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Can anyone recommend a good painter on the Southside of Brisbane. Got a quote today and think he costed in an extension as well as the paint job !!! Seriously, we expect to pay a fair price to get a quality job but you have to wonder how keen some tradespeople are to get the job when they...

We are about to obtain quotes on an interior repaint job and want a good quality finish. Have bought 2 of those great British Paints magazines in Bunnings and am bursting with great ideas for feature walls etc. Although a painter has been recommended to us, when I called him to arrange a...

Was just having a look at the ATO site - very sad entertainment on a Saturday night - as I was planning to contribute to our super funds in order to take advantage of the government's co-contribution. The way I read the rules is, although our taxable income is below $28,000 each, we don't...

This might be of special interest to Brains who along with Bruce Springsteen was actually responsible for me discovering Morayfield. The Bruce bit is another story - had been to his concert the night before and stayed on the northside partly so we could easily head off and have a look at...

Is anyone else on the forum attending the Steve Navra seminar this weekend in Brisbane? I believe that you can park in the Wintergarden car park all day on weekends for $7 per day provided you enter after 7am. If you go to level 5 that gives you access to the Hilton conference rooms I...

Am looking at buying Dale's book on trusts, but can someone tell me if it is too late to set up a trust after you have already purchased several IPs. I'm thinking the costs involved in setting up and transferring ownership to a trust will outweigh the benefits.

We have a number of IPs in Brisbane with equity which has increased very nicely, however all the loans are 90% of original valuation and are interest only. All these loans have been taken out in the last 18months on Westpac's Premier Advantage package. We now want to buy another property and...

We currently have a couple of IPs, none of which had ever been rented out by the previous owners. We are now about to settle on a 4 year old property which has been rented out since new. Can someone tell me if this changes the way Building Allowance is calculated? Specifically do we...

Am a new user of the Forum, but our biggest worry is that we started investing in property (interest only) only 2 years ago - better late than never! As we are only 5 years away from retirement we are beginning to worry that with recent capital growth in our properties and not a lot of super...

We are looking for another investment property but the first questions agents in the area we are looking seem to ask is "is the property for investment?" They are very adamant on this issue. One went so far as to tell us he wouldn't show us properties in a particular estate as the developer...