The valves in my kids drink cups are too small to clean properly with the bristles on the bottle brush so I clean them by soaking in Coke overnight. In the morning they rinse clean without any trouble. Now that I see what I have written it seems very scary indeed.

Cheers
Sonja

I only have one IP and guess that I’m very fortunate at the PM team (two people) that look after it are fantastic. We have been with them for about 4 years and they are like friends.

As we live about 6 hrs away they send us photos with their inspection reports. With the monthly statement they send us a newsletter updating us on their office,…[Read more]

I grew up with powerlines on our property (two legs of the tower on our side of the fence and two nextdoor on electricity commission land). Personally, now that I’ve left home, I will not live under them again. Once they fell down and smashed the windscreen on my car – lucky we were all inside at the time. Of course the electricity commission…[Read more]

I don’t know SA at all but my first suggestion would be to look outside of Adelaide. There are people from SA on this forum – even a group of investors that was/is? meeting in Adelaide if I recall correctly. Try doing a search & see what comes up.

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Sonja

I sort of assumed that you all knew each other from the way it read. Mainly it was Peter LonelySingleMan with his 5 posts that threw me. I sort of thought that he sounded like a mad stalker who had developed an infatuation with a photo. Obviously I’m a bit naieve. Once again, very amusing thread… I’m catching on… I hope.

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Sonja

Does anyone else find this whole thread totally bizzare? I don’t know if I should be laughing or have genuine concerns about some of the posts…

Maybe you all know each other and I’m missing something…

Either way, it makes for some very entertaining reading!

Sonja

BTW where do I go to look at members pics? Didn’t even know about this.

OK, this thread got really deep and heavy but I had a good laugh at the purple bath tangent! I must admit that I also like purple baths – most things purple in fact.

The definiton of success is subjective but, for me, right now, I’d feel pretty successful if I could just remember what it was that I was about to do next…

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Sonja

Hi again,

Just thought that I’d let you know that I decided not to go with that particular deal but still find the idea of properties that include a combo of commercial and residential interesting. Any general info on financing this sort of deal would be appreciated. How do you know if it is a residential or commercial loan? Is there any…[Read more]

OK… can anyone tell me what it is? I get the idea that someone else owns the land but that eventually, somehow, it has the potential to become yours. Is this on the right track? Anyone have any idea about this?

Thanks
Sonja

Yes, it is in a small town (pop approx 1000) but near a larger rural centre. I am aware that, for finance, this is not as important as the postcode. No way that I would sign without finance but thanks for looking out for me. The wierdest thing is that the vendor wants a 1 yr lease on the shop (at 100 p/w) so that he can stay there 2 or 3 times…[Read more]

140p/w from the shop & sheds, 260p/w from the flats…

Never heard of them but… if you feel that something is dodgy it probably is, in my experience anyway.

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Sonja

We’ve only bought one property but our solicitor arranged both the building and pest inspections for us. I felt this was the best option as we lived a long way from the property and it is supposed to be the solicitors job to look after our interests.

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Sonja

Apart from being a bit on the low side, is it safe to say that the land value given by the council is close to accurate?

I ask because there is a block of land that I like but think the vendors want an unrealistic price (asking 140k) considering the council said it was valued at 77k and it would cost an extra 25k to dig under the road and connect…[Read more]

Thanks for your ideas everyone. I was trying to get a bit of an idea as to how these things work. Just one question for Rob though. Out of curiosity, who are HSBC???

Regards
Sonja

I live in rural NSW and know of a property in town that fits the 11 second rule (asking price 100k return 200p/w) on the market at the moment. I am not able to follow up on it as I’m busy with something else at the moment and not an experienced investor (each single deal takes most of my spare time and $$$) but these deals do come up more often…[Read more]

I’ve recently moved from Sydney to Leeton NSW.

Sonja

Yes, Google is a good friend!

I got the CD set as a result of a seminar that I went to in July 2003. The seminar was by Peter Flanagan and one of the promised bonuses was an ongoing CD turorial by him. However, for reasons that were not given to me, this was replaced by the Warren Borsje 6 CD set.

Sonja

You seem to have realised that there is a better way to live and believe that you can achieve it. If I am to believe what I am told most people don’t get that far. So you are way ahead of them. Keep your eyes, ears and mind open. Set goals, make plans and don’t give up.

Best of luck to you
Sonja

Some things are worth more than money. In my opinion one of them would be my own home. Somewhere that I can’t be evicted from because it is being demolished to build a duplex/the owners son is comming back from overseas or whatever reason or whim strikes the owner of my rented “home”.

I want my kids to grow up in one place – last two moves…[Read more]