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Rugby
I don’t think you’ve “lost the vision”. I think you’re “entitled to your perspective”
)As for me, I enjoy the discussions and the perspectives. I don’t want to hear just one perspective that puts you down if you think differently.
When you discuss reality – you are discussing “your” reality, and that’s really important. I would much rather hear about people’s REAL life, than mere dogma.
kay henry
Mel,
You “control” more than 3 million bucks real estate? You must be bloody good for a loan [
]kay henry
Well, you know me, Pisces- it sucks being a “bleeding heart”, but what can I tell you
I tend to think we can justify anything. For example, we can justify jobs going offshore- as Testra is about to do- lose 400 australian jobs because they want to pay poorer wages to Indians. For me, it’s hard to justify profits over people.
Regarding repo RE, Pisces- I can see what you’re saying. I have made decisions not to deal in the pensioner market, nor the wrapping market, nor the “old guy who doesn;t know what his house is worth” market. Nor the “death, divorce, drought” market.
I think if a house was under foreclosure, I wouldn’t be able to feel happy about the purchase. I can’t bear human suffering. [
]I think i would have to give someone who had foreclosed absolute market value for their place. That would be truly “helping” their situation. Firesale prices really only help us- not the person who is down on their luck.
kay henry
elves,
Yeah, I wonder how aged pensioners could afford $150 a week too. And if the coy is going to subsidise them for 25 years… well, you’d have to hope the coy would be around that long… I wonder what it would be like for them- living in parkes… how many facilities for ages people would there be there? And i wonder how the coy finds them! Advertises in the local pensioner mags?? It all seems a bit sad to me.
Pisces- yes, it’s a record [
]kay henry
mano,
I am not sure I use the model of “practice” and “person”. I only think about practice- the individuals who do it are pretty much irrelevant to me.
If people chose to provide rates equal to average market bank finance (to “help” first homebuyers) to own their own homes- god, i would be the first to applaud that kind of charity.
If they also found cheap homes (without ripping off the vendor from whom they bought it- probably some poor old guy who doesn’t know what his house is worth, or someone who just got divorced and needs to sell up), and they then onsold the house to the wrappee for the same amount paid for purchase- then I would also applaud the lovely form of charity of putting people into their first home.
See? I have no problem with helping out first homebuyers- and no doubt they would be incredibly appreciative of this kind of assistance. I guess it would be a way for people -who beceme millionaires from the property boom- to give back something to others who want to get into their own homes.
so mano- for me, it is not about who does wrapping- if my mother did it, I’d still despise it.
Provide housing at market rates of interest, and provide a home to first homebuyers at the amount you paid for it. Then I might change my opinion
Oh, and by the way… not all of us are hypnotised by the “hype” on tv… some of us just think independently, and others agree. if I wanted to be popularist, I’d be silent about the things that i feel are important. but they seem so important, that I feel I need to speak. The media has nothing to do with it. the media just is a part of me reading 4 newspapers a day, reading articles all over the web etc etc- the “due diligence” of reading all the perspectives i can lay my hands on.
kay henry
Wouldn’t it be good if these salespeople- for example, amway- were buy and hold? Why do they wanna flip their goods onto us?
Financial freedom comes in many ways. it’s amazing that people think if they have ten pozz cashflow houses, they’ll be financially free. i have much more income working in a job than i will ever get from RE. I also have things like:
* social contact
* development and use of skills
* respect from colleagues and others I work with
* satisfaction of completion of projects etc…Why are people all trying to quit the workforce? what are ya gonna do then? (this is serious folks- I know you might have visions of floating down the riviera- but really…)
Employment can offer us many things in life. We can have employment PLUS investments- it isn’t so bad
)kay henry
Elysium,
In the likely risk of being chucked off, I’ll pvt msg you re your question :o) Suffice to say nothing I would be involved in would be sinister, and I guess risque is in the eye of the beholder
) I just like going out, dressing up and hanging with my friends. The places I go would be no more sinister than so0me of the property seminars that people attend Now some of them- totally scarey!kay henry
Bearsy,
I tend to think that people make inquiries but don;t necessarily follow through with them. How many times do we ring RE agents to ask about a property, but we don’t follow through? Quite a few times, I think. Remember too, that some people are “plants”. They will be trying to find out what you know, who you are, who aligns with you, etc. those who are legitimate, will be the ones who are open and transparent. But just asking people to email you- well, who knows who they are? This place is full of plants.
bears- it’s always hard to work independently. People might be scared that if something went wrong- and they buy a lemon- and regret their purchase- that they won’t know what to do. I guess it’s about people building a relationship with you- you having a coffee with them or whatever- so they can see who you are and what you can do for them- they will be paying money to you after all. Trust has to be *built* before people will pass over money.
But i wish you the best of luck with what you’re doing, Bears. You seem like a nice guy
kay henry
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