I doubt you'll see anything spectacular. A rising dollar will keep a lid on the ASX is my guess. What are you chasing JP? 

tommytucker wrote:
 the deal of a lifetime comes along every week.

Which is actually BS. Good deals come along all the time if you're looking. The deal of a lifetime sets you up for the rest of your natural and they are rare events.

The burb you are looking in has an average growth rate over the last 5 of 2.08%. It did all its growing in the…[Read more]

Tell them you are happy to look at any claim they may present. Tell them to prepare a claim with supporting evidence and costs to support it and you will consider it. Indicate they will have to show this was not pre existing damage from another event.

If a claim is legit and for something like $200 then it's probably not unreasonable given the…[Read more]

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IS there a 'best order' to get things done? Sparky, plumber, carpenter, painter…etc which ones follow the others?!

On a reno like yours you'd usually do your strip out then get your plumber and sparky in to do anything needed. Once they're finished it's your chippy, tiler, plaster etc. You would normally organise your subby's in…[Read more]

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We are not requiring to restump….but probably need to rewire….(granny at the moment says house often 'shorts out' when too many appliances are on).

All houses have multiple circuits, lights, wall, oven, are the common ones. A light circuit can usually carry a certain wattage usually no more than 800w total. Wall plugs you usually…[Read more]

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Then tiling, then grout so this takes a while. Then vanity etc go in.

I always tile after cabinets and tops go in. If a wall's not quite straight or room's out of square you can usually hide this with tiling and trims afterwards. Which leads me to another tip. Run a straight edge along where bench tops will go to make sure the wall is…[Read more]

Connolly wrote:
 what would you suggest if you were in your mid twenties in this current climate?

Patience and quality. By that I mean a purchase must allow you to improve equity through improvements and be in a stable lower middle class area. Set minimum equity levels. I would go in with at least 15% and look to reno that up to 30%. I have a…[Read more]

I bought a crystal ball years ago but I could never get the damn thing to work. [/sarc]

You can also look at land titles for a whole heap of useful info, easements, leans, mortgages etc

The fees are quite modest.

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/property-titles-and-maps/land-titles-home

Fees
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/170315/YGT_Landatafees2013.pdf

Ok guys… hands up those who have a Swiss banker that invites them to foreign shores to invest their hard earned.

zmagen wrote:

the vast majority of our clients are actually hard working or retired mom and dad types, like ourselves…….

…who jet in from foreign shores and who are met by their Swiss banksters. Me… paranoid… never!

God no. Flog as much as you can while you can to the foreigners. When Fukushima goes tits up you can buy it back for pennies on the dollar.

zmagen wrote:
Aaaawww, touched a sore spot, have we? Grow up, freckle, the world sucks – not everybody thinks you're a genius.

Weather's lousy here and I'm a bit bored truth be told. When you play the man I know I hit the spot LOL. Luv it when you bite

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zmagen wrote:
but busy here in the real world, with all the "idiots" who have been netting handsome profits here in Japan

I thought it was a  bit harsh describing your clients as 'idiots'. Is that all 5 of them or just a few in particular.

zmagen wrote:
"Slipped" is the right term indeed – I think it's quite a manageable slip, considering July's numbers – 

JAPAN CONSUMERS HAVEN'T BEEN THIS CONFIDENT IN 7 YEARS

sorry, freckle, doing my best to keep up with your couch commentary, but busy here in the real world, with all the "idiots" who have been netting handsome profits here in…[Read more]

A BOJ survey now shows consumers are catching on to Abenomics. As I mentioned a while back I expect his popularity to go into terminal decline over time as his policies hit the reality wall.

BOJ Poll: Japan Consumer Confidence Slips on Lower Income

The average household spending fell a real 1.6% on year in August, marking
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I suppose the sequel will be 'Billionaire' 

Spreadsheet Tools

https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/finance/4346478

Brisbane isn't going anywhere soon. There's no economic driver to underpin any sort of meaningful resurgence. Performance will rotate closely around the mean.

Houses up units down for the time being.

There will be the odd hotspot as there always is and the occasional larger region within the city that will produce a few headlines for a while…[Read more]