Originally Posted by Giddyup (Post 710096)

Not that I have anything against the west, but I wouldnt put any weight on a report paid for by a football team to say how good it is to live in the west.

Originally Posted by Witzl (Post 709842)

....The feasibility of NBN just doesnt stack up for me.
Even though i would love to have it :D

Originally Posted by ManyManeuvers (Post 709783)

I've recently enlisted 'Fruit' to look after my place in Karingal.
Standard AV Jennings 3+1+1.5 renting for $285 on 12 month with tennant that is so far proving to be very good.

After 3 months, Fruit have proven to be professional, reasonable, available, while communicating regularly and efficiently. They maintain these qualities regardless of how minor the issue.

Link: http://www.frankston.fruitproperty.com/
re: Fees - I suggest you negotiate directly with them to get your business. I pay 6.6% (inclusive of GST) and negotiated a lower letting fee.

Originally Posted by Player (Post 708520)

I prefer the Carlton Draught ads....

Originally Posted by forumite (Post 707144)

What's cbf? Not good at acronym.

Originally Posted by Perth Investor (Post 705620)

Some banks (Like ING) do 85% with no LMI, just a fee of 699-1699 depending on purchase price. It's not quite 90% but it is better than 80 and still eliminates the mortgage insurers

Originally Posted by sash (Post 705561)

Ditto Buzz....just 3-4 years ago you were picking land for 135k....now it starts in the low $200s for Point Cook!

Originally Posted by topcropper (Post 705544)

What happens in western Victoria? :D

Originally Posted by Meily (Post 705533)

If for investment, i would still think that it's worth to buy somewhere established. That's not saying West is not a good area, but those are more for 'long-term' investor. For a quick turn around i would think East and for a slow and steady, i would choose West. :)

Originally Posted by zed_kid (Post 705268)

You just gave a reason why the east will go up

Originally Posted by Amadio (Post 705524)

The thing which is a real bother is that during that time of rampant construction, we who were living there were told it was because of a chronic shortage of housing due to immigration and swelling birth rate. And there were all kinds of graphs and stats to "prove" this.

Originally Posted by Ausprop (Post 705490)

I don't really use what everyone else did as a barometer of correctness, however blowing $40bn+ on useless chinese junk is far from being correct 'in principal'

Originally Posted by weg (Post 704838)

Mining sector is up today on the speculation that the mining tax may be scrapped under a Labor minority.

Btw which seat is it that's given Labor a 73rd?

Originally Posted by our obsession (Post 704803)

you are a funny, teasing guy.:)

Buzz:

Penny spoke about this on Q and A, few weeks ago, it was interesting, a question from the audience asked this question and her answer was really interesting, I don't particularly want to take it out of context, I'll have a look see if it's archived later, Q and A has seen some fun, humor and rather candid stuff shared.

Originally Posted by evand (Post 704767)

For you vanilla, boring conservative types. I reckon Penny Wong would make a great PM imo. Asian , lesbian, christian and labor......what more could you want? talk about freaking you guys out. Very scary proposition.....hahaha....

Originally Posted by jthunder (Post 704776)

It didn’t sell at auction. Now will see what the actual sale price will be.

Originally Posted by HiEquity (Post 704669)

Agreed - me too! The Greens so far have 11.5% of the primary vote - a new record! A 47% increase from last election - what a superb growth rate - verging on exponential!

Originally Posted by Mandy Mac (Post 704605)

Lizzie - I agree - it's very, very nice to be having a friendly debate over which democratically elected members will team up together to make some laws that won't change our lives too much. A bit more tax, a bit less tax, a bit more incentive to breed, a bit less, some better technology or maybe not. Nice to live in a place like that.

Originally Posted by Mandy Mac (Post 704605)

Oh, and didn't Gillard say that she wouldn't consider a coalition with the Greens, yet she's met with them today as the first step in negotiations...

Originally Posted by Strannik (Post 704499)

surely that's not because people voted for Greens

what i'm getting at is that by that slogan people are discouraged to vote for greens because they are made to believe their vote will automatically fall to labour

Originally Posted by Sunfish (Post 704063)

I think this is a very polarised electorate. I, personally, have never had such strong feelings in the 40+ years I've been voting. I don't expect a hung parliament and think the pollsters will end up wondering what went wrong. Might even take the odds on offer for a Lib win. :)

Originally Posted by Dazz (Post 704101)

I hope you are right Thommo.

I also get the sneaky suspicion it won't be close at all. I reckon it'll be a landslide victory for the coalition. Apparently the last by-election in NSW saw something like a 24% swing towards the Lib candidate. The Labor pollsters were shocked.....

Originally Posted by Gordon Farkus (Post 700425)

Why incur a $110 fine? Just vote informal, or collect your ballot paper and take it home with you.

Originally Posted by gooram (Post 700411)

It seems that way... and if that happens I think it will put into power the worst leader of our country in history. It is oh so scary that nearly half of our population think Abbot is fit to be our prime minister.

Originally Posted by jigglypuff (Post 699659)

....I have never sold a property, so looking at it from a vendor's perspective, I'd prefer an offer with cheque .........