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Trying to get my head around this: 1) If the price of a house doubles every 10 years, 2) and average income doubles every 7 years (or however long), 3) won't affordability worsen and worsen as time go by? *where affordability can be measured in terms of: house price / yearly income...

http://www.sydlink.com.au/ What about the north metro line planned: "Construction and operation Construction is anticipated to commence in 2010. The first section of the metro, between the Hills Centre and Epping, will be open by 2015. The entire North West Metro, from Rouse Hill to the...

http://www.cityrail.info/networkmaps/network_map.pdf Re: Suburbs close to the stations Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde (Epping, and Chatswood) 1) Will there be possible capital gains as the stations open in the near future? Other points of view I have heard: -Capital...

I don't know how much it costs... Yeah in winter a seat warmer would be good. Like a lot of people, it would be weird to have water spray instead of toilet paper -it seems cleaner though. If someone finds out how much it costs in $AUD to install/buy, thank you :)

http://www.totousa.com/washlet_features.asp For PPORs, it would be such a cool thing to install. It'll be like, lets go to your house to see that toilet. Enough reason to organise a party :D But economically, how much would such a product increase the value of the property? It does have a...

That drew my attention :) It's amazing to have 25 properties in 4 years. For one thing, it takes me ages to fill in forms and get documents ready... good on ya mate :)

Is another reason to get a PPOR: A. Increase in rents over time? With the low supply of rental housing, rents will be pressured to go up. With a PPOR, your mortgage payments are fixed but highish (8%?), for renting, it increases (5%->6%?)

In the Herron Todd White report this month (July, 2007), they analyse Adelaide (in terms of both units and houses) as being at the peak of the market. What are some of your thoughts about this... is the market overheating?

I always wondered which part is worth more: The one in the front(axe handle) or the one where you drive towards the end (battle axe)?

How many people would be in your car normally? If 1-2, a small car would be more fuel efficient and it is also easier to park. Good luck :P

Thanks for updating the poll option, those other options didn't come to mind when I first thought of them :) If buying a PPOR is for personal reasons, then buying a as-cheap-as-possible PPOR wouldn't make sense, as it wouldn't be nice to live in (e.g. 1 bedroom unit in Cabramatta). In my...

I'm reading a book called "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. You guys fit into a special category of people (with complements of course): >excerpt from book The word Maven comes from the Yiddish, and it means one who accumulates knowledge. In recent years, economists have spent a great...

RSVP for 1. Thanks for organising, Cheers!

ps: If you haven't bought your PPOR yet, when you buy your PPOR how many IPs do you want to have?

The debates and information on the pro's and con's of (a) buying a PPOR versus (b) renting and buying more IP's have been discussed, but does this issue relate to how many IPs or how much net assets one has when one is making this decision? An case... could be this: If I were to have say 3...