the best tips i can give you?

* be prepared to walk away when you reach your limit

* take along an experienced thirs party who has no interest in the property who can help keep a lid on any ’emotive bids’ you may make

* as mentioned previously, attend as many aucitons in the area as you can prior to your one

Make sure you have done the…[Read more]

I was pointing out that the article is a thinly veiled promotion by a vested interest (the newspaper) for a vested interest (the RE advertisers) who are the main source of income for the newspaper.

agree foundation, funnily enough when i read the article i realised the guy who wrote it (Evan Schwarten) was someone i went through uni with. It’s a…[Read more]

[happy] cheers jan, i’ve heard about this new bamaboo flooring – think there was a story about it in the Home seciton of the courier mail last saturday – i’ll look it up!

e x[biggrin]

Out of curiosity, how do RE agents obtain this information that is not generally obtainable by the general public?

Hi Jan,

in Qld most agents have access to RP Data which lists owner information we well as zoning, size, density and sale information on properties.

There is currently another service similar to this which we are trialing at the…[Read more]

hi again,

windcloud is positive cashflow the investment strategy you are hoping to employ? if so you will be hard pressed with $15k to achieve that in the inner Brisbane area (i’m assuming that you don’t own a ppor at this stage).

Or is it a bad time to consider this at all so I should just try the share market?

so long as you’re taking a long…[Read more]

If you want timber flooring, do not go cheap, it looks cheap, wears cheap and will not be ceap to replace down the track.

Hi JParsons,

how much would you estimate good quality floating timber floors to cost out per m2?

we’re looking at putting one down in our new unit…

thanks,

e x

hi windcloud,
where on the sth side of brissie are you looking?

we work in the inner south suburbs, west end, dutton park, highgate hill, fairfield, yeronga, annerley, moorooka, tarragindi etc. There are a number of good real estate agencies operating in the west end / annerley area that would be worth talking to about rental yields vacancy…[Read more]

Go the lions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

local REA’s will have these details, as previously suggested perhaps try going through another agent. I’m not sure what the legalities are in Perth relating to the handing out of this information but perhaps befriending someone with access to the information…

I am determined to fight. Any advise on how to use RE agents tricks to trick RE agents? Particularly when agent is saying that he wants to buy the same house as I want, but he is in a better position because he also sells it.

Is it like insider trading? I wonder how can they get away with it?

the answer is they shouldn’t and generally there are…[Read more]

Hi again,

you may also like to check out:

http://www.reiq.com.au/buySellRent/default.htm

please note, this is only relevant for qld

Dear Kerri67,

in Qld you can sell your property privately at any time no matter who you are signed with, the only catch is if you are under exclusive agency you will still be required to pay the agent commission.

exclusive agency: you pay the signed agent if: you sell, the agent sells or another agent sells the property

sole agency: you pay the…[Read more]

Dear li21,

hi i’m an REA on the South Side of Brisbane (we’ve got three offices in the inner south region). For the kind of money you’re looking at spending you will be lucky to find a 2 bedder unit within 7 k’s of Brisbane GPO on our side of town- that’s not of course to say they don’t exist!

I agree with J Parsons, you are best to come up for…[Read more]

YUK – but what dus u xpect from a reel estayt ayjent

slight generalisation there.

brilliant!

no worries unannounced[biggrin]

great site shaunw[biggrin]

hi unannounced,

try http://www.freetrainers.com

they have an online forum with some very experienced trainers and fitness coaches, they also have a nutrition section…

hope this helps, the forum members are all friendly and knowlegable and should be able to answer any questions you have.

e x

just be sure to post in the right section, i put a…[Read more]

amen to that kwilko, thank goodness for air conditioning and in-ground pools!

e x

dear gatsby and simon,

glad you liked them, i get so many forwards every day they usually all get trashed..this one i thought was worth passing on though.

life should be judged not by the number of breaths you take but rather the number of moments that take your breath away.

cheers

e x

it’s a good reward, just make sure you are already a Qantas Frequent Flyer member before you apply, can get messy claiming them otherwise…

e x