Recent content by ThomasAJ

So...let's do it Rolf. It's me! Your fav (ish) client. Knott and Nannygai. :D PS Here's to Rolf's 15,000 plus 1 post. Champers all round. Drinks on me. (Oh dear will be met with deathly silence as I'm not in the top 10 posters. Who is he anyway?)

I want to get some $s out of an IP up to 90% in order to purchase another IP. Spoke to call centre guy and 90% seems to be no problem - I already paid LMI upon initial financing of current IP and he said only LMI needs to be paid on the top up $s. I have paid some mortgage off and...

Thanks for the link for high rises. I strongly suspect most Somersoft forum users pooh pooh high rises regarding investment potential (in general I have found very few posts about high rises or low rises say 10 stories over the last 4 years of viewing compared to say 'normal' houses in mom...

Can you please expand on reasons for Southbank precinct. Also can you comment on Freshwater Place and Eureka if you know them well.

OK so I understand that you arranged your own finance. I have been arranging car loans for my business/es for the last 30 years and cannot ever remember 6.5% - definitely not in the last.. um say 10 years. Can only be part of a property loan surely. Don't tease us...details please.

Wow forget property. Just tell me with a few months notice when the Govt is gonna takeover (via sharemarket) and I'll give away my meager props and by said shares :)

Sorry I don't 100% understand what you mean by "did my own car loan". Can you please expand on that.

Hi Rolf Can you please expand on this. I do not 100% understand. many Thanks Tom

I am not applying right now - I want to file this under 'research'. So the usual scenario is 1. Find property 2. Offer made/accepted subject to finance 3. Provide financials to lender 4. Pray the credit person didn't have a fight with spouse that day... Yes you can get pre-approval...

There is no particular property for sale at the moment. My son in law rented one out at 177D Dorcas St. Sth Melb which seems to be zoned as B3Z. It's on the corner of Dorcas and Moray sts. See http://planningschemes.dpcd.vic.gov.au/portphillip/maps/portphillip03zn.pdf B3Z definition is...

Is a property that is located in a business zoning but can be used for residential/office purposes considered strictly commercial? I ask because there are a number of buildings in Sth. Melb. that are located in bus. zone but have only a small area on the ground floor set up as office. ie 3...

Nowadays broker can be in Siberia. Go for the best man and lose the location issue. My broker is in Brisbane (I think - see I don't know 100% nor care) I am in Noosa and he did a great job for us for 2 properties (VIC and QLD) all using communications. Rolf Latham is the man!

The $s are not important - what it is is what it is - the viewing process is the key. What happens/ed to the money!

Many holiday rental units in QLD have seemingly high BC fees for ordinary units (I am not implying they are cheaper in other states). Say $8k (not including council rates) on say $350k asking prices. Many of the blocks (or 'estates') look in very average repair. When I ask "where has the...

Hm...the frustration of it all eh. Please bear with me and I might be able to help you in the long term. (I am talking about run-of-the-mill $ amounts or issues; not $millions - get a lawyer.) I run a business and I can't tell you the number of times I have been stonewalled by ignorant and...