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Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do in this situation? A couple bought a Sydney CBD apt. 2 weeks ago. The price in the contract is in line with other apartments which have recently been sold in the same building within the last few weeks. The valuation came in 1 week ago way...

I have some questions about inner Sydney apartments as PPOR. Recent articles suggest that there is a huge quantity coming onto the market and this is taking pressure off buyers. To those in the thick of the market, are you finding that this is true? There certainly seem to be more suitable...

In Australian property law is there any right to retain a view? (Google was not my friend) Situation: elderly couple living for 50 years in a house with a view of a bay and islands. Always had great neighbours all around them. New owners have bought the property below them...

For musicians and music lovers who like discovering non-mainstream youtubes here are some of mine: 1. Spookies From the Blue Mountains - The Spooky Men's Chorale led by a delightfully eccentric character - Stephen Taberner. He is a brilliant musician - well respected in the music community...

Can anyone help me, a non-techie, with some problems? I own and run 2 small busineses, separate but related. Each has a website which is maintained by the same web manager whom I paid to create and maintain the websites. The first website's domain name is owned by me but the web manager...

There's something missing from SS now - the alternative views to look at investing, life, family.. Sunfish, WW, Bill L, Dazz all gave different and sometimes controversial views and I miss the balance they provided. And the humour that went with it.

I realise this is a property forum and not a stock market forum, but the stock market forums are pretty woeful and I value the opinions of people here rather than there... Does anyone have any info on Lynas? I don't own it yet. Gossip, anecdotes - all good. I've made more money on gossip...

If there is one thing which is a real surprise to read on these forums it's the number of really daft questions from owners who choose to self manage. Sometimes they seem to be unaware that there are such entities as tenancy boards. It's hard to believe that they are so casual towards a...

I've come across this house up for a desperation auction which strikes me as a really a good dual income investment opportunity. It didn't suit me because I'm looking for a PPOR, not a IP, there's a salt water pool instead of a garden, and it's close to a railway line and I don't like...

Have you looked for a rental property and property to buy at the same time? It's doing my head in. You rock up at a property for sale and it's all smiles and niceties and new-best- friend-land... .. attend a property for rent and 80% of the time you are met by sullen young ladies...

This is going to be a very interesting case I think. The combined fire power of all the banks combined will be formidable but what they have been doing is not pretty so perhaps the class action suit has a chance. If you've ever been stung with some kind of penalty here is the place to...

I need to buy a car. Style and branding are irrelevant. Reliability, reasonable repair bills, reasonably economical and good space in the back seat and boot for large musical instruments is important. Does anyone have any suggestions for a nerdy, nana second hand car about $6-7000...

Potsa Cash is sitting on a pile of cash and looking for a property investment, Savvy Investor would like funds to put together more deals. If Savvy Investor is willing to do the the hard yards to put a deal together using Potsa Cash's funds, at what point are they equal partners in the...

A lot of seasoned investors on SS have indicated that they spent many years flip-flopping around investing until they found what path they were most comfortable with. Sometimes it took a year or two and for others it seems to have taken a decade or so. Can I ask those among you who made...

This is due diligence believe it or not. Does anyone have any opinions on the following? the best surfing between Bris and Noosa to the north and the best ones to the south to about 40 k below Byron. (I'd define best as being consistantly reliable reasonable waves rather than large...

Apologies for asking just about the dumbest question on a property forum... Whenever there is any discussion about future housing development there is almost always a mention of land release. Who is releasing the land? Federal govt? State govt? Local govt? Private owners...

If there are threads which have covered this, great - please point me in the right direction. My search came up empty. For those of you who lease your IP's privately, where do you advertise or how do you find tenants? Is there a realestate.dot.com.au site for investors like that one is for...

At the suggestion of Skater and Ozperp in the thread on Trusts, I will relate the story of an IP gone wrong. It feels a bit out of place in the middle of all of your spectacular successes. Even though this occurred many years ago, maybe our mistakes will help others. This is in no...

Maiden voyage into Somersoft ...I've been reading the forum now for about 3 weeks and have learned things I never knew that I needed to know. Thank you all so much. This is a question for investors who have properties in multiple states. In comparing the states of SA, QLD and NSW, is...