hi ,i have just moved to emerald and got a job in the mining industry obviously with my real estate antenna out(scamp will have a ball with that but i was a freelancer anyway so i didnt have a job to loose or give up ! )really enjoying the time off between shiftsstayed in a camp for over a month and it was no funmy notes for those who are…[Read more]

hi my 2 c worth….try and work out what you are doing wrong and stopbusiness is designed to teach you what you dont know about yourself ,so be prepared to be way outside your comfort zonethe days of buying any old crap at 5% finance and picking up ( historical advertised ) 9% growth are no longer with usthe better your financing the more chance…[Read more]

im off for my medical tomorrow !  the work i can do  isnt advertised ….so i have been asking every one i meet " do you know any one who works in mining ?  "most people are surprisingly helpfull ,took a few months but a mate rang  with a phone no i sent a cv ,then flew up at my expense for an interview and did a days trial which i lov…[Read more]

we recently got a made in china assembled in beenleigh kitchen from the internet,(the bay )it was really really good nice two pac great handles and hinges….the guy who cut the granite said we had 5 grand worth ,which was way more than we paid for the whole deal !there were a few hassles with time and due dates,but for the price i would use these…[Read more]

it pays to have your ' team ' in place.so you can jump on a bargaini also have learned it is best if they are located fairly close so you can move documents ,sign stuff ( cheques usually.. )at the last second etc there is always a last minute panic over some scrap of paper (so get a fax machine )and …while getting the finance right isnt as sexy…[Read more]

after the crazy lady burned my flat down i had two thoughts .the first was thank god the small child was away in the care of the grandparents….the second was  why didnt i fit smoke alarms ?my insurance broker and property manager handled the restgood lessons learned for the futurecheers

i was told (a while ago )that real estate agents are putting the rental applications in a hat and pulling out the lucky new tennant as there are so many applicants for each property  check with agents when you are there but it was one of the fastest growing regionsscamp bring your push bike from holland when you come over and ride up from sydney…[Read more]

sounds like you have answered your question !keep looking for an area that has the right ingredients for growthin my example the state housing commission was relocating the undesirable types demolishing the fibro shacks and selling off the blocks ( three new ones out of two old ones )i had one of the few privately owned houses in the area and a…[Read more]

i go for  value adding  every time ,but i enjoy fixing stuffin the past i have bought in state housing areas which they redeveloped and sold to trendy young couples and it worked well what sells best is what is "normal" in that patch ,i live in a fibro area and for some reason the few modern low maint brick and tile places take ages to s…[Read more]

hey any chance you can increase the rent ?that could ease the pressure a bit

not sure if it still applies but my dad told me about the standing fences act when i was a kid, as this sort of thing would cause major head aches for the banks and financiers there is a solution, if it has been standing ten years  and no one complained it is the new boundarythis may be the "great wall of china is to keep the rabbits out son" so…[Read more]

rent " tin men " from yer local dvd outlet , then sit through the pitch againyou will laugh your head off both times !

my first thoughts were  "land goes up in value ,houses depreciate "but after doing the maths it a hundred a month  or so in your pocket ( tick )most people dont understand easments , and tend to fear what they dont understand ( x)id be standing on each block and thinking about aspect ,views, elevation  and drainageand letting that influence my de…[Read more]

congratulations on the business , hope it works well for youmy wife and i are having a different strategy ,looking for opportunity to add valueafter our conversation we bought another fibro and weather board around the cornerit was really scruffy and poorly marketed.we think we added about 40 g by buying cheap and ripping up the carpet !we are…[Read more]

nice !  im thinking five would be all  we could do currently around hereand they would have to be pretty special , to sell fastin your case its worth  having just to controll your environment a littleany one want to buy a mustang ?

i only show my tattoos to people who have tattoos and i try to only discuss investment with people who have investment property.this policy works for me !units can be great as a " set and forget " the areas you mention are full of them so some one thought it was a good idea !good luck

depends how handy you are ,we just bought an assembled flat pack kitchen for  $ 3400. new . e bay !and the appliances were on "managers special" at harvey norman $ 2000 beware there are some ( eastern ) european appliances that photograph well but are really scruffy up close.we have to get a stone cutter to do the holes in the benches as we were…[Read more]

both in the same patch. the rules have recently changed to allow  most blocks in this area to be duplextho i notice the duplex units that have been  built so far  are a bit slow to sell as are brick homes ( its a fibro area )most people looking round here i presume still want a housei think that will change in the near future due to development ne…[Read more]

get fast internet ,a garage and allow pets  ?

its a tough one we just bought a property for a couple of grand less than i was going to offer , so waiting till the day worked for me !i wasnt in love with the place and wanted to see what else was in the paper a lot depends on the weather and the medias latest beat upat the end of the day you have to do your sums and work out what it is worth…[Read more]