Matt007 sounds like you are over analysing (5 years?)   did you actually started with anything?  Pick something , start small and adjust as you go.  Personally I think the main risk is doing nothing.BehrendorffHome ownership may in fact be out of reach for many people.    We have had a model were average wage earners could buy a house.  We wanted…[Read more]

But BuilderBob , your perspective comes from the view of a capable person in the business.People who dont have the skills or experience and want to learn, and dont want to take years to catch up, are willing to pay for the brain dump.  The cost of developing and presenting a course in a professional way is non trivial, so its going to cost.  P…[Read more]

not really sure what you are cranky about,  apart from your expectations you have no rights to access the property apart from a final inspection prior to settlement.   I can imagine the may be a bit upset that you are advertising something that they currently own and you dont , but its surprising that they would pursue it.   If it is a diff…[Read more]

Australia keep coming up near the top on lists of the most expensive housing,  and like you sometimes I scratch my head about how they reach those assessments.   Sometimes it seems like we are just comparing Mosman, Toorak and Peppermint Grove  to the world (i'm sure its more scientific than that but it seems that way).   Many of these surve…[Read more]

a bargain property can mean a couple of things e.g. good value or just cheap…..how much are you willing to spend?what sort of suburb specific info are you after ?   there are pay for use services and you can get basic info from sites like :…[Read more]

for those actually interested in immigration levels beyond generalisations (source Dept Immigration web site).  This indicates about 140k people under general immigration (roughly 40k family and 100k skilled) ….elsewhere on the site there is a summary of humanitarian immigration.  About 14k in that c…[Read more]

"Getting back to the topic. It seems crazy to me to have all the single occupant cars travelling to the same point at the same time and it would make more sense to build another city closer to the new suburbs that have no public transport. It seems to work this way in Simcity."Its a good thought and to some extent it happens already just due to…[Read more]

ormeau wrote:
The idea is not to import instant money (Millionaires) but to introduce skilled migrants to infiltrate certain areas that are stagnant to our economy to boost national production in order to increase profit.Gheez guys

100% agree and those are the sort of people I was talkng about……but yet again…its not black and…[Read more]

ItalianDragon wrote:

yarpos wrote:
the immigrants I work with from UK, Singapore, HK and Sth Africa are wealthier than me ,  they can do what they choose to do and arent struggling for 5 months let alone 5 years.   The situation isnt as black and white as you present,  some actually do come with millions…some with 5c.   You may not be seein…[Read more]

yes it was my little joke….It was the only high country I could remember down there (wife drags me to the Red Hill markets)Arthurs seat sounds excellent also….a nice part of the world…..please report in if you see that tide line creeping up

well done with the pic Bardon…..a moment of genius I did my inventory last night…….I have a shack in the high country, fireams, ammo, water, machete, swiss army pocket knife…..but no beans…..buy Heinz shares, I'm stockin up!!

yes I have already read a fair bit but most seems to be more about what could happen versus what has happened.  I will look more at Puerto Rico,  that is an odd place for this to be an issue.   Relevance of documentaries is a whole other topic……Michael Moore….total genius or ego centric wanker?

Marc……….maybe a move to Red Hill?  the new beachside opportunity for 2050…….

bardon wrote:
Okay then best investments now are:baby boomer undertakersbakruptcy lawyersanti-depressant manufacturerstins of beans, water purification tablets, arms,

it seems those looney US survivalists will finally come into their ownthe chat on their forums must be something to behold right now

"Australia is going to pay a high price in human lifes later.Hopefully people will realise this soon or when people will start to die from cancer due to the amount of radioactive dust spread across Australia during the transpor tof it."This has already been going on for decades in Australia and elsewhere.   Is there any evidence of this h…[Read more]

the immigrants I work with from UK, Singapore, HK and Sth Africa are wealthier than me ,  they can do what they choose to do and arent struggling for 5 months let alone 5 years.   The situation isnt as black and white as you present,  some actually do come with millions…some with 5c.   You may not be seeing the effect in SA but it is signi…[Read more]

TT552 wrote:
I am a 28 years old full time working professional, i will NEVER  buy a property for at least another 5 years, because its going to crash, i put my money in the bank (cash), and wait for the market to go down.  Why should i rescue some greedy property investor from their huge mortage? i pay rent (much less than the actual interest o…[Read more]

there appears to be nothing else in the whole of human existence but oil,  and we are incapable of thinking about , designing and building alternatives while oil escalates.  We are such a miserable species, really we deserve extinction , especially us suburban ones.   Anyone got any ideas what we could do with the suburbs , once the millions have…[Read more]

lopetha wrote:
Hi all,I had an electrician go out by my PM to my IP today to have a look at a faulty outdoor light and to replace a blown transformer on one of the down lights. The electrician advised my PM that all the electrical wiring for all the down lights were an "amature" job and obviously not done by a licensed professional electrician.…[Read more]

I would buy and am currently looking within 10k of the CBD , north and west. (arc from Preston to Altona)I purchased there late last year and would like to do so again.   There is plenty of good buying there especially compared with other capital cities ,  although its catching up quickly…sadly