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I need some advice on maximizing the returns for our sons future. He is only 5 months old and we don't plan for him to have access to the funds until he is 21. At the moment we have $1800 in a kids savings account with cba. His Uncle is depositing $200 per month. Instead of leaving the...

I had the most terrifying night early Saturday morning, well not just me the entire family suffered. We were lying in bed sound asleep when we were awoken buy someone bashing on our front door. My wife and I both jumped out of bed and made sure our 16 week old son was ok. Whoever it was...

After some advice on this situation.. I placed a property under contract in my own personal name 2 weeks ago. The following day I let the conveyancer know of the name change as I changed from my personal name to a company/trust set up. 3pm Friday after noon (11 days later) I get a phone...

Just doing some DD on a property and looking if the house falls under the Brisbane DCP. According to Brisbane maps it shows it is protected but looking at the house it looks like it was built after 1946 and resembles more of a commission style house. Has anyone found that the information...

Hi Ya, I put in a strong offer on a property yesterday and had the offer presented to the vendor. They officially didn't have their open inspections until today so they wanted to wait till then before accepting the offer......thats fair enough. My offer was 570k. Now the agent ran me...

Has to be a typo...wonder how many offers will be put forward? http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-coorparoo-116984595

Has any one attended any seminars in regards to importing? What were your thoughts and did you gain much knowledge or was it more of a sales pitch for their future services? If you have experience importing where did you find the best place for information or did you use a broker to take...

I had a LOC set up against my PPOR 7 months ago for an IP purchase. I haven't touched these funds as of yet. We completed a full internal reno on our PPOR over the last 6 months and I was wondering if I should see if I can draw any more equity out of it. Is it a good idea to have any...

Im just trying to find out if there is a way to find out of future or possible future rezoning of brisbane suburbs. I have only been looking at the BCC website at there new city plan and zoning maps that give you the grid maps for suburbs and tells you current zoning. Where can I find out...

I have a fence that will need replacing soon. On the other side of the fence there is a public walk way that runs down the left hand side of the property that runs from one street into another. Brisbane city council visit a few times during the year to trim the shrubs and trees down the walk...

I have had a request form the tenants to put in ceiling fans, one in the bedroom, lounge and kitchen. The main light in the bedroom and lounge room is central to the room so was looking at a fan with a light built into the fan to replace the lights. The kitchen has lights either end so no...

I have a tenant that wants to get internet put on at the property. However the tenant has informed me that there is no phone points in the house. He has investigated under the house to see where the lead in cable enters the house. He has found a phone line (main lead in cable) that runs out...

Some days I think of selling these neg geared properties and starting again and buying positive geared properties. Sometimes I just don’t know and sometimes I doubt what I can do. Do you ever feel you are doing things all wrong? Maybe I am doing it wrong, I’m not sure. I have one property in...

Hello, I have looked at a few villas coming up for sale but I have only purchased houses before. The villas are yet to be constructed and they are in the town of emerald, they are central and not in a flood area. They are a 2/2/1 and the builder is asking 325k with a rental apprasial of 650-700...

Has anyone been to a cash flow capital seminar. They seem to be buyers agents. It is a free seminar with some speakers. Was thinking of going to hear what they have to say and for the networking side of things. http://www.cashflowcapital.com.au/ If I can learn something from the day might...

I have seen a few threads on here mentioned about franchised businesses. I will give a very brief run down of my experience. I won’t mention the brand name for obvious reasons. My due diligence with this franchise started back in 2004. I spent months talking to other partners who had...

Us landlords pay the tenants there water consumption but not there electricity. Why is this?? They are using the water for there own needs the same as they use electricity for themselves. People on here probably have properties that are water compliant so pass on the costs to the tenants...

I recently had a house listed on yourestate.com I can not believe what lenghts people go to. One particular person contacted me wanting more information on the property, I replied that the property is no longer available as I had found a buyer. This was the reply: Hello, Thanks once...

How often do you brokers find that someone has a bad credit file and can not get a bank loan? Just curious as what would be % of people that can't get a loan from a normal lender. Out of every say 100 loan applications would it be 2%, higher? Is it normally caused by someone not paying there...

The old hot water unit in a rental has recently broke down and needed replacing. The plumber put an old temporary unit in as he advised me that I now have to convert it to a gas system which is going to cost $2500 after all connections and excavations to get to the gas supply. I think there is...