Bassla, I thought Trust Magic, and Dale’s other manual Tax Battles were a must have. My Uncle borrowed them, and has since purchased both of them also for himself.

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Shushar, yes, the Buyer Beware templates are Steve’s ‘due diligence’ pack that he sells on this site.

I presume that is what yoda is referring to when he/she mentions the ‘templates’.

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Originally posted by p0sitiveCasHfl0w:
Frank Farina, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka, Brett Emerton… LOL

Some of these guys don’t even want to play soccer for their country!

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Yes. She definitely made the right decision I thought when I read that at the end.

I missed a bit though – did she just decide, or had she had some info brought in?

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Well my first question is why did this person ‘get nothing’? There was lots there to ‘get’, but again it’s the individuals who make the decision to implement or not. I think they say it’s something like 5-10% who will implement, the rest will come up with reasons why they didn’t.

Here are some articles regarding the decision by creditors to…[Read more]

Sorry James, I’m not interested in justifying myself to you, or explaining what I do or don’t do.

You have your opinion, and you’re welcome to do it. Having never ‘been there, done that’ I refuse to accept your opinion, but I am not going to try to convince you otherwise.

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AMS, OK, it may not have been a law, but the ATO definitely changed the rules.

Probably for the 01/02 return as that’s the last return I’ve done.

Kitchen cupboards, shower screens, I think mirrored wardrobes(?), and quite a few other STUPID items are now deemed as ‘part of the building’ by the ATO, and therefore only depreciable at the 2.5%…[Read more]

Historically serviced apartments have not shown much growth – a bit hard to take when the rest of the area is booming[V]

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Knew I’d find one if I looked

http://finance.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8727414%255E462,00.html

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/18/1077072711765.html

I think it pays not to fall out with your siblings when big money is at stake!!

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Speaking of HK (which we weren’t really). The creditors voted to liquidate!! Outvoted by 3 votes.

The administrator thinks that the creditors are a bunch of idiots. I agree. They think they are ‘teaching Henry a lesson’ by liquidating, but in doing so they don’t get any money back at all.

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Westan,

Aussie girls beat Kiwi girls 2-0 in Soccer yesterday!

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PG, you gotta be careful. I see there’s now a ‘futurepropertyguru’ posting.

Maybe he’s after your title?

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No Penguin, that’s about what I would do.

You definitely need to see a broker first, to establish what range you can buy in. There’s no point looking at $300K houses when you can only afford to buy a $200K place.

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Wow. I must say our three liners take much less time []

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Well spotted Muppet. Congrats Steve.

Hey Muppet, do you reckon he’ll make it ‘down here’ to forum fun to read his congratulatory post?

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Steven said what I was about to add. When/if you contact the vendor, let them know that the agent refused to present the offer. They might begin to wonder how many other offers have not been presented.

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I believe that the agent is obligated to present all offers. Not sure if it’s the same in all states. A quick call to the REI in your state would clear that up.

If the answer is yes, then call the agency and speak to the principal and inform them that one of their agents has refused to present an offer to their vendor. Unless they are that…[Read more]

Possible career paths = anything that you might enjoy doing for a time that will earn you money to put towards investing.

I don’t think there are any ‘special’ ones that will help more than others. I wouldn’t be a RE Agent for quids.

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Penguin Jr

A tender is sort of similar to an auction. You go to see the house, you do all your inspections/research, and you submit a sealed bid to the agent. You don’t know until the closing date whether or not you have won, and unlike auctions, you don’t get a chance to increase your bid. I think it’s this reason that some agents push them…[Read more]

Tom, you will probably need to start saving as much as you can so that you need to borrow less.

However, you also need to have a life, so don’t forget that Uni is supposed to also be fun.

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