Originally posted by letiha:
I do a lot of negotiations as part of my job, or I get to watch experts do it every day, there is no way you would open with you best offer, especially if you have no way of knowing if there was another bidder.

And would you have believed the agent if they said……….there is someone else submitting an offer…[Read more]

HI Letitha,

Not sure why the agent is ‘copping’ this one.

You put in your offer.

The agent presented it as he/she is required to do.

The owners accepted another offer.

Sometimes you do have to open with your ‘real’ offer and an not just an opening gambit and sometimes your offer is not accepted for any number of reasons.

Don’t blame the…[Read more]

Hi Wullah,

The graphical representations I have seen indicate that the Perth and Sydney markets had a surge in growth in in 88/89 period. Brisbane had a ‘jump’ but did not spike as much as Perth and Sydney – which coincidentally dropped in the early nineties.

Now whether or not this pattern can be attributed partially or totally to the share…[Read more]

Hi Redwing,

We are seeing many a member enjoy successes and as you mention we are punching out of our depth a little but……..word of mouth does that for you.

And Dazzling – the beer is in real glass, our real coffee is in real cups and with real biscuits.

We do have a lot of fun too.

Got a cocktail and piano function coming up…[Read more]

Hi Daryl,

Please refrain from double posts – this disjoints the conversations and makes ongoing comment and counter comment difficult.

Anyone who wants to make comment regarding this question can do so at

https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic/23915.html

Derek
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Hi TJ,

At a recent conference John Edwards (Residex) said his research indicated that Hobart would not be a good investment place for some time to come into the future.

Derek
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Hi Daryl,

Not a guru – nor am I a cashflow investor so some of my comments may not be in accordance with your goals.

To me any town of less than 30000 people is not a suitable place to invest. I would also suggest that 30000 is too small but that is another debate.

The reason I say this is that the long term fundamentals of a place need to be…[Read more]

Hi Jaybee,

There is no capacity or allowance for people to post ‘ads’ of the nature you have discussed.

As it stands there are enough people out there placing (and trying to place) subtle (and sometime not so subtle) ads here.

Such posts will invariably be deleted as soon as they possibly…[Read more]

Why start with the agents?

For me you are better off speaking to the local council and finding out about infrastructure plans for the area, local business houses about employment opportunities in the area, find out what the ‘lifeline’ of the area is, speak to property managers about the good areas and bad areas from a tenanting perspective, speak…[Read more]

A short but simple answer – if banks lend less as a percentage then it means they consider that particular type of property as a greater risk.

In effect this means that the banks consider your apartment as a greater risk than the unit in your example.

Note some lenders will stretch the 70% limit on apartments from time to…[Read more]

Hi Lisa,

Based on what is currently happening in Perth I would expect that an offer will be put on the table within the 6 week time frame. But (there is always a but) this is dependent upon a market price being asked for initially.

I appreciate the difficulties your personal situation may cause with respect to the disposal of the property – an…[Read more]

Originally posted by Terryw:
ps. I make some terrible spelling and grammatical mistakes don’t I!

Those typos do not detract from the quality of your advice though Terry.[biggrin]

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HI QL,

Immediately above the first post in a thread is a ‘subscribe to this topic’ button.

Click on that and your subscription should be in place.

Derek
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Net worth counts for me.

Derek
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Hi Paul,

Not a problem – apologies offered.

You would be surprised at how many people come onto this site and ask about a ‘new product’ under the guise of a question along the lines of the one you asked.

Couple that with the spam I received through the week for the same product all combined to make me very…[Read more]

Hi Alpal,

The key to avoiding or minising land tax is to understand the ‘rules’ as they relate to the state in which you invest.

Some states have a single threshold which does not differentiate between an individual/company/trust ownership whereas a number of state do have different hreshold and do differentiate tax rates between the different…[Read more]

Is this the same ‘Paul’ that spammed me during the week with this very same ‘offer’ in disguise?

Derek
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Hi Stuck,

I don’t for a minute know Dale – nor would I know him if I fell over him.

I am sure that Dale would be the first to admit that the book is not a ‘trust structuring manual’ as such. Rather it is a guide to the nature and advantages of trusts for someone who needs to get a healthy understanding of trusts in a generic sense.

Given that…[Read more]

Originally posted by Stan_Jones:
Don`t worry – this man has forgotten his first post in this forum.

Stan – it was probably deleted along with the others advertising for investors for Bulgaria.

Derek
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Originally posted by Stan_Jones:
If you think that this is not rela I can give you some exact facts.

Hi Stan,

Give us the facts – not the trawling and advertising and public seeking of clients we are getting at the moment.

Kindly cease.

Derek
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