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Hi all, Can anyone recommend a decent property manager to manage my Southbank apartment? The apartment has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 car park. I am currently living in it, but will be moving out in a month and want to rent it out and make it an investment property. Will be...

Hi all, I bought an apartment as PPOR in 2009 for $500K. Dad helped paid $200K and I am paying the rest, $300K mortgage. It is a standard variable rate mortgage: - $2K repayment each month - no offset account - unlimited redraw facility - current balance is -$200K I'm looking to buy...

I have an old Kelvinator air conditioning. Not sure what the model is since I have lost the manual, but from the remote control I can see some code looking like the model number: 6711A20012M. A few weeks ago the remote control died while the air con was on. I thought this was because of the...

I received a brochure from them today in a mail. I am not sure where they got my details from. Link: http://commercialsecurities.com.au/ The above website contains the same information to the brochure I received. Reading through the brochure/website, it looks quite interesting. So has...

Is this depending on the number of bedrooms, carparks, or the number of people moving into the property? Or is this however many the agent has? Do I, as the purchaser, have the right by law to request the agent to prepare 'X' number of copies of the keys on the settlement? Thanks!

Hi all, a newbie question here. The property I am buying will settle on Wednesday, 2 August (it's tomorrow!). I was just wondering what will happen after the settlement? Obviously, I will get access to all the keys to the property from the agent. And what's next other than having myself to...

Hi, I am interested to know how long does convenyancing process normally take? And what can possibly slow it down? My conveyancer seems to be very slow in doing things. They made a lot of promises to me but almost never once met a single one. They argued that due to the increasing home...

Hi guys, from your experience, do you think agents will accept a personal cheque instead of bank cheque when paying the 10% deposit? I need to pay up the 10% deposit of a property I am buying. The agent said the vendor has accepted my offer but hasn't signed the contract yet due to being...

Hi, some newbie questions. I have recently put an offer on a property, and the agent has just come back to me today and said that the vendor has accepted it verbally, and is now just waiting for his wife to sign the contract, which may take a couple of days due to her being interstate...

Hi all, I have been reading through the contract of one property that I am interested in. There is the following condition that I don't quite understand and by the sounds of it, I am going to be at the disadvantage? (Sorry, if it sounds ignorant, I am pretty new to this kind of thing.) I...

Hi, This is somewhat similar to http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51894 and http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51968. But I didn't want to hijack other people's threads out of courtesy. I am a first-home buyer and I am interested to make an offer for property...

http://www.hsbc.com.au/1/2/fiftiesrate?WT.ac=AUH_hl50sratehpsm0409 They just released the product today. I am seriously considering taking it for my first home. Experts or people that have used the bank or the product before, could you please advise if there are any downsides of it that...

Hi, first time poster here and still a newbie. Please excuse the silly questions I have. I am looking to buy my first property before the FHOG expires on 30 June. I have targeted a few properties with purchase price around $440k - $500. As I am not financially very stable yet (just started...