Stuart at http://www.prosolution.com.au is very good and also based in Melbourne. He posts on this forum occasionally too

How about Hurstville? http://www.strategicwealth.com.au Nick Moustacas

http://www.wefindhouses.com.au are excellent value. I have used them for my last two ip searches in both Victoria & QLD. They have just moved to QLD recently, but were originally set up in Tasmania and they will have an in depth knowledge of the area as I know both the director and one of his agents have invested in Tasi themselves and the originated i…[Read more]

470k at 7% interest also becomes taxable income, so you will not get 7% and also you would have to spend some of that money on rent for your own place to live. Currently your tax bracket would be 30c in the dollar, whereas if you earnt 7% of 470k, you would have a taxable income of $92900, bringing your bracket to 40c in thd dollar, all of a…[Read more]

I spent money on the home study course. Cost me $4000. I didn't have any idea on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. It gave me some knowledge, but I didn't implement Hans strategies at all. If I could go back again, I wouldn't have spent the money on this course and would have spent it on books. (I did that too). At least it made me…[Read more]

You may be lucky to find a good broker at some of the larger firms. I wouldn't go by a company name as they just employ workers and a good broker may or may not work for one of the larger companies (more likely not).I could recommend Stuart Wemyss from Pro Solutions. He is based in Melbourne and his advice that he has given me has always been in…[Read more]

Stuart Wemyss from ProSolutions is who I have been using and I am most impressed with his service. I am based in Sydney and he in Melbourne. I think he sometimes writes on here under StuartW.Has a very good informative newsletter you can sign up to also at http://www.prosolutions.com.au

I decided to go through Strategic Wealth Management and have found they're easy to talk to and deal with. I am in the process of having a HDT set up now and was easily able to book an appointment in to see Nick.

In answer to my own question.http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24292I think I will keep looking for a new accountant.

In Australia we have a credit reference agency, Veda Advantage, formally known as Baycorp. You can contact them at anytime to obtain your own credit file for free if you are prepared to wait 10 days (?) and if you want it instantaneously, you can purchase your file for $27 (?)Every time you make an enquiry in reference to obtaining any type of…[Read more]