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    How to lodge a claim for profesional indemnity insurance against your PM?

    Hello. Thank you for stopping by and I hope someone in the forum would be able to point me to the right direction. Our IP in WA has been vacant since Nov. The tenant was evicted, due financial hardship. Our PM has done really bad job in getting the place ready for rent and supplying...
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    Karatha WA - Any recommendation for PM?

    Hi, we are considering to change the PM. Anyone would have any recommendation which PM to change to or to avoid? Currently we are with Crawford. I would not recommend it to anyone.
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    Tenant broke lease - who pays the letting fee?

    Hi, our tenant broke the lease and we were charged $1700 for letting fee (2 weeks + gst). I believe the letting fee should be paid by the bond. The property only vacant for 1 day! So, who should pay the letting fee?
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    CRAWFORD Realty

    Has anyone had any experience with these people? Does anyone have their property looked after by them?
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    Parking

    I was dropping junior to an after school class. Since we got there 5 min early, we waited in the car. I parked the car on the street outside the building, on a car space which had a meter parking machine. Then a ranger came and told me to pay for parking there. I told him, I was not parking...
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    Michael Leunig on Liberal government

    It's time to have another election and get rid of Tony Abbot. Question 7 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11254928
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    Torrens Title properties - regulations

    Hi, I have been trying to find information on the responsibilities of torrens title properties owners. One of our properties is a villa in Sydney. It's torrens title -community title. Our property is the first of 6 in the line of villas. Ours is the largest as well as it is located in a...
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    Any good PM in Karratha (WA)?

    Hi, we are frustrated with our PM in Karratha because I could never get a straight answer (or any answer) from them. And the staff turn around is incredible. So we are thinking to find a different PM. Has anyone had good experience with a Karratha PM?
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    Adelaide CBD house

    Looking for an IP for our SMSF and came across this http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-adelaide-116458775 The price range seems reasonable. How is the property market in Adelaide? I used to live in Adl, and I think it's a great area, but don't want to make decision...
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    Are you normal?

    Ellen Goodman is an award-winning journalist and was a columnist at Boston Globe until she retired in 2010. This normal life is the backbone of America (or the western world, for that matter). It is ironic, but the irony is, it's usually productive. It provides goods and services, pays for...
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    The Real Housewives of Melbourne...

    The show starts in Feb... I have been watching these Real Housewives series for few years and found the shows entertaining and amusing. And now we have the Australian version.. Anyone watching or will be watching the show?
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    How safe is your financial information?

    Hi, Recently I approached a broker to help us in refinancing our PPOR. He wanted us to fill out a 'fact-find' forms. So he sent the form via email. There were sooo many questions in the form. Most questions were ok, just usual stuff. Some were not ok to us, as they were too personal...
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    Dubai- the best place to invest?

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=ahdfA_DJ-0A @12:30 and 8:20 6x your investment in 4 years without setting a foot.
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    Why was my call to Medibank transferred few times?

    I called Medibank to solve a claim problem. After going through few layers of getting through the menu, and waiting 8-10 minutes on hold to talk to someone, the person who answered my call, transferred my call to another 'level'. I had to wait another 6-8 minutes. Once answered to a higher level...
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    Is bifocal common for 8 yo?

    Junior was prescribed to wear bifocal (long 0.05) glasses. Is anyone knows any child with a bifocal? Any problems?
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    Risky properties for investment

    Risky properties for investment: - in mining or resource town - short commercial lease - had lots of tenants - first property (no experience) - defence (dha) - need reno Has anyone purchase a IP that was considered risky and still went ahead? Did it turn out to be risky(bad) or good...
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    WA purchase - what to do when contract condition not met?

    Hi, We have our financed approved to purchase an IP in WA last week ($530K). One of the condition in the contract is to have a lease agreement for 12 months in place before settlement. Now, the agent just informed me that there is a tenant interested to sign a lease (a building...
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    Crummy economy?

    http://www.kentucky.com/2012/09/14/2337174/in-a-crummy-economy-why-are-stocks.html How do you spend $40billion/month to stimulate the economy? Will that bring the house price down and increase the share price? Am confused what good it will bring?
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    How many different potatoes are there?

    I wanted to try some new recipes and I needed some potatoes. I went to Coles, I could not find the potatoes. Then I went to Woolworth, still could not find the exact potatoes needed for the recipes. What I found out was that these shops don't stock same type of potatoes. There are desiree...
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    Beware of AGL !

    We recently switched our electricity and gas provider from Energy Australia to AGL (last month). Today I received 2 letters from AGL. One is to welcome us. The other letter is to notify us that they are going to increase our rate, substantially. This is annoying as we are locked to 2...
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