i AGREE.

Why get all worried about whats happening in another country or whats happening down the street, the only thing people should be interested in is how they are going to make another dollar and what changes they need to make to there life/business etc to keep turning the wheels.

If Japan goes down then all these negative people will probably help Australia follow as they have been talking negative so long and will probably make a snowball effect, why talk negative, I don't see the point, talk postive and help the economy go ahead, it is better for everyone.

Remember a few years ago, USA was the big talk, it's gonna colapse it will never recover, bla bla, look at it now it's in recovery mode, then Europe was the big talk, plenty of my mates that live there say they have plenty of work on and making plenty of money, Then Australia mining was the big talk, it's going to collapse Au, what a load of C.ap, sure its going down but it will not collapse, now Japan is the big talk, where to next, Who cares, just talk positive and make money you negative people or just talk negative and live negative, I no which one I would rather choose.

Its like the Gold Coast, Half price properties, 50% shaved off Gold Coast homes, what a load of cr.p, yea 50% was shaved of some of the over priced homes which were bought in the peak of 2007 and the people paid way to much for them, but there was not many at this price, some apartments also had a good hit but there was an over supply of them, some areas of the Gold Coast did not see any decline and actually increased in value but you did not hear about this from the negative, and some suburbs seen only around 10% reduction but then a lot of suburbs Au wide seen 10% discounts, its just the media etc making the stories sound extreme but it is a load of rubbish, now only a few years on we are starting to hear that the Gold Coast is making a come back, prices are recovering, to be honest I see more money to be made on the Gold Coast than in any other city over the next few years, there is lots starting to happen here.

So people don't get worried about what is happening in Japan, just work out what is happening around you and how you can make money etc.

Think about it, if Japan went bust today, how would it effect you, it probably won't other than you getting worried over something that doesn't effect you.

It's like the elections, why do some people wait to see what is going to happen before they commit to anything, what ever happans happans and we all still need to push forward otherwise we will be stuck in behind closed doors all our lifes.

I have been over charged several times and had money refunded, best to check although I rarely do. Due to check again actually 

tanner just because one or two people say Gold Coast is a dud it does not mean that it is, I have been investing here since 2008 and I have my ear close to the ground all day every day and currently things are changing and values are going to increase, there are some suburbs that  have been booming on the Gold Coast over the past 12-15 months and most people wouldn't have a clue it is happening other than the people watching or living in these suburbs, I no of one suburb that you drive around the streets and all you see is sold signs every where and this suburb has been increasing in value for some time now.

As god of money points out there is the new Gold Coast university hospital which will be complete in September which cost $1.8 billion dollars to build and the hospital is the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, what will this do to values? 

I hear there is a private hospital to be built along side.

Griffith university is also doubling in size, mmm where will these people live.

pacific fair is having a $500 million make over. Surfers through to mermaid beach is going to be transformed as well, money will be spent to transform Gold Coast hwy.

There is $90 billion currently being splashed around or will be.

$1 billion jewel towers to be constructed.

possible new cruise terminal.

mayor Tom Tate says he is expecting to see at least 12 cranes in the air in the next 12 months.

Tom has reduced infrastructure charges to increase building activity, in some cases 100% discount.

gold coast house values increased 7.4% over the last 12 months on average.

gold coast turned about mid 2012.

go try buy a house and you will find you have competition.

i was at a auction last week, average house 3 bed had 40 people at the on site auction with 7 or 8 bidders, sold under the hammer, vehicles were slowing when passing to see what was going on, people were cued on the street.

most people are behind the eight ball and you will still hear people bagging Gold Coast but things are changing.

prices have been hit here but you watch when they rebound, yea you would of heard 50% slashed blah blah but this is mainly apartments or high valued properties or properties where people have over paid, some properties never dropped in value at all and some even increased in value, I just picked up 65% profit on a property I bought a few years ago, I bought in the resession and sold in a worse market than I bought in and still made 65%. Right now is the time to buy on the Gold Coast because 2014 will be to late in most the good suburbs.

they say when the Gold Coast booms it booms and when it busts it busts which is very true, and as I believe we are out of the bust and just starting to gear up at the bottom which is the place to be.

to many positives for it not to increase in value.