HI Renato, i couldn't see anywhere where the sale price is listed, have i missed this or is that your intention?

IS his house on Hawkesbury road Winmalee? If so is it closer to Winmalee Public School or closer to Winmalee High School/

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Sonya

Hi

 is there anything in the wording of the contract regarding the type of service being provided, their obligations as property manager, such as attending to issues of maintenance promptly, carrying out regular property inspections etc. if there is and they have failed to meet their obligations you may have grounds to terminate the contract early.

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Sonya

Now, that's not kind, you nearly gave me a heart attack. I trust that any implementaion of changes is handled better than the insulation and BER debacle. I don't think this government could organise a chook raffle!!! Let me manage the budget, as a single mum with three children I can handle a budget and make it stretch further and get value for money better than any politician or beaurocrat. ( i am sure this is spelt wrong, oh well!)

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Sonya

HI if you are never planning to live in the property then you wnat to get an IO loan. Have you enquired about refinancing your loan on your PPOR. I refinanced and even though i had to pay a ridiculous amount of moeny to do so, i am now sooo much better off with a significant recuction in repayments. I should alos recoup the costs of refinancing within ten months.

The benefits of the offset account is that if you have a loan for $200,000 and you pay $50,000 onto the loan then you are paying interest on $150,00 but you alos  then you have that money locked up in the loan.

If you have a $200,000 loan and you put $50,000 in an offset account then you stull pay interest on $150,000 however you have access to the money whenever you need it.

However, an even better option would be if you could have the offset account against the loan on your PPOR as this is a non tax deductible loan

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Sonya

Put their litter tray in the laundry or less preferably the bathroom or even the toilet where there is a tiled floor. This should limit 'mistakes' I am currently toilet training kittens in our barbeque area, so if they ahve an accident it is no biggie. Anyone wnat a kitten??? LOL

I think 'D's idea is a good one. I agree that cats can be better tenants than chidlren, having said that, make sure that the cat is litter trained and hopefully not male as they are more likely to 'spray' their scent around.

I also agree that you need to ensure that pets are allowed by the body corporate.

i have read a number of articles regarding the benefits to landlords of being pet friendly as there are a number of very good tenants out there who have pets. Some of these people are professional people who even send their pets to 'pet daycare'  whilst they are at work so that they are not home alone casuing damage. (child substitutes i think) if memory serves me correctly there was even a story on this topic on either today tonight or a current affair. you may eb able to google it and see some other effective strategies for securign quality tenants who also happen to be pet owners.

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Sonya

Hey, my cousin had a similair experience in ballarat when looking at a property with her husband. my cousin is  the one who does all the buying and renovating, her husband has his own seperate business. As soon as the agent spoke to her husband he said, 'there's no point talking to me mate, she's the one who will be buying the property'.

having said that, I have bought all my properties  as a single woman or divorced woman and have found the agents to be very happy to talk to me. On the one occasion when I did have my now ex husband with me, the agent spoke with him which left me completely free to look at the property without the agent following me around, being annoying! LOl.

i think some agents are not proared for the woman to be the negotiator, I don't know whether this is an advantage or disadvantage.

personally, i think car salesman are more sexist than real estate agents!!

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Sonya

HI, i rented with a friedn whose property looked onto the railway line, narrow road in between. the trains were noisy, however i got used to it very quickly. She said that when she and her boyfriend were looking for a property they wanted to uy in inner city Sydney and they tossed up between buying near then airport and being under a flight path and buying near the trainline. they decided that the trains would run less frequently than the planes and therefore would be less of a noise factor. I don't recall there being any properties vacant or for sale when I lived there. cheers Sonya

I always buy three bedroom houses as i have found, and been told by real estate property managers in the areas that i look at that they are easier to rent and retain tenants for a longer term. thus far I have had no trouble getting and retaining tenants.

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Sonya