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Hi there, Current situation: PPOR value: $1m Mortgage: $675 000 Offset: $400 000 Line of Credit: $0 borrowed against $50k facility Net debt: $275 000. Two things: a) I want to buy lots and lots of shares b) I may wish to turn this PPOR into an IP one day. I would assume the...

Hey there, We own a house in the inner west of Sydney, a Californian bungalow. It seems like it will need a new roof over the next few months and we're wondering should we replace it with tiles (as is currently) or go with Colorbond? Would love peoples opinions on the two options. Thanks!

Hey there, I'm in the early stages of a renovation, so early in fact it's a couple of years away. But anyway, I'm just looking at potential plans and with it floor space ratios and landscape ratios... Can driveways be included in the landscape ratio component? Also, can deckings/back...

Hi there, I'm after a property manager for a house in Balmain. Any recommendations hit me with them. Thanks, Glebe.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/content/view/1475/35/ A good read.. happy Christmas.

Hello, I'm looking at bidding at an auction tomorrow - I was just about to go down to the bank to get a cheque written up in case I'm the winner - but I realised I don't know who to write the cheque out to. Is it the RE agent? The vendor? In this instance the vendor is the Public Trustee...

Hey guys, I'm considering buying an IP in the Leichhardt council area, but if I were to buy it I'd want to get a DA to put a driveway on it and a garage/carport. The problem is, the DCP states this: "On-street Car Parking Part B1.3 of DCP 2000 stipulates that no on-site parking is...

Mundine vs Green this Wednesday night... who's gonna win?

Hi there, I'm after recommendations for an online stockbroker. I want the following: * cheap * can margin lend against my Leveraged Equities loan * would be nice if it had a funky Webiress-type dashboard for dynamic market updates * would be nice if I could trade international markets...

Here we are folks - a week until 2005 comes to an end. Who wants to nominate their favourite thread for 2005?

Hi everyone, I've got a tax question, unrelated to property. Say I can salary sacrifice a laptop per year and not get hit with FBT as per the ATO's position: http://www.ato.gov.au/print.asp?doc=/content/24632.htm Where can I get the exact wording on this? Because I'm wondering if...

Hi everyone, I want to set up a high interest (well 5.5%ish) bank account for my trust. I know there is ING Direct and Bankwest has one, and so does Commbank. But they all seem to be personal accounts that don't allow corporate trustees to be the account holder. Am I correct? Anyone know of a...

Hi gang, Quick question - Just filling out a loan application here... I'm asked for the TFN of the loan guarantor, which happens to be Glebe Holdings Pty Ltd ATF Glebe Family Trust. Now, all I seem to have is one TFN which seems to be for the Glebe Family Trust. So - does the corporate...

Sim, I visit a forum whereby if you're reading a thread, you go to 'Thread Tools' then you can select the thread to be in your list of favourite threads. Is it possible for it to be incorporated here? Thanks. Edit: For what it's worth, they're using vBulletin Version 3.19.

FYI http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3886356

Hi everyone, I did a thread title search on 'solicitor' and none of the results seemed relevant. Bit of a suprise. Anyway, I'm after a solicitor, based in Sydney, that I can approach to help me with writing a few letters in an application for a margin loan via my hybrid discretionary...

Hi guys, I have unlimited free tickets to the Sydney Investment Expo... simply print this attachment out... :) April 15 to 17 http://www.investmentexpo.com.au/sydney/timetables.asp

Hi people, I have a HDT scenario. Please tell me at what point/s I've got it wrong. ---------- Scenario: Say Millie Smith earns $100k and Billie Smith earns $50k. Their professions share equal risk profiles. Now, say they want to give $300k to the trust and they want the trust to...

Guys, If you buy a book on the share market it's tax deductible right? If you buy market data it's tax deductible right? So if I buy a basic Foxtel package @ 49.95 per month, so I can check the stock market etc (of course not Fox Sports!), can I claim it as a tax deduction? :) If so...

http://www.thechamber.com.au/homezone/policy/PDF/vitalsigns_final.pdf FYI Sydney has outranked London and New York as the best place to live and work, but its infrastructure needs to be replaced, says the NSW Chamber of Commerce. A pretty good read :)