Hi Matt,I have sent you a Private Message.

Hi Tomara,I dont deal with those areas however i can put together some growth charts etc for you if you want.Just let me know if I can help.Best to email me on the address in my signature as i dont come on here much anymore.

More cons than pros in my opinion, however they do tend to be cheap and can be situated in good areas close to water.Finance and resale are difficult. What look like great returns can be eaten up by undisclosed outgoings, particularly in holiday let scenarios. If there is an extraordinary amount for sale in the same block, there will be a reason…[Read more]

Hi Tremelo,Send a an email or or a private message detailing the property and i will give you a CMA for the area and can give you an idea on whether you are paying the right money, what resales in the area have been etc…oh and don't worry I don't deal in Brisbane CBD so wont try to sell you anything.

There was an article in the courier mail,I think, last week saying the rental shortage has blown rents out to up to $650 pw.

Hi Shannon,The agent has to submit all offers, that's all there is to it. Does not matter one iota what the terms are he must submit it.Going to Auction is not  a factor and without knowing anything about the property, if i was the vendor and it is a reasonable offer, I would be quite happy to negotiate regardless.

Beautiful area, a tiny bit remote but more and more amenities seem to pop up. I ride my bike through there every now and then and am amazed at the growth. I believe there have been a few resales in the time it's been going, nothing too unusual. PRD really nailed it at the beginning with the marketing and it was a pet project of the brothers.The…[Read more]

Hi Ankit,Where is your property, if in  Qld I can suggest a couple for you. It will only take a few days at most. Never too late to get one done.

Hi Kyla,I can tell you that a) plenty of people are waiting to see what is happening b) with my clients at least, still plenty of Interest. For some reason I seem to be getting a lot of enquiry from South Australia all of a sudden. Victorians are signing the contracts though, they seem to make the decision a little quicker. Sydney has completely…[Read more]

Hi Nit,Not sure if you are aware and I have only heard and not read yet, but the  insulation rebate for rental properties is apparently about to go up to $1600 – assuming your townhouse is a rental and not PPOR. May make a difference to your decision making.

AndrewBuysHouses wrote:
One thing we like to do with agents who are prone to say whatever crosses their mind at the time, is write down what they say about a property as they say it, and then ask him to sign that piece of paper as a record of everything he's said.  If they're honest then it won't be a problem for them.  If they've lied through t…[Read more]

JBJ,I can only hope  it gets sorted as soon as possible for you, the stress on top of everything else is really not needed. The guy sounds like what I call a professional tenant – knows just what he can get away with. WJHooker has a point in the fact it will soon be a distant memory. One of my tenants did the same kind of thing and when we…[Read more]

Hi rekooh01,I was given and subsequently put together some information on Chinchilla, for a client of mine who looking to purchase there. I guess it would probably apply to Dalby as well, regarding the area and whats going on there. There was quite a bit of information and links. I would be more than happy to pass it on for you to have a look at.…[Read more]

Hi Jaffasoft,Well it's pretty plain english, it's just that there's a lot of english. Basically it is what the title says, all major infrastructure development going on in my corner of the world. Broken down for investors and end users a like. It is pretty heavy going to just sit down and read for the sake of reading. However if you are looking at…[Read more]

I have lost a few deals due to the need of underpinning and while I cant give exact figures, some of the tproperties that were effected only had "a corner "affected and it ran into the tens of thousands, these had a much smaller footprint than a house. That was a few years back and i do believe the methods have changed/improved. My advice is tread…[Read more]

Hi Live Life,I have never been involved with Surfers Paradise apartments and am likely never going too. If I want a rollercoaster ride, I'll just go to Dreamworld, it's a lot cheaper. Azzura Paradise:  http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/01/25/7093_gold-coast-business.html admittedly this article is fairly old now, but as i say i don't…[Read more]

always ask, the worst that can happen is they  say no.

I notice it has been sold now, but the problem I See with what you are saying is the "i should be able to sell it off at $380K", unless you have a crystal ball, you just cant rely on that, and with the 18K profit there is enough ifs and but's to land you in the negatives. be careful.

My opinion was , as i read more and more of your post, that the agent had a vested interest in getting some one the house, such as a relative or friend. Unfortunately it is REA like this that give the honest ones the rep we undeservedly get labelled with – well the majority of REA don't deserve it.Claims can be made and complaints laid, but…[Read more]

ha, yes I agree wholeheartedly with you Richard, of course my legs were thirty five or so years younger then.