never attempt to renovate whilst drunk. seemed like a good idea at the time, but the paint job was crap and i had to do it again.
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shaun

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i’m coming up to darwin in june to check my ip, am happy to meet up with you guys (and girls?) and let you in on a few things that i learnt the hard way.
just email me if you want to catch up.
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shaun

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Good one you steve,
i for one am glad someone did something about it. i respected her opinions, but at times they were a bit harsh. on more than one occasion i was tempted to tell her what i thought. she made the mistake of posting messages that were personal, not logical nor really helpfull.
just my thoughts
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shaun

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i have an ip in darwin, i pay 764 in council rates a year. this is standard for all units in darwin.
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shaun

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i liked steves news letter the three p’s certainly make sense.
my only problem is i want it all now!!,
but as they say time in the market is all you can do… for the moment.
the plan is in place ie company and unit trust set up, 2 ip’s plus my ppor.
the purpose is the z3 bmw convertable plus a new house to park it in,
2 more years,, and i should…[Read more]

my mistake, thought he was talking about a company. i will contact the ato today and see what they can do for me.
cheers mate
shaun

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just set up a company.. and no you dont need an ABN, however the bank will NOT release funds from a company account without an ABN. I know what you are all thinking, but myself and 2 others who set up a company at the same time all had this problem. this was two – three weeks ago, and i am still waiting on the ABN.
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shaun

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same thing happened to me.
had two places valued 3 months after the last valuation. one came in 45k more than i expected with no work done on it. the other one had capital growth of 8% in the last quarter, and i even had the RE agent go with the valuer. place was revalued at 2k more than what i purchased at.
i spoke to my mortgage broker who has…[Read more]

i liked it!propertyguru,
am going to copy it and put it on my wall at work
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shaun

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i just had the same thing happen to me.
what i did:
50 dollars bought me 50 kilos of fab laundry detergent.
split it into 3 kilo bags (the sealable type i already had at home)
sold 3 kilo bags for 10 dollars down at the woolies carpark on the weekend.
16 x 3 kilo bags (@ 10 dollars)= 160 dollars
50 dollars given to charity (the salvo’s)
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i do remember hearing something from the reno kings once. and they had a formula for ip’s. it was something like dont spend more than 3% of the purchase price on a kitchen etc. i dont know their web page. but i would be worth checking out.
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shaun

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you will only get one third each… you are in a partnership. if you were in a trust then you could divert it to the person who needed it most.
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shaun

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i got a valuation done 3 months ago, as the block of units are unique to the street, there was no information. i then did research on the area, same number of bedrooms, area size etc. handed it to the valuer (who didnt care) valuation came in 150k. three months later place has been revalued through a new bank valuation 195k!. i hadnt done any…[Read more]

i would always get a QS in. if it costs you 400 dollars to have it done, and the report comes back with only 1000 dollars worth of depreciation a year, thats still 1000 dollars.
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shaun

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its 12 months and 1 day.
it was on one of these threads a couple of months ago.
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shaun

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another thing with 1 beddy units. make sure there ISNT A PHONE BOX OUT THE FRONT. trust me on this. at 105 p/w the area is more than likely where the low income earners live. with a phone box out the front, theres yelling and fights etc at all hours of the night, cars were getting broken into and general mayhem as they congregated around the…[Read more]

i wouldnt give out the location.
however some info would be nice ie:
the general location (outback sa etc)
purchase cost
capital growth
tenancy vacancy rate
expected rent
body corp/council rates etc.
i may be interested.
am happy to pay for information after that, if its what i am looking for.
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shaun

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i have to agree with chan$ on this one, i use rentcover and have found them very helpfull.
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shaun

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i did my first deal on an ip in darwin sight unseen.
as i had been in darwin 3 months earlier and had looked around, that and i had lived there for years. i had a good idea of suburbs etc.
problems i had were,
RE agent told me the rent was under value by 20 p/w, i should have rung other agents to confirm, (i didnt)
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BlackJack.
i have an IP in darwin, but live in canberra.
ring Alliance Realty. they have been really good to me. lower management costs than the others as well. have had things break in the place and they ring me right away, and are onto it first thing.
i dont have their number on me. but email me if you want it and i will get it for…[Read more]