Hey southeastoz,

Im coming to the end of my third year of Bcom/LLB and am in the same mind-place ur in. Congrats on getting the deposit sorted out. But i rekn being a student and being this age, we only gonna have it this good for a few more years so y not get the travel bug? Im goin on a 3 month trip with some mates next year … cos like one of the guys said above we r going to b working ridiculous hours to make a few extra bucks than those who didnt even commence a degree, so why not enjoy being young while we can!!

Also an MBA at Harvard is pretty extreme to get into … the Melb uni MBA is one of the best in the world and a lot less pricey, plus u wudnt have to drag your gf along to all the dweebs at Harvard

Def a good option to get p/t work during your degree in the legal environment to set u up for getting articles or whatever u plan to do after. But id say hold ur dough until ur settled with that killer job and dont have to worry about a vacant IP

Regards

Hey

Im in the same position I have worked in casual employment for 10 months but plan to work in same job for another 4 years, are my chances good? Also whats a low doc? Cheers

Hey thats a pretty wide question but definetly look for under that price range to start.

Refer to richief’s questions but my two cents worth is that ive heard any unit or apartment will have large gains only if it is in a 4 or less apartment complex as there is opportunity for capital gains down the track.

Then again, Im a beginner like you and looking to get my first deal done by beginning 2008!

Good luck

also to any of the melbourne lads, if u wanna discuss any techniques for +ve CF then gimme a buzz over the email! pce

also u can access fee help which is basically the same as hecs in that u put off paying the full amount till later in the degree

Furthermore, a fee place is not as bad is made out. In both hecs and fee places ur paying exactly the same amount. Just with a fee-place u choose wen to pay. Also in a fee place u r not stuck with a massive bill to pay back in your first year of work, but u keep everything u earn as ur education was payed for beforehand.

this is becoming a really good thread! draconis is response to uni scores, i got a low 99 for VCE which is in melbourne and i got in to commerce/law, i think the lowest score was 98.5 or something…in terms of commerce only i think it was 92.5 but i dont know the equivalent UAI score, go to vtac.edu.au and it will give u the low down or else talk to your careers advisor….yeh it looks as though investing in property thru uni would b hard as we have no full time job, so i rekn it is perfect for trying to learn as much as possible and then wen we finally get our salaries we can start playing the game! cheers

Hey im a beginner like u, im in first year at uni doing a law/commerce degree (commerce is driving me insane, but thats another subject!)

Well what ive gathered over reading a lot of posts on this forum and countless books along with a few seminars, is its usual for a deposit to be about 10% but then theres all the other costs needed to get you going (tax, maintenance, starting costs, etc.) That will probably inflate the deposit by a few more thousand.

Make sure you educate yourself fully before jumping in the deep end. Surround yourself with people whove done it and keep reading as much as possible! But get some more info from the guys on here, their info is invaluable. Peace