If I am in the same situatiion, I will sell the house and get the equity. For your husband’s cancer, he may try some natural therapy like Gerson Therapy. I heard it cured many cancer patients including lymphoma. There is one young female patient and her monther in sunshine coast, both are cancer and claim they are helped by Gerson Therapy.

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Hi, everyone:

I also experience the same dilemma with suburbs to invest as I only have a few years in melbourne. I read a few books like steven, lomas,and Michael Yardney.

Every book get merit. However, I agreed with most of Michael Yardney’s ideas: invest in inner suburbs of capital cities.Invest property to get capital gain , not…[Read more]

Andrew_A wrote:
For early 300's then I think entry level 2+1(or 2)+1 older units in good blocks and locations in this 5-6k from the CBD range and very run down condition would be good targets. Idea being you cosmetically renovate to add value and yield, perhaps look for a twist such as fully furnished if you need higher rents.

Andrew:thanks for…[Read more]

NBS wrote:
I'm a bit confused are you insured? or not, the sheeting may not need replacing however all the skirting and architraves do need to be removed to allow the timbers to dry. This drying process may need to be done by trained persons to ensure the timbers are dried enough to allow skirting etc to refixed. This can take some time to be c…[Read more]

Intrigue wrote:
I completely understand what is being said here and have done some homework. RPdata is a pretty fantastic tool. From this I can find out what the property was purhased for and when. One property I am looking at was purchased for $95k in 1999. It is currently listed at $330k. I understand that these sellers have since heavily…[Read more]

I remember that when I put ads at local news paper and gumtree for house to rent. I constantly received some text message from a mobile phone saying I could pay $99 to list my property at realestate.com.au.  I did not take down the mobile number and message. You can put your ads in gumtree now. Probably you will receive the text message shortly.

IP Freely wrote:
Sorry, I thought you meant Woodridge @ Thredbo.

Hi, IP Freely:where is Thredbo? The woodridge suburb I am talking about is the suburb at south of brisbane, bordering with suburb underwood.  Are you familiar with that area?thanks

Jonathan67 wrote:
Hi,I'm teetering on the edge of property investing and have been for some time now. I like the idea of this 'value adding' notion, not only as something to make a buck but also for personal enjoyment. I recognise however that I am moderately 'skills poor' when it comes to reno work. I was wondering if there is anyone in the…[Read more]

For those who want to buy Investment properties, I suggest Auckland suburbs like Glenfield, Forrest Hills, Northcote, Mt Albert, Glen Innes. One friend of mine just bought a cross-leased house in Glenfield under NZ 300K last week. Those suburbs are near Auckland CBD and price against rental is very reasonable. If NZ open immigration to skilled and…[Read more]

About income tax and capital gain tax issue regarding property in NZ:I have a house in Auckland which is my home before I move to Australia in 08. I could not sell it for more than one year as at that time people stopped buying properties. I rent it out and am incurring the loss every month.I did not claim any loss from my OZ income until I saw…[Read more]

christianb wrote:
Henry,Yes, the IKEA is located in Richmond.Their stuff is designed to be put together by anyone. I found that there was a lot of repetitive work in putting together the carcasses and other bits and pieces, and the only thing that really needed my carpentry skills was the fixing of the overheads to the wall ( a little bit…[Read more]

christianb wrote:
I got the whole lot! A kitchen, two bathrooms.Carcasses are together and I'll finish the rest this week, time permitting.They are actually quite ingenious (I was skeptical) and easy to assemble – although I am a carpenter by trade.I'll let you know if there's any disasters.

Is the IKEA located at Richmond, Melbourne?I also got…[Read more]

If I were you, I will sell it ASAP.  As you do not live in it, it is just pure investment. Iif you lose $26K every year, why you should keep it? The longer you keep, the more you lose the money and the longer you will be depressed, the less chance you can afford to look at other investment properties. That is for sure at this moment. Well, it ma…[Read more]

aidanq wrote:
Hi avi_shalom27, henry13auckland,  financing right now in the US is possible, just takes a lot of effort and persistence.  Being a non-resident & the current credit crunch makes it difficult. I found that finding deals where you take over the existing finance or get owner-finance is the best way to approach it.  So in some cases yo…[Read more]

give90 wrote:
hi henryyes i did eventually receive the ebook. the author apologised  and said that she had been overseas. i did post it on this forum or thought i did but it must have been lost in the ether.are you looking at investing in the states?

I am not ready to make investing at this moment even I sensed US probably is good place to buy…[Read more]

give90 wrote:
Warning; don't buy us investing ebook advertised here. to my great chagrin, i sent off the $30 for this ebook  last week (advertised on this site) and have not received it or even a reply to several emails chasing it. Appears to be dodgy……this was the listing;Hi Alan,           I have invested in the US Property Market and…[Read more]

Scott No Mates wrote:
http://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/CA256DBB0022825D/page/Residential+Tenancies?OpenDocument&1=70-Residential+Tenancies~&2=~&3=~

Thanks, Scott No Mates:Do you know good property manager in West Melbourne? I suspect whether the property manager working at BarryPlant really want to do his job well: he charge one week' rent from…[Read more]

Nigel Kibel wrote:
Your right Don borrowing for the USA is not that easy, You will do far better than this in main cities in the United States. 

Hi, Nigel:I am at auckland and I agree with what you said about NZ. Talking about USA, I heard that a foreigner need bear 6.95% interest instead of 5-5.5% which is applicable to US citizen or PRs. Wh…[Read more]

Mortgage Hunter wrote:
I would consider buying with a 20% deposit and taking an IO loan.Save all you can in an offset account.As you buy further investments use 100% IO loans and continue to save in the offset.If you need to use offset cash then transfer it into the home loan and then redraw it via a new LOC.This will ensure you have the most…[Read more]

May I know the area in regional vic if you do not mind?