Just heard….recently we put in an offer on an old abc chilcare centre. At $385k it was a great buy we put in a lower offer but came to this after a week. This was what the recievers wanted. Had we put it in this offer first we could have possibly snaffled it up- as we were the first to see the only sign ,within the week though a few had seen it…[Read more]

Kingandy,I have no idea about the legalities of the post I just wanted to say sceptic or not good on you anyway for making a stand. I always think even if nothing comes of it at least it may make them consider doing the same thing next time to some else (or get  a better lawyer- yes scepticism can be healthy!)To give you a bit of a boost we…[Read more]

Hi Erikmarwood,It is definately a buyers market in Cairns at present there are some good buys to be had. Are you looking to buy a house or unit? I would suggest ringing a few property managers and asking them what is renting quicker at the moment and what tenants are looking for. Dont ask a sales agent this question they will all tell you…[Read more]

Yes Terryw  we could claim it back if we were GST registered in the entity we were buying- though it isnt- not sure how hard it is to be. we were trying to make a win win situation for the vendor and ourselves – we have put in an offer but of course they want more! Of course we dont really want to pay more! However we thought if we could get out…[Read more]

THankyou Terry w and crj – unfortunately a call to ATO today confirms you are right – the current owner is registered for gst and must charge GST on a commercial property regardless of my intent. If I the current owner changed the use before I bought no GST would be charged however getting this actually achieved is ? fairly unprobable talking to…[Read more]

I havnt fully looked into it myself however was quoted recently by an investor that in Cairns it is about $60k to move a house locally.

This Just came through last weekREIA Guidelines to the Trade Practices Act (TPA)Photographic RepresentationsPrepared in collaboration with the ACCCACCC Statement of ConcernThe increase in popularity of advertising via the Internet has seen an increase in complaints to the ACCC about the ‘touching up’ of pictures that appear on these sites. Mor…[Read more]

My Father passed away 2 years ago- We did not have to declare the proceeds from the distribution of his estate- the only thing we did have to declare was income we received from a payout from the insurance benefit on his superfund.

They have just done this in a big way in Cairns- pushing through development above local council regulations in a hurry to  try to combat our double figure unemployment. There is quite a lot of stuff in the media about it.They just bought a block further up the road from me just over 1000m2 in the city for over $700,000 (Cairns remember)Boy do I…[Read more]

My mums dog(read 5th child) has now got a tumor! and has to be operated on tommorrow. THe lady who was going to look after mums dogs has been admitted to hopspital today with pluracy! I really am not making this up!!!!My mum can now not come- after I have already booked her tickets tooAfter spending the entire afternoon on the phone to various…[Read more]

Thanks Tracey B, DWolfe and Catfree- yes we have created a logistical nightmare- it is getting so hard now that we refuse to give in! I think we have sorted it – we now have my mum flying in from brissie to meet up with MIL from Adelaide- and even though partner and I have been together ova 10 yrs- they have never met- because as they say- The…[Read more]

We are flying down from Cairns- we think! organised for mother in law and niece to fly up from adelaide to look after kids- now neice has ended up in hospital with an abcess! MIL not agile enough to chase 1 and 5 yr old on own so up the proverbial creek! We will go to plan 2 -just as soon as we work it out!We are looking forward to some…[Read more]

hi Gh, we are the same in cairns, which has had one of the highest employment rate rates in the country at 13%  and while there are people talking of great things to come inn ? years?   vendors still seem to want astronomical prices for property- so we are hearing you there- bit maybe its something we need to get used too?

Wow 5.99 a metre- I need to move to melbourne to do renos!(presuming that is where you are) We dont see prices like that in cairns. The white painted floorboards I saw were definately shabby chic as D Wolfe says. they did have rugs down too- though Im presuming a tenant would pay for these. They didnt look like that they had been freshly…[Read more]

Hi Jaffa,Our boards were painted – they had numerous layers on them plus carpet and lino! We ended up sanding them – there was a red layer thats extremely hard to sand off- though came off eventually with some heavy duty sand paper, sweat and tears. There was a bit of a blue layer that did stay in some of the grooves of timber- character- as are…[Read more]

I too get immediately turned off when a property is for auction- though in retrospect there have been times when Ive found out later the property has sold for below what i have expected. My partner attended a doozy the other day when an aquantaince was at a same auction- they went to bid for a particular property which they got top bid but…[Read more]

Hi Supersapper 42,We live in Cairns and are always up for a chat.  PM me some details if you like.

Actually its easy fixed- paint the fridge silver- we painted our dodgy old fridge purple when my partner and I feathered our first little unit and it was a great talking point(and worked well) for many years to come.

I Know it dosent help to get your floorboards however there are some very good vinyls out there now that look as suave as floorboards- vinyls have come a long way.  might make life a little easier than arguing with body corporates which from my experience can be very painful and frustrating

I too currently use excel and am looking for something with more functions. What about the investment detective package sold through this site- does anyone know how this compares to Property Manager pro which I have also been considering?