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So long and thanks for all the fish

Neh. It's an op-ed piece in a "business" journal. It doesn't really cater to peer review. Also Lang is biased to commercial property.

My point exactly! except... that doesn't make them property investors. It also means that baby boomers who think their houses are worth say $1.3M are in for a shock when they go to sell. And nothing is worse to average people than sitting on a say 30% paper loss.

Yes Chris Lang always uses hedged language - it's a product of his training, being wrong is worse than being right. Does anybody know a 30 year property investor who is debt free and still owns all the properties they've ever bought? That's an extreme interpretation of Aaron's case, but not...

I know a number of boomers who experienced a divorce. That puts a significant hit in wealth creation. The key point is that many baby boomers will be exiting their PPOR over the next 15 years. If that happens there will be significant supply of 3- to 5- bedroom houses in the inner ring...

Chris Lang has an interesting point in his commentary today at Business Spectator. http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/house-prices-superannuation-property-baby-boomers--pd20110818-KU32B I don't always agree with Chris, but he always raises interesting points. I think the...

I don't know how or if it's possible to remove your house from Google street view. I have a problem with privacy arguments clouding that debate. The view from the street to your house is not private. By definition it's a public space. Your house is not "yours". Centuries of common law...

Landlords Insurance Policy Having a landlord's insurance policy is for peace of mind. Actually having your own insurance policy in any transaction is for peace-of-mind. It is up to you to decide if it's "too much". Historically I don't insure a strata unit until the sale settles and I become...

If you have a PM (like in this case), instruct them in writing to confirm and record copies of the Certificate of Currency on or before every anniversary. I'd even go so far as explicitly stating this is a contractual stipulation where non-performance by the PM admits liability for monetary...

Yes you need insurance A family member owned a warehouse in Christchurch. It is now condemned and he has to pay to demolish it. Call a business insurance broker. Let them know you don't want everything but you do want to consider your options. Strata insurance is a last-chance, worst-case...

Sorry Sim for reopening this can of worms. I shouldn't visit forums when I'm tired and particularly ADHD :) But then again if I knew I was experiencing an ADHD moment would I be able to stop? Very zen.

What happened to the vB upgrade by the end of 2010?

Anybody want an invite? I've been giving away invitations on Google+ to do my bit to increase adoption. Rather than clog up the forum with an "invite me" thread you can ask for one at http://zagz.com/item/free-google-invite.html I don't think G+ is a facebook killer - it will take my mum...

That's why I love this forum. Wish I came around more often these days. Regards Paul (I'm still not here)

Your friends upload their address books. Once a couple of them do it, your name (linked to your work email address) shows up more than once. Assuming your addresses are in the .au TLD LinkedIn's statistical confidence increases. Have you told LI where you work? e.g. I still get "do you...

Oh I so agree. That is one of the reasons for the survey. These organisations say they want "sustainable" and claim they are getting traction within Qld and the rest Australia. The survey is one way of measuring that outside of the green industry. Once the assignment is complete I'm happy to...

I'm leaving the survey open for 24 more hours as I need some more responses. NOT JUST QUEENSLANDERS, anyone especially if you "don't know anything" about environmental sustainability. Most respondents so far are environmentally astute so the sample is biased.

Happy Birthday Sim. I hope your son buys his Dad something special.

Organisations for Environmentally Sustainable Queensland. Please answer a survey for my MBA research Hi Gang, long time not chat. For those who don't know me I used to be very active in here, especially on the Innovative Techniques board. Then I got busy with business, and wraps, and MBA oh...

Sorry for such a long absence... Life happens My mum dragged me to a stores online breakfast, which I found to be a hard sell for their one-day follow up. The followup is cheap but... For the breakfast/lunch 3 hours they promised to show you how to get started online. But none of the info...