I used to volunteer at a couple of places. One was a local intellectually handicapped school, and i used to go there at lunchtime one a week and play with the kids in the playground.
Give the teachers a hand, let them take a break. There were still teachers on duty though of course. it was really rewarding. Man, they *really* get to love you and…[Read more]

hi powmow,

I’m glad I was wrong!!
(let’s see if he turns up on neighbours though, OK???!!)

Maybe the real talent will have a chance! Well, now my money’s really on the three that can really sing, with Guy being my pick….

cheers-
Mini

i’ve learned….that happiness is a choice

(my variation of the ‘two men look out a window, one sees mud, one sees stars’ saying)

cheers-
Mini

OK here’s another really good one….

http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/AIDS_Contract.html

Strecker thinks so, too…

http://www.sonic.net/~doretk/ArchiveARCHIVE/Aids/6.Strecker%20Memo.html

yay, some people replied. Yeah well, I agree – very disturbing.
westan – “how will history judge our good friend the USA?”

I think that the truth – the real truth – will eventually come out.
And you’re right – it is brave to poke one’s head out and speak about an unpopular view, no matter what it is.

I think I’ll just continue to care, continue…[Read more]

hi peter!

re: “making contracts ‘subject to approval of my business partner’. Then he says ‘what they don’t know is my business partner is my cat’!
This sort of stuff is an insult to the reader’s intelligence. And what does it say about ethics & integrity?”

hmmmm…..that’s like asking the question, whether it’s ethical to
give yourself an ‘out’…[Read more]

Very good article thanks Marc

Maybe now is the time to buy shares in Dolf’s company before they are floated???

re: recommending people to my lawyer…

just had a conversation with him, making sure it was cool for me to continue to send people his way.

Yes, BUT!…came the answer….

with the request that anyone further i recommend to him has the following in place….

a) phone, email, and fax – essential to have these. if this is obvious to you, cool,…[Read more]

really?? i can’t believe you said Shannon. I think he’s the weakest by a long way. i think Guy is the one with the talent, whether he wins or not is up to the voting public (read: teen girls) will go for him…..though…but if it were up to me and the judges, he would win. He’s the real thing and as good as craig david et al…

i reckon the…[Read more]

well it sounds like I need to check out some different banks!!!
be heaps easier if i could do it all online….

re; everyone who asked for my lawyer’s address, I’ve emailed you so feel free to take your email addresses off the forums if you want.

cheers-
mini

kristine – re the bank account – i opened up a NZ bank account so my rent(s) get banked into it. It’s linked to a (NZ) credit card and also an eftpos card so if I want I can get money out of a hole in the wall in Aus. Or just stick it on the credit card and use that for purchases.

Telegraphic transfers are of course good for large sums but you…[Read more]

Hi Kristine,

re doing due diligence, by that I really meant builder’s report, LIM report, etc. Seeing as that costs money, say $330 per builder’s report and $150 for LIM you wouldn’t imagine doing that on every property you may or may not buy. I think the finder’s fee is to find and negotiate the property.

Basically you’d just do the due…[Read more]

He was an existentialist, along wth Jean Paul Sartre et al

A friend of mine who had it and doesn’t now – swears by vitamin B shots in the bum as being a key factor in her recovery. She still does it today.
I know it’s a bit hollywood (you want something stronger with that?) but apparently you can get ’em here.

Also eating an extremely high-vibrational diet she says helped too.

richmastery.co.nz

I know someone who bought a place from them (auckland suburbs, CF positive, quite a good upcoming part of town)
and was happy with it. Said as he doesn’t have time to look himself he was happy to pay the 3-5 k finder’s fee. You often don’t get much time to do the due diligence on these deals though.

cheers-
Mini

hi there

I think it majorly depends on your market niche.
However polished floorboards, if you have them underneath, wins for any market niche i reckon, almost impossible to damage long-term – burns etc can just be polished out. Or entire boards can be replaced.hard wearing, looks great. Can be cold though if you don’t have under-floor…[Read more]

” this must be below what it sold for originally? ”

yeah so much for capital gain?
buy an apartment which loses money from day one and then lose more when you sell it at a loss.

On on of the richmastery videos, they had a speaker who is a Sydney developer. He says if you buy apartments with A-grade locations ie. water, views, north facing,…[Read more]

oh man!! Not this again!!!

Have you noticed that whenever someone disses a competitor …..um, oh well, I just beat myself to the punchline.

some recent examples…

‘A’ property investing mag disses ‘B’ property investing mag

‘A’ web-site offering properties for a finder’s fee disses ‘B’ website offering properties for a finder’s fee

‘A’…[Read more]

C2 oh yes the dreaded yew-ess-aye

“they owe UN peace keeping fees that are equivilant to all the other UN peace keeping nations put together. ”

haha, that makes sense, it’s kind of like how if you crashed your last three cars your insurance premium goes up…

hi peter p,

“Acting naive might be fun to catch out shifty agents, but isn’t it better to convey a professional approach? ”

I *was* pretty naive (give or take two seminars and a calculator!) when I was looking to buy my first IP so it wasn’t that much of an act!! And as far as a professional approach goes….after overhearing me on the phone, my…[Read more]