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Hi All, Just a short note to remind everyone about the Coffs Harbour Investors Group next meeting. Tuesday 13th June at 6.30pm at the Annuka Beach Resort Bar area. We sit downstairs and its really casual. We talk about property primarily and help each other with contacts and deals where...

All a play and a tussle Here we go again, when we first bought in Qld all that time ago in 2001, our first house was a brick front weatherboard home. 14 years old, reasonably new kitchen. Recently tiles in living areas, generally a nice house. Termites found in a tree in the back yard and...

wow what a day!! Well the interest rate changed on Wednesday, Thursday i had a boom in interest in buying and locking in an investment property. I sold 3 properties in 1 day and got an assignment from Tokyo for another client. Seems that having the extra 0.25% to pay has been enough impetus...

HI all, DD1 here telling you all about ur Coffs Investors Group monthly meeting. As usual we will have property based discussions on what people are doing and why, cross fertilising with leads and contacts and generally relaxing over a chat. There is no guest speaker this month but Brendan...

stopping the interest rates with the brakes being put on quite heavily with oil prices rocketing, most of the economy is holding back and not taking on the big risks as it would have a few years ago. Sure interest rates remain low, borrowings high, but with so many thinking they will never...

bad plumber well if they havent rattled before it could me ther has been a pressure change from the mains due to a new estate nearby having drained the main enough to cause a pressure change then when not so busy pressure resumes causing the pipes to rattle. It is also that enough clips and...

OK Investors, unhappy with the telly on Tuesday nights? Well this may be the answer one Tuesday a month at least. The Coffs Harbour Investors Group is having its monthly meeting on Tuesday 14th March at 6pm at the Annuka Beach Resort(again). The difference this time though is the wonderful...

What im doing now Well in this flat house price part of the cycle im finding that tassie houses and SEQ units are still on the rise. So im constantly helping people get these. As far as our personal investing, having sold down to 14 from our peak in 2003 of 23 to get into our house here in...

club mentality With the advent of several of these "clubs" which cost you nothing, then adds their cut to the selling price. Investors Club upto 6.6% so for a 300k property you are basically paying $20k for their fee. This is 10 times what I charge as a buyers agent, and I dont just get high...

Good posts guys Well I dont have any in Toowoomba but I have one in Rosewood 1/2 way to Ippy. As I was there in Jan to do a reno, I agree its both hotter(when I was there) and i suppose colder than Brizzy in winter. Insulation seems mandatory so I put some in, as well as ceiling fans. IT...

A quality night! With 8 people there on Valentines day we had our montly meeting. 3 new members and some regulars attended and we discussed "The Investors Club" meeting some had attended the previous evening, which had been advertised in the local paper under "who wants to be a millionaire"...

Selling it privately through a buyers agent As Redwing has said the Perth Market is booming, ok so you dont want 100 people stuffing up your coffee and newspaper ritual on sunday morning. A buyers agent works for the buyer, but if you present your property to any one of the birddogs/buyers...

For Qld its all fixed With the REIQ guidelines including sales fees for agents to charge, it is another example of how WA is again overcharging in relation to other states. Fees in Qld are set at 5% for the first $18000= $900 and then 2.5% fixed for the balance upto the selling price. The...

Hi all we got some information that due to our portfolio we would need to pay land tax in Qld. This is different to our tassie properties as they just send you the bill, easy. Queensland you have to calculate it yourself and no letter per year is sent out unless you are over the threshhold...

Hi all and welcome to a new year of investing and growth. The first meeting for the year of the Coffs Investors Group(CIG) is next Tuesday night(Valentines, sob sob) at 6pm for a 6.30 start. As usual this meeting is to discuss property investing in a casual and pleasant setting. Annuka...