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Reply: 1.1 From: Peter Martin Thanks Glenn. Pete

From: Peter Martin Hi, There was a post here a month or two ago from someone in Perth that mentioned a good web site for getting WA property listings. I've tried searching for it but haven't been able to find the relevant post. Could someone please post the site's URL again? I think it was...

Reply: 1.1 From: Peter Martin I often groan at the pithy little aphorisms people put under their signatures on this forum but I think we've hit an all time high on the groan-o-meter here. Mr Roarke from Fantasy Island !!! Wasn't it he who said "I think therefore I am"? :-) Cheers, Pete "De...

Reply: 1 From: Peter Martin Trina, Go to www.homepriceguide.com.au and follow the links. You can get free median price information for a postcode, and it's split into houses and units. Cheers, Pete

Reply: 1 From: Peter Martin Adam, When I wanted to get a house revalued recently I went to the agent I bought it from (and who I had also sold a property through) and asked him to look up PRISM for me to get some reference sites in the area. His (very lazy) response was that all the data on...

Reply: 1.1 From: Peter Martin Read "Confessions of a Real Estate Agent" by Terry Ryder (I think). It's a very easy read and gives a lot of insight into dealing with agents. Cheers, Pete

Reply: 1.1.1.1 From: Peter Martin Haven't read Dolf's book but I did go and see his evening session in Melbourne last week. Usually when I go to see these guys I'm hoping to pick up one or two tidbits that I can take away and apply. With Dolf I really came away with nothing. His pitch is...

Reply: 1 From: Peter Martin Justin, The one sure way of getting your money back from HK is to keep your end of the contract. Go to everything you're supposed to and then when you get to the appropriate point (i.e. Day 3 of the 4-day thing) invoke the money back guarantee. I guess there are...

From: Peter Martin Just thought I'd mention for those who are sweating on refunds from HK or who are considering signing up with him - my refund cheque arrived today. They refunded the whole lot, plus an extra $400 as promised. Took 'em a couple of weeks longer than they said it would but I...

From: Peter Martin A question for the brokers and finance experts: I'm currently setting up an LOC on my own home and going through the process of choosing a valuer. I am consistently being told by (3) banks and (2) brokers that unless I deal directly with a major bank at the branch manager...

Reply: 1 From: Peter Martin HT, Please take this reply as containing the usual "this isn't advice and I'm not an expert" type disclaimers ... It's what you do with the money that counts from an ATO perspective. If you withdraw equity from an IP and use it to pay off a non-deductible debt...

Reply: 2 From: Peter Martin One thing I've found with the gas instant HWS is that they suck an enormous amount of gas when you turn the tap on - often to the detriment of anything else in your house that runs off gas. You'll also find that you'll probably need a higher capacity pipe...

Reply: 1.1.1.1.1.1.1 From: Peter Martin Adam makes an interesting point and it's one that HK constantly reiterates, e.g. "if I could show you a way of making $100,000 guaranteed, would you give me half?". The answer has to be an individual one and it comes down to whatever you're comfortable...

Reply: 1.1 From: Peter Martin Rick, Just my opinion, but I believe you need to be very careful with holiday resorts and analyse them as commercial property investments, rather than residential. In other words, the value of the property is intrinsically linked to the value of the tenant (or...

Reply: 1 From: Peter Martin Dave, It's hard to find a transfer form that doesn't have some company's logo on it. Try http://www-au.computershare.com/Investor/FormsCatalogue.asp Cheers, PM