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Hi All, Got a question regarding access to my super. I have recently setup a self managed super fund and when I rang the super fund that our company uses and asked them to transfer over my existing super, they said that they didn't allow people to do that while they are employees of the...

Hi All, Just thought I would offer a beginner point of view. I read books, lots of them. Nothing happened. I went to an intro semminar and started to get motivated. Finally went to a 2 day semminar (Peter Span) and now things are happening. Recently became a Saphire member of Freeman Fox...

Work for the Dole? Hi All, Interesting discussion. I don't have an opinion just a question :) Rodimus mentioned that 'some' people go to the dole when they decide that its easier than working in a low wage job. My question is, what happened to "Work for the dole"? I never really...

At the Chat that Dale had in Sydney the other night, he said that it is approx $2000 to setup a trust (Hybrid or Discretionary) with a Company (Pty Ltd) as trustee. I am in the middle of setting up a trust and so far this has proved to be right on the money. :D Hope this helps.

Thanks retiringat40, More Information for us newbies is always appreciated. And the course is at my favourite pricepoint :D :D Adam. Ps. Great nick.

Wow Dale! Great presentation last night. My wife and I found it very informative. It was very well done and you kept things moving along nicely. Great work. Thankyou very much for your time. Adam. :D :D

Hi Dale, Don't know if you will read this before you come up to Sydney. Would just like to say in advance that your coming up to Sydney (for free no less) is very much apprecaited and I am very thankful that you would go though the time, effort and cost to do this for others. Will be...

If Residex supply their Data on Postcode (which seems a bit misleading to me as the above examples highlight) Is there someone who provides data based on suburb so that you could get a more accurate picture of what is going on?

I have a question. It says that it is a "Unit Trust". Does that mean it is okay to do a similar thing through a "Discretionary Trust"??? I know they are similar setups, but you can't do the above if you have a Discretionary Trust, though it would be very similar. Still new to the whole...

Hi Asy, When you say 'just use care with your title' - does that just mean that I put the title document in a safe deposit box in a bank over leaving it with a solicitor. Or do I have to do something more?

That makes sense, and my answer is that yes you can claim it as an expense. But as it is a Tax, it kind of threw me and its always good to get someone elses opnion. Thanks.

Please forgive my ignorance, but was just wondering. Is land tax something that you can claim as an expense? Or being a form of Tax is there nothing you can do about it? Say a proptery has 10,000 in income for a year and then has 12,000 in deductions Land tax is $1,000. Can you add...

So what about the suggestion that geoffw made of allowing 3 letter searches, but now allowing certain keywords??

So is there anyway to protect yourself from this? Also is there any way to stop people from owning your home when you go on holidays (this was in the Post by asy that geoffw linked to) Thanks for the heads up on the article, though it would have been nice to know how to avoid it as well :D...

Question Short version: Are Hybrid trusts safe for the protection of assests? Long version: Have been reading what I can on trusts and from what I can tell, a Hybrid trust uses parts of the Unit Trust setup. I also read that beneficiaries are legally responsible for debts incurred by the...