Hi Alexia.  you may find some information you are looking for here http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/free-statistics.php

That's an awful situation.  What state are you in?  it might be worth looking at what your local real estate institute offers on this.  they'll have information on dispute resolution for sure.

It's hard to see how they should be allowed to keep it when it's clearly an error (do they acknowledge it's an error). 

Perhaps it could also be…[Read more]

grimnar wrote:
I don't see anywhere on my ballot an option to select 'no confidence' against all of the running parties or the entire system of government as it currently stands… That is the real problem.

I call bullsh*t on the whole show, and vote Terryw for emperor! haha

Perhaps we could get Monty Brewster (Richard Pryor from Brewster’s…[Read more]

You never know your luck with the upcoming no confidence motion (although I doubt it will get up).

Hi Fred

There are some stats on this site http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/index.php and check out the reports on this site http://www.domain.com.au/ and individual property info on this site http://www.onthehouse.com.au/

Cheers,

Andrew

Thanks for your insight Derek.

It seems strange that teachers can choose not to do something that is so valuable for children by taking them out of the school as part of their education.  Perhaps that should be a formal part of their role.  Having said that it sure is crazy to hamstring teachers with over burdensome red tape and put them in such…[Read more]

WOW, nice comments and reply.  This area of social life always fascinates me.  My gut reaction would be it's the parents role to teach life skills and values, and it's parents who need to be educated about imparting these skills if you are to educate anyone.  Schools exist to support the family and provide the more academic and decreasingly…[Read more]

I'm inspired by people facing adversity who push to overcome no matter what confronts them.  For me the endurance and resilience of the human spirit is something spectacular to see.  It always involves courage and determination and that really speaks to me.

I find his social media presence fascinating.

Hi Jamie,How do you feel about the proposed borker practicing certificate outlined in the article?  There doesn't seem to be any criticism of the level of broker training.  I can't see how another course would improve a person's attention to detail (which seems to be the complaint).  Do you think it would make any difference?

That's great stuff Ziv.  It's easy to take for granted what we have and be ignorant to the plight of others,  If people took time to consider those less fortunate and give a little bit of support back to others we could make massive differences to people lives who really need it.  But it is important to do DD on the organisations you support to ma…[Read more]

I don't know enough about the way new homes are sold to draw conclusions but is it the profits or transparency that people are objecting to. Everthing from lettuce to motor vehicles gets marked up from cost price and wholesale price for the public.  Why not with property?

Qlds007 wrote:
Hi JohannYes anything involves any form of credit requires a license.From next year the 18 year girl behind the counter at Harvey Norman selling you a computer on 36 months lease is going to need to be licensed. Same with the second hand car salesman who tells you he will finance any client irrespective of your credit record or…[Read more]

I came across this story recently:An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have…[Read more]

Kristin Simondson PBRE wrote:
Happy to share a few damage stories that underline why insurance is so important if anyone's interested.

Sounds good, would be instructive.

jambv wrote:
Is it better to sell the prop tenanted or empty? Thanks.

In most cases vacant posession will give you more options,  Home buyers are more likely to be put off if they have to settle on a tenanted property.  Investors can go either way but it would depend on the quality of the tenants.  I suppose it depends on who you are pi…[Read more]

I've never really followed fixed rates because I like the flexibility of variable rates.  General question, are they as sensitive to movements by the RBA as standard variable rates?  FWIW inflation is lower than expected and the budget isn't overly expansionary so I don't see any immediate pressure on the RBA to raise interest rates.

Are you able to add value to your IP to create equity?  Quite a few forumites do this to help them leverage into more properties.

lillystar wrote:
one of my husbands dreams is to own a ferrari so hopefully one day we will get to a stage where that is a reality!

WOW!  Wish my wife was hopeful for that!  I currently drive a mitsubishi lancer.

Is there a limit to the percentage of employees being FIFO?  I recall reading that somewhere.