gloryboy,

Yep- the 7-10 year figure is usually the one use used (by Somers etc).

Alf, I can’t comment on your figures, but the question is an important one. The premise of CG is what I’m wondering about. Ya know, in 2004, if you buy a property, there might not be growth at all- for some years. I bought a property and for 4 years after I bought…[Read more]

If people need therapy, then community health centres provide free counselling- and you’ll be with qualified people- and generally, they don’t use “tricks” on people. I think these seminar people who use psychology (mostly pop psychology) should be regulated. If ASIC regulates spruikers around giving financial advice, the Australian Psychological…[Read more]

Anything starting with “Mount” (I kid you not). Go through realestate.com.au and check out the places starting with Mount.

kay henry

rogue,

My current favourite guru/cult leader, roy McDonald, says:

“There is no right or wrong- only outcomes.” [baaa]

kay henry

Tman,

It’s possible you could put up a “for lease: Unit blah” sign in the apartment block, and a resident in the block might have a friend who is looking for a place. Or the resident may be paying more rent currently in their unit, and may want to move into yours.

kay henry

yack, you can leverage on shares too. In fact, this article from today’s Australian, shows how much share leveraging has increased:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10395215%255E643,00.html

The difference I see is that income from property has some guarantee (ie 6-12 month lease) whereas income from shares is not a…[Read more]

PK,

I just went to google.com.au and looked up “katanning” (australian sites only). The first site I looked at was the Council website, and then I looked at the minutes of the last meeting, which is where I saw about the abattoirs. Then I went to that article I provided the link for, and read it. As you can see, it’s a research report done by…[Read more]

No worries, you I have to admit, I do that kind of looking up, partially for my own benefit too. One of my favourite things is cults. I am a cultaholic, if you will. So if I get an oportunity to do some reading about one, it meets my needs, too.

kay henry

Dear Mr Gatsby,

I checked Landmark Education on google. Here’s some reading:

Here’s their own site:

http://www.landmark-education.com/

Here’s an aussie critique of them (article says they’re a cult):

thingy.apana.org.au/~fjc/scn/mirrors/www.caic.org.au_80/zforum.html

60 Minutes is doing a story on them- check this out:

“Have you been to a…[Read more]

Questioning or critiquing something doesn’t mean one works for a competitor, Colio… just like supporting something or someone, doesn’t mean one works for them.

kay henry

Gats,

People can make up an email and a nick and avatar, but it’s pretty easy to tell who the multiples are due to their spelling and grammar… not to mention their IP address

kay henry

Peachy,

I am kay henry- the other person is henry kaye :o) And I follow noone

bennido- all these people say different things- one minute they are saying “multiple stream of income”; the next they are saying diversification is risky or whatever. One says “don’t be in the herd…” and then you have a million investors mooing “I am not in the…[Read more]

Dragons,

There’s a number of courses that are a mixture of accounting and property, such as this:

http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/propertyeconomics/courses_structure.html

… and this…

http://graduate.unimelblaw.com.au/gradlaw2004.nsf/2003archives/730-655-2003?opendocument

Many subjects might be in different areas- some specifically…[Read more]

Ole,

I’m a renter, but I would own my own home if I could afford it. I took the investment property road, and I pay cheap rent, but having one’s own home- well, it has to be a good thing :o) As for paying 350k for a home… well, it depends on where you live, but 350k is a modest home in many parts of Australia now. for example, in sydney, that…[Read more]

rjk,

Here’s an article which discusses manydemographic details of Katanning, including population, age distribution, industry/employment, education, … plus lots of stuff about the issues facing the town. It says that the trend of the leaving of youth from Katanning is second only to Broken Hill. for those interested, Katanning has a population…[Read more]

Jaffa,

I actually think you can read the whole mag online for free.

kay henry

Beachfront,

A quick look at that site, suggests it is lease options they’re talking about? And they’re targetting people who earn 46k per year (the average aussie wage) with a challenged credit history… so I guess many of the eligible won;t be traditional wrap clients.

kay henry

A lid?

kay henry

Well, if you pay $1000 for a course… and $200 of that is deductible, and you are on the highest taxable income @50% tax, you get back $100 = 10% of the cost. That’s kind of like an argument for negative gearing. I think RE education *is* free- on forums like this, and by reading whatever one can lay one’s hands on, including media articles.

If…[Read more]

Well, the crest, as long as the original author doesn’t mind, and feels as if his quesiton has been answered… some topics wax and wane. That’s usually ok.

kay henry