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    Overcharged on Rental Contract

    Dazz - It is a dog's breakfast. The fact they use a dd service to collect rent should not mean I'm not fully paid up if I've paid on time. It's all done automatically by the bank and dd so if there is a discrepancy then that is up to them to warn me in advance on the contract. The agent...
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    Overcharged on Rental Contract

    Just letting everyone know what I've done to sort it out. The real estate agency says I can't get that money back as it accrues onto the rental account and I'm not paid up fully anyway. ??? I thought the whole point of direct debit which the bank pays money into that account, and the dd...
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    Overcharged on Rental Contract

    Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a while because we decided to sign another 12 month lease due to stresses at work. I'm here asking for advice now because our rental agency has been overcharging us for rent. They have done so for 18 weeks. I only found this out now because I just got...
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    $2 a day food budget

    There have been many times where our family has had to pull in our belts and I have written a cookbook that has extremely cheap meals all with the costs listed beside them and where you buy that item from. The meals do not cost more than $2, so it is a lot more than this guy. But the meals...
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    Recommendation for Solicitor/Conveyancer in Brisbane?

    Hi everyone, Does anyone has some good recommendations concernings solicitors in Brisbane? I have been spoonfed one that is min $1300, but haven't heard anything really good about them. I just wondered if there were others that SS liked and used? I'm in South East Brisbane, Bayside area...
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    Newbie starting out...

    Mortza - Thankyou for that information, especially about how much to budget for a conveyancer. Do you think it's better to not sign a 6 month lease and use the rest of the 2 months I have on the current lease to look, or would it be worth my while to sign for 6 months and give myself greater...
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    Newbie starting out...

    Thanks for your help. Alexlee - We will be living in the house and we will qualify for the first home owners grant. I didn't know there were stamp duty exemptions. I've been reading threads on this forum to try and understand the whole process. I already have my budget under control...
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    Newbie starting out...

    Hi, This is my first post here, and I guess I need some help from people that have bought property before. This place seemed the best. I'd like to buy a house, but don't really know what I need as in: conveyancer, solictor, buyer's agent, mortgage broker. Our situation: 70k deposit...
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