I drive a green 79 HZ Premier with a 308 n a black vinyl roof. I’ve had it for 8 years, its real tidy n i love it. I know every nut n bolt, & I’ll drive it for many years yet. I doubt i’d ever buy a factory new car.

Cabo Wabo

I too would greatly benifit from any tips n general rules of thumb regarding unit purchases.
What is LMI?

I’d be interested also to see if there are many advantages/disadvantages over buying separate units in a building, or buying the whole building itself.

I like the idea of units, but know next to nothing about them.

What are the yearly expense items of a unit / block of units, and more importantly, WHO PAYS THEM?

Cheers

Cabo Wabo

I work in the mines. [builder] Mining powers australia’s economy.

I’d like to see someone try n tell all the mining pty’s that they’ve gotta park up there fleets for 24hrs, n shut down all those pesky iron ore trains & export ships, & turn around all those fuel roadtrains enroute to sites, n such.

It’d be worth it, because the industry wouldn’t stop laughing [laughing]for about a week, and everyone up here would be in such a merry mood from all the humour.

Life’s not that simple. I got that email n deleted the sucker. Yes fuel does impact us here in the mining industry. Where i am, last year’s fuel and energy costs were budgeted at 42%. [dead2]Thats a lot. For us this year, increased commodity prices have offset increased fuel prices.

Everythings in balance: the individual, the pty and the economy.

That email, although it meant well, wasn’t thought through.

As for me, i drive a HZ with a great big stonking V8, and i love it, n wouldn’t trade it for all the tea in china. [bike2]

“Earth first, we’ll mine other planets later.”

Cabo Wabo

Captain Picard,

It was with great delight and humour that i viewed your call sign… nice work dude.[biggrin]

I’ve a question. I am greatly interested in what database you are using, and how you gain access to it. (as u said, the same one RP data, aust business research, and nat resources & mines use). Whats it cost?

Very interested indeed.

..engage………

Cabo Wabo

Janette (go Girl!)

Have a look at the ‘Help Needed’ forum topic “Perth, where to invest”. There’s a dude in there called TMA, who’s realy loves Geraldton.
I’m sure if you send him an email, he’ll be able to point you in the right direction…

Regards,

Cabo Wabo

My two bobs worth: (wax lyrical)[biggrin]

The control and grasp of the modern economist on the direction and stability of economies these days is infinately superior than what it was before the great depresssion.

No-one was interested in business cycle research prior to the great depression because no-one fully understood the dangers. Its been an important field of study for a long time now, occupying some seriously big brains[dead2] and government resources, all bent on developing and implimenting fireproofing systems for economies, against the previously misunderstood and ignored forces within.

Things we now take for granted weren’t around back then. Leading indicators now give economists forewarning of change, thus allowing them to diagnose and stave off/reduce downturns. Automatic stabilizers such as the dole ensure minimum levels of demand are sustained, thus avoiding snowballing. [suave]

In the 1950’s, in the US for example, 30% of all jobs were in manufacturing. Today, that figure is 11%. The service sector today is 83%. Service orietated businesses are have fewer inventories, and less capital outlay. By nature, they are less susceptable to downturns. This small example, means that today a greater proportion of our economy is less cyclical than it was before.

What i am trying to say, is that economys today, whilst acted on by the same age old forces, are different animals to those of yesteryear, and are understood a whole lot better.

For me, if there was gonna be a huge depression tomorrow, i’d rather have my money in bricks n mortar any day than in shares. We live within our economies so there’s no escaping whats around the corner. It might be good, it might be bad.

I like to thing the sky won’t fall on my head, so i’m gonna go on buying houses, invest wisely, make em all affordable, below median price etc (rentable even in a depression). I’ll go on reading stacks of property/motivational books (RDPD was foundational for me), and do the best i can no matter what the economy does. I’m not saying lets all be ostriches, i’m just saying, keep a level head, do your due diligence, and be positive.

I don’t dwell on the negative hype of the media, because to them, good news is boring news, so bad news is great news (keeps us all glued to our sets). I long for the day when the news is about 30 seconds long and all they say is “Nothing at all of interest happened today (translation: nothing we can scare you about), it was totally oridinary and calm… Goodnight.” [chill]

Cabo Wabo

Thats a damn good question. I’m intriguged…
What does the ave RE agent earn?

Cabo Wabo