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Received a renewal invitation today. Same house, same insurer. Premium has doubled in three years, and 50% increase since last year!! Are others seeing the same? I phoned & asked, was told that the fire services levy was a factor. Here in WA there is already a fire services levy...

http://www.realcommercial.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=5659397&f=0&p=10&t=com&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=AU&c=17900493&tm=1294204640 Place for sale in Muswellbrook, NSW. I have no association with the property at all & am not interested in buying it. I found it by searching for higher yielding...

Some guys I know have a small engineering consulting business - and they are going fine. They might benefit from reading some good books on running a small consulting business. Are there some really good books that you can recommend? Either on consulting or small business generally...

I know nothing about (Australian) common law and am interested in reading an introductory book. Can you recommend a book to me? Thanks

The genesis of this thread was http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54384 Where would be the best place/s to buy/invest in residential properties in the north-west of WA or in the Northern Territory for a good long term return? Port Hedland has great returns at the moment, but...

I have a holding company ATF some discretionary trusts. Some trusts have a no doc loan for investment properties: the loans have re-draw facilities. I personally have a large amount of spare cash - that is it is mine personally, not the trust's. Earlier in the year the spare funds were...

Yesterday I caught a train & bus in Perth; the "bog" standard public transport type. The main Perth station station and the train both had advertisements seeking people to work as transit guards. The council bus had an ad for people to become bus drivers. Walking past a Department of...

"Real Estate Cash from Treasure and Trash" Yadreamin recently mentioned the book in a separate thread. I just picked up a copy at lunchtime and am looking forward to reading it. Pearce has had fabulous success in recent years. I'll post some comments next week. I'm a little surprised to...

Not sure if this should be in the legal subsection. Apologies to moderators if so. Situation is a block of Perth units built in late 1960s. Six are 2 bedroom units and three are single bedroom. The strata titling was done in 1976/77. A copy of the strata plan provided at the time of...

:) Hello to all. Its been a while since I've posted. A change of computers at work 'caused me to lose my forum identity & then I just took a break for a while. Once I purchased the Ferrari (March this year), realising about my only real dream, I took to cruising (literally/figuratively)...

There are avid forum readers who are yet to register - hence, yet to start posting. Some have been visiting the forum for years. I'd encourage all to register and join in the threads. It helps all of us. Your active participation is welcomed. Hoping to see lots more new posters soon...

I'd be interested to hear comments from others. In the last week I've talked to a few people who have been looking to purchase houses for sale. Repeatedly the message is that houses are selling at virtually full asking price at the first home open. Is this the experience others are...

A little story I read last weekend, about a pottery course. At the start of a semester an art class was divided in two. One half of the class was advised their semester was going to be graded solely on the quality of one pot. The other half solely on the quantity. So one lot painstakingly...

Talking with a few guys around Perth, who are about (normal) retirement age, has made me realise that 50 years' ago, or so, Perth must have been a small city. It got me thinking, does anyone know a resource that would show the extent of Perth (or other capitals) over time. I'm imagining a...

Seeing Peter 147's new signature - trainee Ferrari driver - has prompted me to ask a question I've been contemplating for a while. Only out of curiousity, ATM. :) What are the costs of keeping/maintaining a Ferrari? I've seen some beautiful coupés at the local dealer. Very low...

An argument for the government allowing the tax breaks that are so helpful to private property investors is that it is better for the government to do that than provide public housing from their own purse. Going slightly off topic (that is, not 100% real estate focus), I'm wondering what...

I was recently reminded of this great thread from the past, which contains some words of wisdom, teach us to fish regards,

Does James Packer have a twin brother? If not, I think he and companion and "minder" (?) were out for their morning walk today [Friday 11th] at the same time as I was walking in to work. The group were ~5m from me as we crossed from South Perth over the Narrows Bridge into the outskirts of...

REIWA have released preliminary median price data for the quarter ending December '04. The weekend newspaper - Saturday 5th Feb - has data by suburb in the real estate section. In an abnormally fast time, the data is already on the REIWA website! Be aware that some median values are for...

I heard something on the radio on the weekend along the lines that the US government had dipped into social security funds and that was a major reason that there was discussion on changing access to funds to allow individuals direct control of funds. The funds are OK til 2042 or so but then...