Hi wezwaz
Let me start by saying I don’t run seminars!
I have to disagree with your statement

“e.g. the theory says you can make money no matter what the share market is doing. Yeh right. Big money is made in a bull market, not a bear or sideways market. ”

I’ve done a lot of options trading, as well as share trading, and yes, you can make big…[Read more]

Hi kay henry
I am from Victoria, so it may be different elsewhere.
I alway put all my offers through with a 3 week finance clause. Three weeks is usually enough to get a yes or no. The cooling off period is inadequate to do that.
Depending on what sort of offer form the agent uses, many have an automatic clause there, the agent just fills in the…[Read more]

Hi all
I don’t want anyone’s contact details, just numbers!

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Felicity

Crikey, Stuart Wilde, it’s been a while…
I remember, 15 year ago, when I was ….
oh sorry, gone off track there!!!!

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Felicity

Thanks Alwayslearning. Mind you, I took a look at the Liberty site and they’re very short on detail when it comes to their interest rates…

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Felicity

robo
Is $25 a week for rates correct? That would equate to $1300 a year, which sounds a heck of a lot for a house worth around $50000.
Maybe $25 a month? That would bring your weekly return up almost $20 a week, sounds much better!

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Felicity

In “The Millionaire Next Door”, the author goes to great length explaining the pattern of 3 generations of wealth.
You have the 1st generation who create the wealth – they are usually poor entrepeneurs, who start businesses and work like trojans to create the wealth.
They then want their kids to have everything they missed out on, and so give them…[Read more]

Hi Future$
It’s perfectly possible to build a property portfolio with small kids, mine are 6 and 2 and I started not long after the first one was born on my passion for investing, so they’ve been through all the stages! I find that they are incredibly adaptable, and actually enjoy it in a lot of ways. I know that hubby is being retrenched…[Read more]

I think the only “problem” that the enormous influx of newbies has caused is that there’s now so many posts on here, I can’t keep up!!!
I basically only scan headings, so I’m sure I’ve missed heaps of great discussions. I just don’t have enough time to spend online going through everything.
Sigh…. []

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Felicity

Hey Mini
I haven’t watched news or current affairs for more than 10 years now, no loss!! []

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Felicity

Hi Sophie
This forum doesn’t specifically hold meetings (that I know of!).
However a bunch of people at the ninemsn message board hold a monthly meeting in Melbourne for property investors to get together.
I usually remember to post details here as well, and with the new forums I will probably put it in the Soap Box forum.
The meetings are usually…[Read more]

Hey Arty
Happy to transfer all my money to such a worthy cause, perhaps you could just post your bank account number here on the forum, preferably with any login and password details required to access the account to make it easier for me to transfer the money….[}] []

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Felicity

hi Aafreen
Melbourne is a big place!
Do you have a specific area within Melbourne you would like to buy? Some wrappers (me included) buy houses and then find the wrap buyer afterwards, so you may find that if you mention a more specific area, someone like me might say, hey, I’ve got a house available there, and so be able to give you some more…[Read more]

Hey insider
Thanks for the informative reply, I’ve heard of this sort of thing but never known where to find them… Do you have any sort of contact or website that specialises in this sort of thing?
I am interested in finding out more, because having a lot of money tied up in my properties can be a nuisance sometimes, and I’ve heard this type of…[Read more]

I think Network Marketing companies are very much like anything in life – you will get some people who make a go of it and succeed (usually 5%), and the rest will fall by the wayside. Take a look at some of the statistics on property investors and how many properties they own, and you’ll find the same 5% success rate there too (ie people who buy…[Read more]

I thoroughly recommend Dale Gatherum-Goss and his team, their website is http://www.gatherumgoss.com

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Felicity

Hi Black Hole
You can try http://www.communities.ninemsn.com.au/PropertyInvestment
which has a message board and a chat room (not sure if this is about to be shut down under ninemsn policy).
Also, http://www.somersoft.com.au has a very active chat room.

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Felicity

My apologies for the following quote, I’m sure it’s not word perfect…

Feed a man a fish, and you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime

If you have read heaps of books, done courses and sucked up information from these forums, then you have probably got a lot more teaching at your disposal than most people,…[Read more]

One of my favourite sayings (and I don’t know where it comes from!)….

I don’t care whether it works or not, I’m going to make it work for me.

Be grateful that you are a tall poppy Steve, it means you’ve managed to rise above the naysayers and give yourself some choices in life. Good for you! I’m sure the view is great up there.
And I’m not…[Read more]

The sharemarket is as simple or as complicated as you choose to make it – up to a point!
Personally I think that if you want a relatively simple system with a medium to long term time frame, then “Active Investing” by Alan Hull is fabulous. And he’s Australian!

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Felicity