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Thanks for that Michael. Much appreciated.

Hi damacc, Thanks for the reply. Tried the NT website and couldn't find the info. Haven't had the time to be able to dig around too much on it. Was hoping an NT investor on here might be able to give a quick answer.

Hi all, Got asked this question on our site the other day: I'm not really up to speed on NT stamp duty laws. Anyone able to help out? p.s. feel free to move the thread if this isn't the best place for it. Thanks, Dave

Hi MMM, An accounting firm I used to work with used to put a lot of clients into family discretionary trusts with one motivation being asset protection. Many different assets would be held in the trusts including properties, shares etc. There would then be a company that would act as...

Man oh man NSW SRO and Treasury are the absolute worst at disseminating info. Anyone know where I can get my hands on all the details of the stamp duty changes from an official source? Thanks

Hadn't seen this one before. Seems very good and quite new. Do you know how long it has been around for?

Got replaced around the end of last year i believe. The new site seems aimed a lot more at beginners or those with little financial education. To their credit it is a lot easier to use though.

Have been using this for a while now. Haven't seen it on here so thanks for posting.

service my BM only every 10,000. depends on the age of the car of course.

Something I fell and see much more in the property market than the share market. A much greater sense of emotion and attachment. Although when your share holdings start falling 5% a week i know which one evokes a more emotional response! ;)

I've been a value investor for a long time. But as previously said in this market it's time for a change of tactics if you want any short-term profits. I'm progressing more towards global macro investing / trading.

The Future.... Are you aware of any other sites similar to Flippa. I'm very curious to see what the market is like for this type of business.

Damn can't watch... Overseas currently. Anyone got a link to it that isn't region blocked?

True - the ATO has come down hard on some similar structures. See Hart's case. However a company I used to work for put clients into a similar structure using a global loan type facility they set up with Colonial. They would then capitalise the interest on the investment loans and pay down...

Sorry mate, Didn't mean to get in a tit-for-tat with you there. Was just making a generalisation and wasn't referring to you specifically. Was just trying to give a few statistical ways to assess the affordability crisis and didn't mean to offend you. Again, my apologies. I'm new to...

Of course it can't. But you can use it to interpret the market. If you invest based purely on emotion you have broken the very first rule in the book.

Excellent reasons.

Hate to bring some maths into this but; Using one measure of affordability: Affordability % = Repayments on 75% LVR of Median House Price 25 year term / Average Earnings The higher the % the worse the affordability. Assume a constant real rate of interest. Property price growth >...

To get back on topic. I've never personally lived off the equity in my investments simply because I don't need to. However when I was with one particular financial planning firm there were many clients who used the equity in their property to fund their lifestyle expenses. This was...

Don't know about dieting pills but it's true exercise will help most and best of all it an be FREE. Is it possible for you to switch to interest only payments on the property (if you're not already doing so) until you can build up your savings to a safe level? Also would the bank allow you...