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I wonder if Tamworth as a regional "sponge city" would benefit with a lot of miners simply moving in or around town... hmm..

In a very quick summary of Dallas.... *Unemployment rate at 7.9% *Average house prices up 12.5% year-on-year (recent article on CNBC) *Industry is huge - oil, gas, tech/telecommunication companies, Dallas alone is home to 12 Fortune 500 companies. What is known as the "Telecom...

Personally, I've been looking at Dallas & San Antonio, Texas & Atlanta, Georgia

I don't really like Las Vegas as a choice in the US. Unemployment is over 16%, rental vacancy rates 14.3%, and there are still worrying market trends and research coming out showing a projected negative growth of the housing market in the next couple of years. Emma's "Why Las Vegas?" page...

I definitely think you should diversify, even if only a little, between different asset classes. I bought bank stocks (among others) last week using money from my offset account. The bank stocks should be returning (anticipated) 7.5% per year. You can also use Terryw's suggestion of...

Looks like the asx market has sort of chilled out from around 11, buyers must be out now, wondering if the US will be similar tomorrow..

Oh I never said that, I have no idea where the bottom is or in which direction they are headed!

Yeah absolutely, but I'm not an expert so whilst the dividend yields are attractive I'd rather buy now for the long term than wait for the market to bottom out - which I have no idea when would happen.

Nice, i'll check it out. The other ones i'm looking at are TLS, MAP, BHP & ANZ...

Is anyone buying for the increase in dividend yield's as a result of the sell-off the past week? nab now is paying around a 7.2% dividend yield - is it just me or can you not go wrong with this?

Not to mention the costs involved!!!

Hey Jerky no I don't own in Atlanta yet. Currently studying a few different cities / areas in the US so just thought I would share my research (aka 'copy and pate' job) with people in the hope someone finds it useful. Do you know of any of the problems your partner faced in Marrietta? Was...

Atlanta, Georgia General Overview State population: 9.7 million Population greater metro area: +6 million Population centre: 5.3 million Counties: Fulton and DeKalb City demographics:According to the 2010 census, the racial composition of the city of Atlanta was as follows: Black or...

Great thank you for your help :)

It is for the eventual purchase of an investment property. Do you think the same answer will apply? Thanks!

Hi all, I was wondering if someone could help with a specific question I have regarding setting up my ITIN (International Taxpayer Identification Number) application. I understand the majority of the form except for the first question "Reason you are submitting form W-7". I have no US...

As alexlee said, you pay tax either way. Dividends are often a much better way of earning a good return on your money. Most people don't realise they can lose around 40-45% (give or take) in tax on interest earned from money sitting in the bank. Franking credits mean the company has...

If it's only around $500 just buy them. I would stop reinvesting your dividends, and just let them pay you as income. The shares will eventually pay for itself and you don't need to worry about it until retirement. If you want diversification in shares and don't know much about trading...

Got back from HK a view weeks ago & ocean park is MUCH better, just search for some online reviews :)

Give me a few years and you will be ;)