Don't talk about frites, mayonnaise and chocolates  Makes me homesick Where abouts did you go in Belgium?I missed a call from the real estate guy about an hour ago. Very interested to see what he has to say. He knows exactly what my budget is, so why would he bother to ring, he knows I wouldn't be able to go up to 500K or 600K. Unless he's wa…[Read more]

Hi all,Here how the auction went….There were about 15 parties but only 4 that were bidding. All 3 appartments got bids, but they all ended up being passed in. 2 at 400K and the slightly bigger one at 430K. After the first highest bid of 370K the auctioneer got on the phone with the bank and came back putting in an offer on behalf of the vendor o…[Read more]

Hi Kane,Thanks for that. I'm originally from Belgium. My dad passed away in August last year and because I live overseas, the bank has blocked all accounts for up to 7 months (I know ridiculous). I have some money (enough for 10% deposit) sitting in an account they couldn't block, but the rest of the money is still blocked. It has been 6 months…[Read more]

Hi Catalyst,You're right.. I'm being naive. He just wants me to get the auction started. I will be keeping my hands in my pocket, but I will still go and see how the auction goes CheersNath

Hi Mark,Yes, I know… It sounds to good to be true.I wish someone could come and hold my hand Nath

Thank you James,I agree… usually when it's too good to be true, it is.I will go to the auction on Sunday and see what happens. But I think I'm going to keep my hands in my pocket CheersNath

Thank you for your comments.I just came back from my first seminar (Positive Real Estate). I was really surprised about how few people attended. I excpected a full house, but there were only 11 of us. Really interesting though. I feel like I learnt something, which is a good feeling. I'm even more motivated now. On avergare, how much $ would I be…[Read more]

Dear all,Thank you so much for all your responses. I'm getting more and more excited about the whole property investing business.I actually went and bought a few books today (one of them being 0 to 130 properties in 3.5 years – revised edition, and only paid $22.95 ) Also bought Investing in the right property now by Margaret Lomas. This is the…[Read more]

Thank you all very much very your feedback. I still have a few months left before that money is coming my way, so I will spent that time researching, learning, listening, asking, reading…I am going to my first  'Property Investing' seminar on Monday night. Is anybody familiar with Positive Real Estate? They are the people organising the s…[Read more]