Picking when the US economy tanks will always be difficult but tank it will….

Each successive correction is worse than the last and the causalities of these corrections take out an even greater proportion of the populace.  Every recovery has been predicated on CB support that simply sets the US up for the next wave of Wall Street induced…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
The Hedge funds Have CASH there is no leverage or fixed bank debt on any of these properties… So the only obligation to keep the property is pay property tax.s  they could board the houses up if they wanted to and still not loose them….

Not quite…

Blackstone has been on the forefront in the housing market, gobbling…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
Freckle,   I think there could be another correction but no way worse than the last one.  Houses dropped 80% in some markets and too many houses have been paid for in cash… Even if the market dropped 100% those that payed cash would just hold they would not give the houses away, at least thats my experince.  I think the…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
We are looking to move the rest of our 250 house's this year as well and go ahead and cash out and wait for the next opportunity..

Yep. There's going to be a few foreign investors with big holes in their pockets in around 18 months. I suspect you have less than 6 months before you see a reversal in the US property markets.…[Read more]

So do you have a detailed investment proposal with examples of your work, costings, projections, etc etc that potential investors can look at.

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. They're flooded with houses for sale (453). It's your typical boom bust scenario. House construction is over shooting demand. Vacancy rates aren't bad yet but my bet is that will change to the downside over the next 18 months or so. All those properties for sale are in the main rentals. With vacancies in the…[Read more]

filminvestment wrote:

Given there are no pathways to finding investors for film productions in Australia, I thought I would post in a property investment forum to see if there were any investors out there who were interested in investing in a film.

Crowd funding is your best route. A lot of small first time type film makers get started…[Read more]

Personally i think it's time to either get out of the US market or reduce exposure at the least. Take the gains and capitalise on the exchange rate shift to bank some gains while the goings good. The risk is that the market corrects badly again, the FED pushes more QE out the door which could see the AU strengthen against the US even though the AU…[Read more]

There is a counter to populations moving to the fringes in search of cheaper accommodation and that's the cost of transport. Sydney's a bitch of a place to commute around at the best of times let alone rush hour. One of the reasons I left in 06. 

This report on Australia's energy profile might interest a few. It's easy to see from the table below…[Read more]

Your in the wrong forum Possum. You need to be talking to users in the MGS forums.

Personally though I wouldn't go the sport route. Too few trading opportunities. Forex offers far more trades and given FX volatility possibly a better margin on average. You have to be wary though. Platform and trading costs can easily eat up 50% of your trading…[Read more]

Jamie M wrote:
Sydney is hot at the moment – especially out west.

West Sydney like many fringe areas tends to run hot and cold. A few years back they couldn't give them away after the initial FHB grants sucked many a newbie west only to find the living/commute costs where worse than living closer in and paying higher rents or mortgages.

I…[Read more]

Juichi wrote:
 I have decided to stick with basically one data provider.

You need two at least to confirm the data, assumptions used etc corroborate each other. There is very little time taken in collecting and assessing this sort of industry stats so you should make use of what's available. 

Minimal stats amongst other things might lead you…[Read more]

Sounds like a tile roof…most of this stuff is not difficult to fix. Almost impossible to replace ceiling batons without taking out the interior ceilings, rebattoning and then regibbing though. It comes down to the extent of the work, cost, time etc as to  how you might revalue a property if you still want to take it on. You could end of with a…[Read more]

You could see a few more of these over the next few years. Corporate AU is up to its eyeballs in hock.

An interesting blog using good, bad and destructive debt as a tool  to understand Japan's past and current fiscal policy with a concise easy to follow description of Japan's predicament and its likely outcome

Japan; from quagmire to Abenomics to collapse! Part I-3

Had a back channel discussion with another member re B Invested a few months ago. Their experience was initially OK until they inadvertently received an email (from Daniel Young) reporting their meeting to Nathan. An addressing mistake that exposed their real thinking. It was completely unprofessional and showed a distinct lack of any respect for…[Read more]

saturday wrote:
HI Freckle, what are your thoughts on the A$ v US$ ?

Difficult. I think the overall trend will be down against the US. Maybe 0.85. The current pressures are more to do with China weakness than US Fed policy, however, we supposedly have a 'taper' happening around Sep13. I think this could be a smoke and mirrors act though.…[Read more]

Juichi wrote:
So as a general question and begging for an explanation, WHO DO I BELIEVE? Cheers Juichi

Each outfit presents its own data that comes from disparate data bases. Differences are accounted for in methodology, time frame, data sets, correction methods etc. Stats cannot predict the future so actual figures are worthless. The value…[Read more]

Nigel Kibel wrote:
many other states are now in recover and growth mode.

It's argued that as many as 32  states are technically insolvent – bankrupt. Only a few states have any real growth and much of that growth is driven by the exodus from other states as one after the other they struggle to hold on with debt growing faster than GSP. The…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:

Freckle wrote:
He was in the low 70's. He's goner. Writings on the wall. When you need teen bands, sumo and FB to get by things are definitely looking sad. I doubt if half his followers are old enough to vote.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23396234

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…Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has won a majority in…[Read more]