Recent content by rickmick

Hello Could Sim' or some other Quicken guru tell me if there is some alternative like compressing files or something to backing up Quicken to floppy disks. I'm up to 8 disks and it's a pain in the proverbial. I don't have a zip drive on my computer. Thanks Rick

Nobody has mentioned the take the cash option. We use a credit card for basic household purchases and bills, eg groceries, electricity and the like. We automatically pay the full balance every month so we only incur the anual fee. Every couple of years we take the available rewards as $100...

Once a report like this comes out is it not too late to consider the areas it highlights? Have the dynamics for these areas already changed considering the age of the information provided? That's the ones with at least a relevant amount of sales to provide worthwhile information anyway...

The last date for lodgement for the 02/03 year was mid May. For 03/04 it will be 15MAY2004. If you fill one out yourself the ATO will automatically send you one the following year. I received mine about a week ago. I don't find it too difficult to fill out as long as you leave a bit of fat...

You should make sure you are comfortable with the state of the structure before proceeding. Don't listen too much about what they (vendors, agents) think. You may have to get the vendors approval to do get a more invasive type of inspection done if there is any doubt about whether the house...

Would anyone be able to suggest any of the banks that are more co-operative to work with regarding matters involving family trusts? I am thinking about buying a small business in a trust name with already available finance and would need to open a bank account for the trust. Also later I...

Thanks Sunstone, I'm in the midst of trying to arrange a larger LOC so bearing in mind other posts re valuations, some reports will hopefully come in handy. Rick

G'day All I don't find it very easy to "surround yourself with like minded people". Generally in day to day activities I find people fall into 4 categories. a. They hear what you and other people do to ensure they have a comfortable future and they just couldn't care less, "she'll be...

G'day Brojac I also visit Townsville several times a year with work and love the place. "All the stores are closed and vacant" "the population is decreasing" The CBD area is going through a period of change. It is experiencing a shift to inner city living, as seems to be the trend in...

Yeah, your right Mark and Sim, I wouldn't want to change any of the fundamentals either. I believe everything happens for a reason. Taking on board the lessons learn't along the way are the important things and the more you have under your belt the better armed you are to succeed in the...

1) Prime motivating event? The closest one I can think of was being at a barbie in 1982 and hearing someone say they had just bought a second property as an investment. That got the cogs ticking over. We had just bought our first home. We had it paid off in 4 years. 2) Done since...

10 years ago we had well and truly started the "journey" and had just purchased our third property. This last purchase ultimately caused our strategy, or lack of, to stall for the next 7 years. So advice to self would have been more speed, less haste. All the information to avoid this...

My accountants depreciating a wall mounted airconditioner at a rate of 18.75% over 4 years. Yeah! I know, this only amounts to 75% total. I'll have to ask her how this works out. She has included the fitting and wiring in the total cost. Maybe it has something to do with the way...

Gee, I wonder how many thousands of people out there don't know they should be paying land tax. This sounds a bit weird to me, I'm sure most people, just like Kathryn have never heard of land tax. Rick

G'day All Does anyone have any ideas on paying for the installation of a service like Foxtel to an IP? The property is one in a medium size group of units. Apparently some of the tenants want access to Foxtel and the buildings are already semi-wired up. I thought it would be reasonable...