Recent content by JD

A friend from the Eastern states has informed me of his latest acquisition of property management rights. If what he is telling me is real, then I should be doing the same. The profit received for very little input is rude to embarrassing. He paid $450K for the rights and a managers unit for...

The book is a bit repetitive and the subject is dry. However, the content is there and at times very fascinating. He documents the rise and rise of the gold coast and points out how previous demographers got it wrong 30 years ago with the steel producing towns. Has been pretty spot on with some...

I do see and appreciate your point, and my point is that there are very successful communities out there using sustainable practices and generating economies of their own. In Australia we still have in-ground resources that we rely on as a major part of our economy rather than value adding. Its...

JD, I share your sentiments. Would love to see more user friendly and aesthetic and environmentally friendly communities. But I believe the extra up front cost this requires and long range planning will only be prioritized over other community needs, like health and welfare, when we have a more...

Interesting thread thefirstbruce: Ethical investment:- Participation on a grassroots level. How many property investors are just as concerned about the type of property they are buying as to how much money they will earn passively? As a builder and investor I am aware of the atrocious...

The apple falls further from the tree than you think. The wise men from the East or the throbbing market in Perth. Could it be time to think further than the metro back yard? How about what happened in: Newman 42.1% Way north of Perth Hopetoun 35.7% Way south of Perth Boyup brook 35.6%...

Thought I was doing OK by myself untill the reality check came! More an observer than an active participant.

Oh yes I forgot the $130mil for a saw mill to process plantation timber, and the $20mill for the first stage of a marina, and the push for a gas pipe line for 2006. JD

Thanks Lissy, its good to Know that the safety nets we put up aren’t full of holes (false sense of security). Hi Jaque, to answer your question about Albany. From what I understand about Albany's real estate cycles in the past is that the City of Albany really does its own thing and is a...

Spent 5 weeks over Xmas cruising the Hawkesbury river and Sydney Harbour and must say it is a fantastic place, very progressive and exotic. Well done it is worthy of global status. From WA.

Like Macca22, I am also very interested as I have recived the DVD intro.

If youth is wasted on the young, than retirement is wasted on the old! I always have to fend off questions as to why I can do the things I do without a real job! Sometimes I feel I should refrain from wealth creation, get a job and satisfy the general vision (or lack of it) of our community...

First our situation is a funny one, second my partener used to work for Local gov (and still had to sweat to get info). We were gearing ourselves up to invest in the Perth market, as we have a few country IP's, when my beloved got an eviction notice from her horse agisment. The land owners were...

Can shere current exp? Couldn't point you in the direction of a one stop book shop, plus I imagine each state and local gov differs fundamentally with its planning laws and regs. But I can shere an experience my partener and I are going through with an offer on a 14 ac block with Special...