well their Twitter account has been removed, used to exist though.Located a picture of her on the twitter profile, may have more useful info on the site http://twittercounter.com/NickyMartenhowever with the picture you stand a fair chance of finding her on facebook if there is an accountIf you have any other info at all , associates, place names,…[Read more]

Vivy wrote:
After spending close to $10k, all up, on seminars … I still haven't bought my first IP. After the last "bootcamp" I went to (CCorp, cost $6k … and the lunch was RUBBISH!! I know you dont go there for the lunch but some sustainable brain food wouldve been appreciated. Not tiny crusty sandwiches for 3 days.) well after that, I have…[Read more]

indeed, the builders know the value, have many ways to offload the unit within their trade and know how to remove it quickly and with minimal damage to it, also have the tools to do so, knowledge of the new installs and the site itself.this is why once you find a good builder / installer with a moral compass, keep in touch with them and make them…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
What we try to do if faced with one that has to come down is to get the fire department to burn it down for practice.. thats free. In Detroit the night either before or after Halloween can't remember now what they call it something like devils night. The local Youth will set 300 to 500 vacant homes ablaze that one night alone.…[Read more]

jayhinrichs wrote:
Pat, the land under very low priced houses in the US has negative value.. Its worth nothing and you can be charged with demolishing the house and hauling it to the dump. So take that thought right out of your head.

Seriously ? now i realise that laws may differ from state to state. however i'd like to clarify this further for…[Read more]

yeah with the Auzzie Market land is way over priced, it is worth more than the house in most cases for and 800sqm lot or smaller(there is a lot this size going for about $450,000 near my area and another poor 600sqm lot for $270,000) houses in the area are $370 – $400,000  and Adelaide is supposed to be one of the cheaper cities. if your paying…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,My name is Patrick and i'm from Adelaide in South Australia.I have been a contractor (via an agency) working in IT for many years and have a wife and 3 kids (youngest is 10 weeks old now) as any time off is unpaid, mandatory public holidays are unpaid , sole income earner.. it's a struggle. thus my ventures into the world of property…[Read more]

In regards to HSBC not sure how they perform as a bank, but i have emails from them outright stating that the branches they have in America are actually seperate from the branches here (not one entity).. so i cannot for example:  fill in the paperwork here and have them fax it to their American office for processing.Essentially you face the sa…[Read more]

In Australia a bank will lend up to 50% of the value of existing stock (if purchasing a business)

Not sure about the individual banks myself, but there is more you'll need to know about setting up a bank account and LLC if you are not living in America.http://myusapropertynightmare.wordpress.com/Covers many of the relevant topics and is worth a read.

I agree, for the small scale investor use Excel or similar spread sheet, keep your data for each property in it's own sheet in the workbook.you can use formulas to link data to your summary page or graphs / projections pages if you want to go that far into data analysis.just one BIG thing, keep a backup and keep a backup of that backup… keep…[Read more]

Rockingham when i last lived in Perth was considered by reputation to be an undesireable area to live for crime rate and things like that.Been a long time though, maybe things have changed.. but if there are better areas as suggested that you could be looking in then why take the risk?

I wish it would crash, not being able to afford a place in your own country on a single but good income, is depressing also due to my living arrangements im in a double bind.. if i own property in my name then i will be required to move out of my place due to the public housing rental stipulations.

People like this give us all a bad name in this busines . Please send me a PM I am in the states and Also Jay Hinrichs.I think we can help and know the right people to help you out. This again is a common theme  for people just sending money and not taking into account what is going on. Instead of sitting here telling you what a mistake you made…[Read more]

I think you'll see in hindsight that keeping on paying this guy when he provided no recipts was a mistake, bigger mistake was then assigning him more power over your finances / assetts when he still had not provided anything to prove you could trust him. heck, he probably owned the foreclosed places that he reccomended you buy after raising the…[Read more]

some people want a negative yeild as a tax offset.This may work for you if your looking at reasonable capital gain

mcgrandles wrote:

Pat007 wrote:
for something that complicated i'd seek legal advice in your state, aslo check any federal laws that may overlap and superceede them.

many thanks for your help I'm so screwed up don't know what to do just at the end of my rope property in a good growth area priced to sell nothing to do easy to convert to 4…[Read more]

for something that complicated i'd seek legal advice in your state, aslo check any federal laws that may overlap and superceede them.

v8ghia wrote:
From the 1st talk onw, at the end of each person they said something like ' and the first 300 people here (I think there was only 250!!!) who identify themsleves at the counter in the foyer, can receives my special (insert topic etc blah blah) home study CD program that is worth $15,000, reduced to just $5000, and for today only a…[Read more]

These guys often trade off their reputation.Pick someone your comfortable with who has been established in their area for a long time to avoid any "fly by night" types who are here today and in spain tomorrow. searches on their ABN should show when their company was first listed.