Hi Calvin
Thank goodness for biodiversity.
For some people, the thrill is the journey, for others – the destination, and for the most fortunate ones who enjoy either and both, good luck to you. For some, the journey and the challenge are just hard work and slog with a degree of difficulty and all unfortunately necessary to achieve their goal or reach their destination. However for you Calvin, it sounds like the journey and the challenge are the main enjoyment, so perhaps you need to keep feeding yourself with journeys and challenges. That is all the runes show today grasshopper. [karate][buz2]
My bill will be in the same mail as Jo’s, but pay me first will you ?
cheers
thecrest

Hi Kicks
Always good to doorknock, a polite enquiry should receive a polite reply, no harm done.
A tenant would be ill-advised to be rude to a prospective investment buyer. If a tenant was rude to me I would say “Nice tenants are hard to find, would you like to stay on if I bought the place as an investment ? “
The agency agreement might have expired, or the REA may not be the flavour of the month. Doesn’t matter if they’re the owner or tenant, you definately want to speak to both.
The sign is there to attract an enquiry, so why should anyone complain.?
Tenants hope for an investment buyer, owners hope for a buyer of any kind. Fortune favours the brave. [brave][]
cheers
thecrest

Hi Elika7264
I “think” there’s a lot of uncertainty around at the moment, what with the looming election, RBA rates, 2.25% anti-investor Govt initiatives, and changing auction clearance rates . . . .
but I’m not sure. [confused2]
cheers
thecrest

Hi Redweb944
Perhaps before you criticise Australia and “anything Australian” as you say, you might have the courtesy to write into your Member Profile exactly where you live. It appears from your post that you don’t have the wonderful good fortune to have permission to live permanently in this fantastic country that I for one, hold very near and dear. Hope you find happiness somewhere else.
cheers
thecrest

I picked mine because I’m still in an early growth phase, and because I named my last real estate project “bigtree” because it was destined to grow and would provide an anchor, shelter and deep roots for my family, and bear fruit for them. This is dredging personal thoughts from the “very deep” section.
cheers
thecrest

Hi Ko_starr
Check all the agents who rent properties, see who’s most actively advertising. Request a few REAs fax/email their vacancy sheet to you each week. Buying tenanted property often comes with an unsettled tenant who has already seriously planned vacating just in case the buyer wants to move in. Don’t worry about which way they’ll jump because you rarely guess it right, just be prepared with knowledge of local agents and good PMs, and let them do it for you.
cheers
thecrest

Hi Wayne
It’s important to make the IP comfy for the tenant, it’s worth a few extra dollars rent pw to the tenant, reduces vacancy & tenant turnover, is deductible, humane, etc.
cheers
thecrest

Hi Markymark
It works. I was a PM. PM’s can influence outcomes. In a reasonably busy REA, the range of tenancy applicants in any given week is from wonderful tenants to tenants from hell. The PM can steer the good ones your way, sooner rather than later, and most PMs and licencees would be swayed by such an incentive. If there are no enquiries from good tenants in 10 days, then you are with the wrong agency anyway.
good luck.
cheers
thecrest

Hi MasterREL
My recent experience buying a commercial property showed interest rates to be about 1% higher than res rates, LVR max 60%, term max 10 years.
However, if a res property is used as security for the purchase of a commercial property, res interest rates apply. Next time, I’ll buy the res property first. [arrowhead]
live’n’learn
cheers
thecrest

Hi Wayne
I’m awaiting quotes re a/c vs evap system on a 2 storey residence. Been uphill all the way with so many conflicting opinions and no shows. An a/c consulting engineer crossed my path just when I needed him, and is clearing things up for me (the cosmos delivers once again with hair-raising accuracy and timing, thank you).
I’m trying to avoid high ongoing energy bills.
I’ll post the details here when I get them.
One evap user told me that when outside heat is too high, she turns off the evap unit, drains the now hot water, refills with cold fresh water, restarts, and it cools more.
cheers
thecrest