Anybody who wants to dabble in the mathematics side of house prices then this is the video to watchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Gb4tk-z_s

No obviously we dont have a property bubble ha, property is different in australia, because in the lucky country prices always go up, and we have fantastic quality houses, people who say there is a bubble are uneducated because land and houses are in a shortage, thus demand and supply is making them more expensive.

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I would personally consider one common theme which happens with many Mar and Pa "Investors" I know, Negative gearing is over leveraging imo I virtually don't really know anyone personally that "invests" to directly make a profit, they so call "Invest/loose money every week" because they ultimatley believe the next person down the road will take on…[Read more]

Wow, dollar bellow parity now, Just goes to show what investors really think of Australia in times of uncertainty I believe that the swiss franc is the nest of safety investors will run to, Not the aussieCheck out these charts http://aud.kurs24.com/chf/graph/?q=365

adimis wrote:
"…and he huffed and puffed and blew his house in…"People will still need to live somewhere,People will still need to eat something &People will still need to keep themselves warm & clothed. As long as you've built with bricks (Excuse the pun, its not meant literally), then there is little to worry about.In fact – "knock knock"…[Read more]

While the stock market is getting hammered im still making massive gains on my silver.The world economy should have had a massive crash back during the good old "GFC"  Remember ? when Kevin handed out cheques to everyone for a G to buy a new plasma ?Instead of letting capitalism sort out the bad from the good, Our socialist ministers intervened,…[Read more]

If I where in your circumstances I would be using that 200k as a deposit for 1 big high return commercial property instead of half a dozen over priced houses that loose hundreds of dollars a week.For the little return in houses, there are such massive costs in holding them, Where commercial property leases usually add on the costs (outgoings) to…[Read more]

emptyvessel wrote:
Out of interest, what do you regard as "highly leveraged"?Is it an absolute measurement or a relative one?

Scenario 1: Income: $2000 weekDebt service per week on a $110,000 loan at 110% LVR @ 10% Interest : $230.50 Percentage of income to service debt = 11.52%Scenario 2: Income: $800 weekDebt service per week on a $400,000…[Read more]

I own property in Hervey bay, Not much happening in the Fraser coast is there ?  That's why I recently left the area and moved to emerald. I would not expect to see much growth in property prices around Maryborough for a fair while. 

Yes, Our dollar is stronger then other currency's but I think a lot of that strength is stigma from "Australia has a never ending mining boom" If you want to see what China is doing with our resources check here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIzbMT2NVDA  .. though that is a topic of its own.Interest rates are still at historic lows and…[Read more]

Yes there are good deals around everywhere to be had, and the majority of those are in Commercial real estate – But most people don't have the funds necessary to get these deals (im talking 5-10 million property that yields 10-12% +)

Maybe its less to do with the media and more to do with the fact that getting $350 bucks a week rent on a house that costs $650 a week to hold onto isn’t such a good investment after all. I think ppl are slowly waking up to the fact that property in general is far overvalued

Some property's have a box around them and they can show up randomly anywhere,  Im guessing that there is an option to pay extra to advertise them so that this happens..  This is purely speculation though..

Our debt levels in real terms are double what they where just before the great depression.You may have already seen some high end property sometimes sell for half price  eg: 4 mill property sell for 2 millI think its entirely possible that you could,  in some cases see the same type of deals done on average houses.Our debt binge we have been on s…[Read more]

Yes, I agree with much of what you said… though one thing that really bugs me is when your sorting through hundreds of different property's and they all say lines such as… "WOW, Great Investment Oportunity !" or "GREAT RETURNS" or "INVESTORS ONLY!"  though most of the time they don't say how much they rent out forAnd likewise a lot of p…[Read more]

So your saying that property will continue to compound by 7.5% every year doubling wage growth forever, Is that what your trying to say ?

7 years = 1 mil14 years = 2 mil21 years = 4 mil28 years = 8 mil35 years = 16 mil42 years = 32 mil

Well just think about it for a second, Do you think a real estate agent showing you through a particular property is going to tell you what a bad buy it is ? Do you think a finance broker is going to try and convince someone not to get a loan ?Can you provide reasons as to why an Investor would want to take particular "Investing" advice from…[Read more]

Dont take advise from ppl who gain from you making a purchase, such as brojers, real estate agents, magazines extra.
These ppl make money from selling you things, not from investing.

Dont listen to baby boomers, neighbours, ppl at bbq or the person working behind the counter at your fav local shop.

Don’t by anything emotionally

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How could you go wrong Investing in Dysart ?????? As you should well know by now (if your an educated and experienced property invester)  property doubles every 7-10 yearsSo if you buy a 500k dog kennel today, your property will be worth approx :  $32,500,433.65  in 40 years !!! WOWSEE HOW YOU HAVE BUILT 32 MILLION DOLLARS OF EQUITY FROM JUST 1 IN…[Read more]