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An Australian friend of mine recently married a Thai lady. She lives in Thailand and he lives in both Thailand and Australia however I think his official residence is in Australia and he spends 80% of time in Australia as he works FIFO. The marriage was done in Thailand formally. I believe...

Hi peoples, I am creating a spreadsheet to track tax deductions for both personal and property tax. I would like to categorise things to help me retain the information for tax purposes. Part of it is also to remind me what I need to keep receipts for as well as making it easier for my...

Rarely do I agree with anything from Abbott, but I agree 100% with this. Difficult to arrange as it needs support from the states, but a great thing if it succeeds. You want free money? No problem, just ensure you can pass a random test.

couple of questions re tax. Scenario 1. If i had a $100k IO loan for an IP and put in an extra $20k, then removed the $20k so the balance returned to the original $100k would that effect the tax deduction of the loan? Can i just claim the interest of the loan for the financial year...

Can anyone recommend an electrician, bathroom reno guy, roofer and painter in Geraldton WA?

I like the concept of a buyers agent with a fixed fee. The city I'm interested in only has one buyers agent which uses a commission based fee structure. To me this is a conflict of interest as it is in his interest for me to pay more money for a property. Has anyone done this before...

Can anyone recommend a software solution to track the financials of multiple properties such as rent, expenses, capital costs, receipts, documents and other stuff. I have thought of creating a spreadsheet and linking to pdf's within a folder but I would prefer something more polished and...

Can anyone recommend an agent in geraldton to manage my property? The one I am considering wants 9.35% plus gst. Also, there are plenty of extra charges like reletting and advertising which seem quite high also.

Does anyone subscribe to the your investment property magazine on ipad? Previously it was excellent. Searchable data, easy skip to pages, etc. Now it is simply a very poor PDF of the magazine and all digital features are gone. Also all previous issues need to be re-downloaded. I used to...

I'm interested in a property going to auction in SA. I asked the RE what would be the expected price range to see if it was worth my while getting P&B done and arranging someone to bid on my behalf. He told me that SA law prevents him from giving me an expected price range. That surprised me...

Can anyone recommend someone in Whyalla to install a couple of AC split systems and also someone to build an internal wall for an IP? I am not in Whyalla so am looking for someone I can trust to do quality work without ripping me off.. I had a guy lined up to do all the work but he has become...

H all. I wish to improve my knowledge of creating feasability study's. I have missed a number of great development opportunities recently because I was far too conservative with my numbers because I am not confident in costs. Due to being FIFO I have quite limited access to telephones...

Can anyone recommend a good conveyancer for WA? I will need to do all correspondence via phone/email/fax and snail mail.

Has anyone had any experience installing flat screen tv's into a rental property? My reasoning is its a pretty compact 3 bedroom house with pretty small lounge room and 3rd bedroom. If I lived there I would install flat screen tv's in at least lounge and MBR to make much better use of the...

I work in a remote location FIFO and the incoming mail takes about 2 weeks to get here. I'm not sure how long the outgoing mail takes, however I might be able to pass them onto someone flying out that day. I am looking to buy 2-3 properties per year and only just begun. For my first IP the...

I'm thinking of buying a old full brick duplex which has been converted into a single home and converting it back into two IP's. It is still on 2 titles with 2 water,gas and electricity meters. Things I will need to do are: * new rear fence dividing the two properties. * replace the rear...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/beachlocked-half-price-if-you-like-hiking/story-e6frg6nf-1226579891936 House for sale with no road access. The only access is walking 100 meters along the beach! "There is one major snag - and for most buyers it is a deal-killer. Of almost 400...

I want to get a small credit card maybe $2k limit purely for frequent flyer points, travel insurance and extended warranty of purchases. I don't need the credit. The problem is the commonwealth bank card which has these features has a min $4k limit. I only want a $2k limit so it doesn't limit...

I would like to start a thread listing buyers agents around Australia and the locations they specialize in. One of the great things a buyers agent can bring to the table for me is local knowledge. My FIFO situation makes it hard for me to view properties. I also like the prospects of...

The details: 2000 m2 20 meter frontage, 100m fence line Rectangle shape Slopes away from street approx 4 meters total 900mm storm water pipe I can connect into No easements restricting building Sewer connection 1 meter deep 25 meters from the front boundry My questions: Would 900mm be...