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My husband and I are looking to buy in Brisbane as we're moving there shortly and don't really want to rent. We are planning to buy a place that we will live in for many years, so it really needs to be the right place. Is it bad to buy near a train station? One place we're looking at is...

So I'm thinking of buying another investment property. I'm thinking of either Melbourne, Gosford (or surrounds) or Brisbane. They're all areas hubby and I are thinking of moving to (so over Canberra!) so it seems like it could be good to invest in one of these places seeing as we might move...

I just got an email from our property manager that the inner door of the oven at one of our investment properties exploded overnight. Luckily noone was hurt. The tenant sent through a picture. Looks nasty! Getting someone out there today. Hopefully they can replace it on the spot.

Very scary! I hope everyone's ok. http://mobile.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/deadly-mushrooms-may-have-been-sold-in-act/story-e6frfku9-1226896857643 Be alert if you've bought mushrooms recently, especially if from Woolworths at Dickson.

Hi, Going with the theme of houses not renting, mine isn't either. We've barely even had any people through (for what it's worth, we've been to other open homes in the area and they are having the same sort of response of noone showing up, or at most one or two). We've already dropped the...

I saw this ad on LivingSocial for a portfolio building coaching program run by this mob for $99 (supposedly usually around $9,000). Have any of you heard of them? Wondering if it's worthwhile doing seeing as it's only $99 (though of course this is what they could be hoping everyone thinks)...

Hi Guys, I live in a townhouse and had a meeting with all of the other owners in the complex last night as we're not very happy with our Strata Managers. Does anyone have any feedback on Strata Managers in Canberra? Good or bad would be most welcome.

Today I received an email from our neighbour at our currently vacant block of land that my hubby and I own in Canberra. In the email trail, I can see that they had asked the real estate agent for our contact details as they want to erect a fence between our blocks and wanted our contact details...

Hi Guys, Just wondering if you can help me out here. One of my neighbours bought their townhouse in my complex a couple of years ago. What they didn't realise at the time was that the tap for the water supply to their townhouse had been buried beneath some paving done by the previous...

Hi Guys, I received a water & sewerage bill for my block of vacant land the other day. It's in the ACT if that makes a difference. Is that right that they should charge me for water and sewerage when there's no house on the block? I understand rates, but not water & sewerage? Should I...

Hi, My husband did a final inspection of our investment property with our property manager and the outgoing tenants last week. Whilst there, he noticed a new retaining wall in the backyard running between our house and the neighbours. He asked the tenants if they new anything about it, but...

I'm looking to sell my house in the next 12 months. Whilst the floorplan is very nice and people often comment that inside it has the "wow" factor, from the outside it's not much to look at. It actually looks way smaller from the outside than it really is. Anyway, that's not why I'm...

Hello Everyone, My hubby and I bought a block of land of the plan a little while ago. It's yet to settle (due to in Feb/Mar). Anyway, we've had an offer on the block which were thinking of taking up. Problem is that we've been told that in the ACT you're not allowed to make a profit on...

Just curious, what is with double barrelled names? I just don't get it. They're bad enough if they're inflicted on you by your parents, but why do some people choose to take them on? And what happens when a woman with a double barrelled surname ends up getting married? Do they then get a...

Hi Guys, I need a recommendation for a solicitor who does conveyancing in Canberra as our regular solicitor seems to have gone awol and is not returning my calls/emails. I need to get in quickly as it's already been nearly a week since I put down my holding deposit for some land and I really...

Hi Everyone, I was hoping to get a valuation done on one of my property's as I believe it has significantly gone up in value. I was hoping to avoid going down the path of going through a loan application as I don't really want another hit on my credit rating. Anyway, I rang up the bank...

Well, DH and I are thinking of moving to Brisbane sometime hopefully in the not-too-distant future. We've decided we want a 3 bedroom apartment or townhouse with water views up to about the $650,000 mark. I've just started looking and quite like the look of New Farm. It looks quite accessible...

OK, so we've finally settled on our new house and it's gone up on the net. The problem is that the place next door is listed for $40 a week less than ours by the same property manager. Both properties are listed at over $500 per week. The layout and size of the two houses are very similar...

Hi Guys, As some of you may know, I'm getting ready to settle on my 1st investment property. It's a house that is currently under construction. We're due to settle in the next week, but there is still a lot to be done with the house. For example, there is currently no ceiling in the...

Hi Everyone, I went to see my new mortgage broker yesterday (Mr Ed for anyone's who interested) and he mentioned that he wouldn't be surprised if in a year or so the banks ended offering 90-95% IP loans and went to the NZ standard of maximum lending of 80% for IP purposes (sorry if I've...