie,
I was doing the same thing this weekend just past.
The way I did it was I went to real estate agents and asked them two questions. They were “How many rental properties do you manage?” and “Can I please grab a copy of your current rental list” (The please is very important)
What I was able to see from this information was the types of properties which rent well in the area. Older 1br and 2br units rented very poorly because there were 20 of them on the rental list, and the rental manager only looked after about 40 or so units all up.
But, it looked like 3br properties rented well – there were 6 or so on the rental list, four of them were becoming vacant in the next month, two were recently vacated.
Something else you might think of doing is chatting to the locals. Start a conversation with someone, explain what you’re doing, ask if they’re renting or whether they own in the area, and chat to them about their experiences in finding a home.
I was chatting to two ladies for nearly two hours on saturday, about everything from the town industry, to which agents are the best, to property prices, to renting in the area – even which areas they wouldn’t walk through at night.
I’m usually notoriously good at finding information, but I have a process which I follow. I ask myself what information I’m looking for, then I list down all the places which might have this information. I keep going through the list until I find what I need.
Good luck with the hunt
Brent