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    Anyone interested in property in Thailand?

    I agree with Nid, be careful. I have a Thai wife lived in Pattaya for 7 years and have owned a house in Pattaya for 4 years. I purchased a property in Thailand and had difficulty selling it. After many months and using many agents I finally sold it. In Pattaya there are already too many...
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    Cost of selling shares...?

    Commsec charges about $27, Netwealth charges about $18. Do a search on google or look here http://www.infochoice.com.au/investment/onlinebroking/selector.asp
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    Recommendations on Good ASX Forums?

    Have a look at www.sharescene.com. I find it to be one of the better forums.
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    A Bit of Interesting Trivia

    "because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses." Maybe you missed this.
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    My dilema

    Last year when I did my tax return with Dale I was in the USA, and before my tax return was completed I had moved to Malaysia. Even though I was in a different country and time zone, I never had any problems getting my tax return completed. This year I am in Taiwan and will use Dale again...
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    Commonwealth Bank

    I have four loans with CBA. No problems at all getting the loans. To be able to use a personal banker you need to apply for one of their packages(not sure of the name..maybe Wealth Package) which costs you $300 per year but then the cost of setting up the loan is free. There is also a 0.5%...
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    Overseas investor

    I am also working overseas and have four IPs in Australia. I pay tax on money earned from the properties, but due to depreciation, interest payments, etc, I am showing a loss. I am owed money by the taxman, but as I don't pay tax in Australia on my salary I don't get any benefit from this. I use...
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    New stove top

    The stove in my IP had to be replaced as it was not possible to repair the stove(parts not available). How can I handle this for tax purposes, can it be classes as a repair or do I have to depreciate this item.
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    Building Construction Date

    I purchased a property in Labrador Qld and I was told to look inside the electrical meter box for the original pest spray date. I did find the original spray date which is close enough to the construction date.
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    Investor Club

    I have had dealings with the IC. I bought my first property through them as part of a learning curve. I was out of the country at the time and wanted to get my money working for me. The research they did was very good and the assistance in getting all the documents prepared was also very good...
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    Power of Attorney

    Can anyone please give me feedback on whether they have used or plan to use a lawyer/solicitor for signing on their behalf. I am an expat and getting the documents are the easy part, but getting the witness is sometimes very difficult or a practical impossibility as it needs to be witnessed...
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    Good or Bad use of equity

    I have two IPs, one is a normal IO mortgage and the other is a LOc. The bank has just valued the two IPs and said that the total equity is $30000. I am looking at using this equity to buy a third IP. Should I ask the bank to increase the LOC by $30000 or is there a better way of...
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    Real Estate Express

    I have seen "Real Estate Express" advertising in the Australian property investor. Can anyone give me some feedback, good or bad, regarding "Real Estate Express" Nakal
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    Griffin 4503(Brisbane North)

    Does anybody have any comments about this location. I am looking at a house and land package built by Villa World.
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    Property Investment Plan

    Don't forget you still need some extra money for stamp duty, solicitors fees, rates adjustment, etc. Albert
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