*gross out alert*

ironing rich people’s underpants in london with, um, nasty marks on them

I didn’t mind the ironing, really, at the time, it was just the underpants i minded

oh yeah once I had to sing an ad, to which the lyric went

” at the vacuum cleaner specialists, SUCTION CENTRES!!!’

of course it was the one that aired for a thousand…[Read more]

I don’t use ’em either

i don’t even know how
(don’t tell me!!)

ok go!

steve od

you should go to the sydney or melbourne one….flights are relatively cheap these days aren’t they? I went down from syd to melbourne with my dad to the last APIM one and it was great.!
Specially more fun to go to it in a different city and stay in a hoey and eat out and stuff.

cheers-
Mini

hi westan,

sure did, thanks – i wrote you a longish email back, did you get it? all of you look gorgeous!!! great to put a face to a name with muppet too!!!
I am bummed i couldn;t be there (byron was great though – am heading back there tomorrow for three daze, yeh!)
yeh bridgette is doing amazing stuff, i am trying to talk her into coming to the…[Read more]

Bridgette!! yay!! you’re a landowner!! Cool!!
(and doesn’t that just make a huge psychological difference to one’s life???!!!)
To know you own your own little piece of turf somewhere!
So proud of you girlfriend!!!!
the next thing is what to do with the land? You could always look into getting a relocation house from somewhere and getting it…[Read more]

c’mon pinit reply….!!

cheers-
Mini

“they have fallen by 27% in Southland.”

re muppet’s post, yes that is true, but that’s what makes Southland and taranaki and wanganui areas the most ‘affordable’ in NZ and the areas where you are most likely to get +ve CF.

Yes it is possible to get +ve CF with cap gain potential (dunedin, waimate, milton, oamaru) but you have to spend a bit more…[Read more]

at steve’s seminar I went to there was this young guy of 20 or 21 called Sam in a suit with a shaved head who steve got to stand up and talk about his first deal. it was something like 35K in bathurst renting for 70 or 80. He spent a few weekends on it renovating and painting and then got the rent up 35 bucks or something. I may have got this…[Read more]

please! – no chat room –

“hi PPL how is everyone tonight”
“good, How R U? grin smily”

*grimace!*

blecccch!!

I agree, the main benefit of a forum is it’s ‘stored energy’.

leigh, you beat me to it!!

I call it the ‘dave model’ and when i read it, i thought, gee, that’s simple, even I can understand it. i’m not going to reinvent the wheel, I’m going to follow it exactly!! I had enough to get the first three freehold, and then fourth one i’m going to start leveraging. i figure i should be able to stay well within 70…[Read more]

hi bridgette,

baby! it’s great to see you here!! yippppeeeeee!!!!!
make sure you do a little looksee on the topic called NZ suburbs in the treasure trove folder, because it’s got heeeeaps of info.

OK yeah tokoroa-
I was semi looking there for a while, at one in particular a while back listed for 30K and rented for 110 a week with sitting tenant,…[Read more]

Hi Aafreen,

good on you for learning all about it. I was clueless a year ago and I did some seminars and read lots of books and listened to tape sets…spent a fortune! My boyfriend thought I was spending too much on education at the time! Now that I’ve bought three IPs and can explain the numbers to any one he totally gets it and it makes sense.…[Read more]

hi Richmond,

*rant alert*

Yeah, I guess, after september 11, that’s when i first realised,
shock!!! oh my gahd, the media is *biased*!!!!!

After that I didn’t take it for granted that the media (I’m talking about mainly TV here) tells the truth.

They care about ratings first….and really they are just showing ‘press releases’ a lot of the…[Read more]

I’m paying 10 percent in two different towns. But that includes letting fees, and full service. No additional costs either except that they mark-up any tradesmen work they supervise on my behalf.

I am really happy with both agents. One has dealt with an insurance claim for me, too.

cheers-
Mini

If a bubble is to burst without any economic indicators changing, then it’s the media’s fault for messing with consumer confidence. However if interest rates rise, that’s a ‘real’ thing that could affect property buyers for sure, and the negative gearing people will be hit the hardest. i.e. 90 percent of property owners. Why – because their…[Read more]

“Low-doc’s loans baffle me, ”

use a mortgage broker and let them do all the bafflement

as a fellow quantas telstra visa card devotee,

i got the same letter. The interest rate shouldn’t concern you, right? because you’re not in any consumer debt, right?
If you are, what the hell are you doing investing in property, huh?
trying to make 10 percent or so from your investment property after expenses (if you’re lucky) and paying out 18…[Read more]

westan and crashy
you’re both too cute

however now that you’re new-best-friends does that mean the end of crashy vs. westan debates?

because i was quite partial to them in a kind of evander versus lennox kind of way

*boof!*

*smack!*

*biff!*

*crunch!*

hey pin,

in reply to –
“Also the thing with +ve geared properties they ONLY put something like $1,000. PER ANNUM in your pocket. (i.e. peanuts.) WHY?? because this is eaten up so fast by EXTRA expenses that you forgot to put into the equation.”

I agree you probably shouldn’t just rush out and buy property if you ‘forgot’ about strata fees,…[Read more]