Hi Guys

Go NEW ZEALAND gold and silver in the Triathlon (that 3 activity thing).

And while we are at it Australia has regained 3rd place in the Medal tally.

Well done again to the aussies, unfortunately those Russians are closing fast and will pass us.

regards westan

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Hi Niki and Jop and all

Niki if you are a genuine person and really want to get out of the problem phone me i’ll be able to help you. (no i will not buy your properties) I think i’ve been around long enough to know how to improve the situation.

I now live in New Zealand phone me on 0011 64 3 4180083 or mob 0011 64 210 320 985

Jo what i was…[Read more]

Hi Yoker

where were you guys wrong then if your have changed your mind ?[biggrin]

I’m still seeing more buyer s than sellers in the markets that i still own in Australia. These are regional towns and cities in Vicitoria. Agents tell me they have seen a quieter market but prices haven’t dropped.

regards westan

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Hi trisha

no i’ve never bought in QLD, nothing against investing there , it just didn’t happen. I was looking seriously at Logan area about 18 months ago but got distracted by NZ and never did anything.
And yes sorry i got your email, will get back to soon, sorry i’m a bit behind as i had a bit of Tonsilitus (its Yucky- had a week sick) and will…[Read more]

Hi Jo

i’m happy to answer that question, in fact i’ve always been happy to openly share my investing strategy.
Ever since mid last year i’ve been saying on this forum that you can’t buy true cash positive properties (that i’d be happy with) in OZ anymore, But i also said that NZ was full of them (back 12 months ago), luckily a few who were on the…[Read more]

Hi all

First of all i think aussie has summed it up well.

Out of this story, lets see it as a story some issues need to be addressed- Steve has never encouraged people to buy in those way out places you appear to have bought. Where abouts have you bought by the way?

Secondly you have had a very bad run with properties- I own 30 Cash positive…[Read more]

Hi trisha

Westan are all those you purchased +CF?
How can you purchase so many in so little time?

First answer- Yes all cash positive
secondly- how did i do it so quickly. We those who have been around for a long time (over 18 months) on the forum will be sick of me saying this but this is how.
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Hi Hagett

welcome to the forum.

Personally i think the buy and renovate strategy is a good one, I have no problem with you using money from your own home to finance the property.

One thing to think about. What is your long term strategy with these properties? Why i ask this is because i made some mistakes a few years back.
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Hi Geo

One problem with your very nice plan is that Australia would never allow NZ to join it as a nation.[biggrin]

Hey seriously now

NEW ZEALAND is on the board 2 GOLD MEDALS

WOW 2 GOLD MEDALS

Now back to the important stuff

Aussie is still in number 4 with 12 Gold medals, we just can’t catch those Japanese.

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Hi alex

i have little doubt that paying off the credit card debt is your first priority. You will be better to refinance the Debt at a lesser interest rate , look for a personal loan that maybe say 10-12% rather than CC rates of 17%. That alone will save you a fortune. Even if you borrow $12,000 from Mum and Dad and pay them 10% interest then…[Read more]

Hi Ko_star

while it does worry some people if they have a property a long way from home personally i couldn’t care less where it is. If the deal is a great one then i’d buy it even if it was 20,000km away, (Jo then you need a real big lunch box). Sure i’d build in a bit of an extra premium for the hastle of having it further away.
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Hey Guys

don’t forget a lot of people choose to live outside of Melbourne and Sydney.

People are choosing to live in Tassy, a good friend of mine has just moved from Melbourne to Hobart and he loves the place. He is a professional but sick of melbourne (big city life), he enjoys being 5 minutes from work and now has time to enjoy his young…[Read more]

Hi Gmh and Garrytas

sorry GMH i came across rude.

your points are valid and it will not only be Tas that has problems that will need to be addressed there is/will be a shortages in all regional areas also. The visiting expert will be the way of the future i guess.

regards westan

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Hi Ghm 454

they will import medical staff, from mainland, no big deal. You make it sound like there will be no doctor down there.[biggrin] Sure there will be a shortage of medical staff but Tas will not be the only area short of them.

The most recent report i read on population shift in Australia (before i left the country) was back in Dec.…[Read more]

Hi cas

those properties can still be found in New Zealand, but you need to look hard and in towns smaller about 5000 people.

regards westan

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Hey Muppet

only hours away till “us” kiwi’s have a chance to win some medals [anxious], Gee its hard being a new Zealander we are out of the tri nations no medals at the Olympics[sad], i never knew life was going to be so tough [confused2][glum2].
Muppet how are we supposed to cope with this ???

Meanwhile Aussies at the end of day 8 are still 4t…[Read more]

Hi Geo

you have way tooo much free time.

how about the two Blondes in Brisbane and one said which is further Melbourne or the Moon.

The other replies “Hellloooo, can you see Melbourne?”

regards westan

I live in New Zealand and for a fee find cash positive deals there, email me at westanjohnson@hotmail.com to join our database

Really ??????

wow this rugby stuff is certainly strange, so in effect a team could not win ONE game and still be the champians ?????

if they lost their own games in very high scoring matches and when the other two teams played they had very low scores, it is possible for a team to end up with the most points but not win a game.

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Hi all

Michael interesting comments and ones i feel in agreement with. Whilst my earlier commments about NZ may appear negative, at the moment i see that if the market goes sideways for a while it will be a healthy thing. I just don’t want Aussies expecting to be buying NZ at a point where australia was 2 years ago, you will in most cases not…[Read more]

Hi Jo

then since you are aware, i’ll explain it to others- those figures are useful only for immigrants trying to get extra points for working in regional areas.
I’m not sure how it would be of any help to us here? perhaps you could explain it to me.

thanks westan

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