i am very well established in the real estate trade for many years – and also very well versed in selling a range of property including off the plan units/townhouses/houses and subdivisions etc. so i am very familiar with the basics of real estate marketing – but those who have dealt in large scale or large budget jobs would know, this is a whole…[Read more]

nth brisbane – no specific age or target market other than having a preference for a larger proportion of owner occupiers. But at the end of the day etc. etc. project is a gated town house development (105 properties that should read, not 150 – typo!) on the edge of suburbia with semi rural/acreages all around. is adjacent to a golf course as well…[Read more]

Mate there are a lot of agents down there and several who could do the job better…as an agent myself i am so sorry you're not being treated better…give us all a bad name!!!!! you could try some of the toowoomba agents too…there is some good ones there and even though Warwick is an hour away – Many rural buyers go to toowoomba (being the…[Read more]

thanks guys…Marc next project involves venture capital (or private equity as they like to call it now) so dont really want to jump in with anyone just in case…dont have anymore cash anywhere and whilst i could use the equity i want to keep this separate from my property aspirations in case there is a problem… this propety is the cheapest one…[Read more]

thanks Marc…do you know what the average comms are?? I've had one lady this morning tell me 3.45% +GST!!!!!!!!!!!!as a brissy agent, i am flabbergasted that they are that high makes our approx 2.5% capped by law look very ordinary – hi ho, its off to perth i go!!! reason for selling it is i need the money for another project – don't really want…[Read more]

Hey vyaw2003…

have pm’d you…

cheers

HI dengon…

you have more than just a few issues to consider with this one. obviously the first relates to the zoning and allowable Gross Floor Area of the site in question…some councils allow a higher GFA if close to major arterials and railways. On a 1200 block in Brisbane where I am you could get 6 decent size townhouses (100m2) or more if…[Read more]

Hi guys…

i understand the hatred of agents in general, but they’re not all like that. I am an agent in Brisbane and find conduct like this reprehensible…it annoys me on daily basis with some of the behaviour that i see other agents engaging in but that doesn’t mean that I or my colleagues at our agency behave like that.

Outside of…[Read more]

hahahaha – good one holdencommodore…must be a thing amongst agents who don’t work for that particular group…we have similar issues!!

cheers

Hi,

i am an agent in Brisbane…what you are saying is true, many agents operate as independent business that “sub-contracts” to the agency…and therefore tend to flog their own listings.

one way around this is to look at their website or go to the agency and get the “properties for sale book” that they should have out on display – it enables…[Read more]

Hi,

as an investor and licenced real estate agent I find two things to be true.

1) there is always bargains to be had in any market. Yes they are harder to find when the market is going south, but they are still there.

2) The market is only as difficult for you as you let it be yourself…the more homework (due diligence) you do and the more…[Read more]

WOW…some great ideas there, thanks heaps!!

Unfortunately the house is in Kalgoorlie and I am in Brisbane, so no…3000km of barren desert prevents me from doing it myself…

There are a couple of other agencies over there doing PM apparently so I will give them a ring and see what I can discover…the beauty of the internet is I can see what…[Read more]

Hi Jane,

thanks for that great reply…i’ll take plenty away from it and that is what I was hoping for…

I have dropped the rent from 220pw to 200pw and now again to 190pw…have had the place cleaned and new locks put on, yard is being looked after etc…just doesn’t seem to be influx of workers this year that i’ve seen in the past…place is…[Read more]

Hi,

there is a Urologist in Brisbane named Dr Winkle…I am led to believe his motto is “if you have a problem with your twinkle come and see Dr Winkle”

I used to work for Police Communications – they answer the triple zero police related calls put through from Telstra and handle the despatching of cars etc…one of the guys in the radio room…[Read more]

follow Mats advice

it is far better to lower your price by 10-20 bucks (or more) and getting someone in cheaply than having you unit sit idle for long periods of time…if you get a good long term tennant you can always raise rents down the track.

you could also consider adding other incentives to the mix as suggested in some other posts and…[Read more]

Yep fair call…thanks Derek…

I am still REALLY new to all this and whilst I am on a really steep learning curve, I tend to miss the bigger picture…cheers.

I am on 14 weeks long serviced leave at the moment and am trying to learn as much as I can to really get moving with my investments

thanks again!!
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Hey Jeff,

Haver her doing that at the moment, should have it in a day or so…may be my deciding factor…if ok then can follow earlier suggeestion of a couch cover…we’ll see, struggling with the concept of freighting a couch to Kal!!!!

paying 7.7% for the PM

cheers
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yeah, I could just toss it, but the unit was FULLY furnished when we bought it…we knew it had some furniture, and some was listed on the contract…but when the tennant moved out and we had an inventory done it’s literally completely furnished, apparently it was all ours but only the tennant knew about it…at least he was honest enough in that…[Read more]

thanks GeIF,
ebay is definately an option…tpt costs maybe painful though and then there is coordinating delivery with the PM etc…seeing as the unit is currently vacant. I’ll try the teaser option as well if I have no other choice, could be interesting to see how that goes!!

Great idea!! thanks for that…the PM has been getting prices for us but as you’d know you’re flat out getting a reasonable couch for under 7 or 800 dollars now.

I guess it all depends on her definition of “Shabby” and if it includes the state of the cuhsioning and frame…i’ll check that out.

ta
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