Wish I could help you out there Patrick but as you can see I had to settle for Garfield…

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Sonja

Marc is a very approachable guy. If you want to contact him directly just click on the e-mail or PM icons at the bottom of his post and ask away. I am sure he won’t mind. I was aware that he had a comprehensive knowledge of Centrelink policies but didn’t know he actually worked there.

I wish you the best of luck and have no doubt that there…[Read more]

I think I recall someone that posts here who runs an investors club in Adelaide. Maybe Summo I think? Does anyone else remember? Summo are you out there?

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Sonja

Jo, it seems like you have a link to everything. Your research skills are amazing!!!

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Sonja

Mine was originaly Ray White and is now First National. Big one taken over by another big one… but the staff stayed the same and have always been wonderful.

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Sonja

Every month in the mail (ie hard copy – on paper) I get a rent statement/report. This outlines rent payed in, expenses paid out and the balance which is transferred to our bank account. Together with this my PM sends any invoices (eg this month the seal on the oven door needed repairing) and a newsletter that keeps me up to date with whaat is…[Read more]

Vendors Transfer Tax.

I know it exists but can anyone tell me more than that?

Also how do you register as a property trader? This is a new concept to me.

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Sonja

Yep that is definitely an option that I have considered. Licenced builders are a bit thin on the ground out here so it would involve a bit of a wait. But still a good plan.

I just got the impression from one of the comments above that perhaps I’m not quite so limited as an owner builder as I thought. If I was able to do it this way it would…[Read more]

I have just completed an owner builders course but have yet to actually apply for my licence and start a project.

My understanding of it was that I am limited to one building per 5 yrs. That may be either a single dwelling (if I live in it) or a duplex (if I live in one half I can then rent/sell the other half) – and that is the limit.

This is…[Read more]

Yeah, like I said…

I think I’ll just lurk in the background – for a while anyway. Too much on my mind at the moment…

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Sonja

It makes sense to me that only the creator can write the appropriate instruction manual. For washing machines or otherwise…

There is only one creator.

I know that if I’d followed God’s instructions for living (as outlined in the Bible) I would have saved myself a whole truckload of grief over my lifetime. That is my belief for what it is…[Read more]

Hi Greg,

Maybe I’m really naieve but are you serious about “who the hell is this Steve McNight guy?”?

He runs this site besides anything else.

Sorry if it was a joke I didn’t get – I’ve had a bit of a rough time this past week or so and don’t see the funny side of much lately.

Sounds like a really good seminar. North Blackburn is in Melbourne…[Read more]

Hi Jo and thanks again for another interesting link!

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Sonja

hmmmmmmm… It’s a shame but true. I guess I’ll remove mine too. I really liked this thread though.

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Yeah Wallflower, it was a pretty sad state of affairs but it was a long while ago (Don’t know how I survived my late teens really). I thought I’d inflict the story on you guys to illustrate one of the reasons I’m wary of taxi drivers (and because I seem to have fits of compulsive posting every now and then). It also makes carrying large amounts…[Read more]

Can’t remember who or where but once upon a time I was whinging about it “just not being fair” and this person told me that “fair” was not a valid concept. If you expect things in life to be fair then you are bound for dissapointment at the very best. Good things happen and bad things happen some you are responsible for, some you are not.

My…[Read more]

Yes, obviously, even in the depression there were still some people spending money. My great-grandfather was a very gifted painter and decorator. Throughout the depression he still earned enough to wine and dine his mistresses and drive them around in his new car (while his wife and five children went hungry and walked everywhere. To this day…[Read more]

I have met the guy who founded this chat club and one of the guys who does a lot of work involved with running it. I met them at a PI seminar just over a year ago. Although I can’t speak for the many members of the club I believe the organisers are genuine and on the level.

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Just on the topic of taxi drivers… (sorry to the many honest and hard working ones out there).

<Sorry everyone but I’ve decided to edit the details of the story. Basically a taxi driver took us the long way home when we were too out of it to save ourselves.>

Our fare was about five times what it usually would have been but it was a lesson.…[Read more]

Gotta agree with Steve…

God is always right…

I love to see Biblical quotes used in context!

Sorry for the loss Newgen, sounds like you’re having a rough time. There are heaps of honest people out there – here’s hoping one of them helps you out.

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Sonja