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I have a house with tenants that use too much water. They drink and drink and bathe and cook and abuse the heck out of it. I have been doing some research and have discovered that all this water comes from the environment. Clearly it is out to make a profit from supply us with all this water at...

I have a number of trusts all with the same corporate trustee of which I am the sole director. Each trust is a fixed unit trust and holds IP's and is done purely for land tax reasons not asset protection. One property in a trust of its own is severely cashflow negative as it is a development...

Hi Bit miffed. Had some aircon guys out to new office to do some AC duct work repairs, relocations, and service. I was advised it was a 2 person job and took 4 hours. They also brought an apprentice who hung around, watched, fetched the occasional bit of gear/tool for the 2 techs. Got...

Hi All I have had an IP become vacant and am considering selling to fund some development works. 2 br 1 bathroom villa in St Marys, its on the end so one common wall and windows on 3 sides. Has wraparound L shaped yard, single carport, split AC, polished timber floorboards, vertical blinds...

Hi All I have a CIP for sale in Norwest Business Park. Selling due to wanting to use funds for other investment purposes. It is a 39sqm suite with kitchenette and 2 undercover security spaces in a modern renovated complex on Brookhollow Ave. Ducted aircon, good broadband. Good little...

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I am putting in my first ever landlord insurance claim, I am insured with Terri Scheer. My claim for costs, damage to internals, rubbish removal, rental arrears and locks etc comes to about 12k. So far it looks like they are not going to accept much of the claim except for the rental arrears...

Hi All Quickie re apportioning interest. I have a low rate credit card (same as home loan rate, part of my ppor loan). I was thinking to use this to buy some IP related items using and run this is as a quasi LOC. The credit card also has ppor aquisition costs on it (its one of those...

Hi Sim Do you have any admin access or sway with the powers that run irc.mibbit.net? I have been using the web chat for a while and decided to fire up mirc instead. It was an old version which was instantly z-lined for being a compromised release. Unfortuntely z-lines run on IP and as I have...

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Hey Sim Noticing there is a lot of thread necro'ing going on of late... threads from 4-6 years ago being re-opened with a single question that is "this is the closest I can find" style posts. Is there any benefit in threads that are years old being able to be resurrected with likely out of...

Hi all Need a recommendation for a plasterer to install an expansion joint and some celing/cornice repair. And also for a skylight installer If anyone knows someone good (its for ppor not ip) would appreciate some contacts Thx Dave

Hi, since Rabodirect canned their managed funds etc business, I have my SMSF sitting as cash again in a high interest savings account. What recommendations do people have for a brokerage company for shares, managed funds, etf's etc? CMC Markets seems to have the lowest brokerage fee that I...

So its the end of month and my offset should be filled with junes rental disbursements ready for mortgage payments due on the first of the month. However no agents have transferred anything. I can understand maybe one even two not, but all have sent $0. Shot off some emails and got some...

With the ever increasing number of unapproved granny flats I see on for sale listings, do PM's have any responsibility to verify the legality of dwellings that their landlords ask them to manage? Just interested to know as there are two properties with GF's I looked at a couple of months ago...

Hi My business partner needs his pool area re-paved. Does anyone have a good paver in the hills district (or that services the hills) that they can recommend? Thx Dave

Hi All I understand intended use of funds etc for investment vs personal use for deductibility etc. I have a question though regarding can borrowed funds be used to replace tax paid funds where the use of the tax paid funds was short term lending while an equity release was pending...

Hi, looking for some advice and thoughts on a purchase. I am looking around for a new PPOR and after a false start thwarted by my favourite blue star logo'd agency, have found two properties that I like a lot. I dislike McMansion or bland modern style homes and prefer things that are unique and...

Hiya! Have found a house that will do nicely as a new PPOR. Has everything I am looking for (doing a reno will keep me entertained). My only real issue with it is that it faces north west, with 3 bedrooms and lounge having a westerly aspect. Kitchen and family room face east, with nothing...

I have another IP settling 19th April. However unlike other purchases I am not getting vacant possession as I dont have time to do a reno and re-tenant afterwards for at least 6 months. The selling agent is also the managing agent and given the state of the place at open houses, I dont want...