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Plenty of Asian students at Frankston SH School. Many come from out of the area, I am told, and are responsible for the increasingly higher standards that can be seen in recent years.

Its a huge site, that's why. Bought by a developer, I am told. Although it is public information, the self-important auctioneer refused to reveal the exact figure but said "it was just under $650,000."

Plenty of opportunity in so-called bogan suburbs. Rockingham, Hillman, Coolongup etc are often mispriced. In Hillman, which is adjacent to Rockingham, you can get a brick house on a largish 700sqm block for as little as $275,000.

It's much the same with the Olympics. The IOC is a dodgy organization with a long history of highly questionable often corrupt conduct.

Good. Sometimes, these things happen. What field are you in? All it takes is one young self-important smart ar$e to make life impossible. You need to arrange a meeting and be extremely assertive. If you can, make sure the other engineers who approved the work attend. One of the former mayors...

Interesting data, more than worth poring over. Thanks for posting Zos.

5% yields are pretty average. Nothing to shout about. Expect the occasional bad tenant. Sure, there's money to be made in Frankston. But it's in the cheap end of the market, not in buying overpriced renovated junk or units with minimal land component. Personally, I would not be paying much...

The spruikers will have you believe that the high end of Frankston is good value. Although breaking even is easy enough, it will be hard to make serious money if you go down that path. As GD et al would say, the best value lies in the low end of Frankston. There are still plenty of old houses...

Thanks AS. I have spent many happy hours learning Metastock Programming Language. Obsolescent but pretty damn good, just the same. These days I mostly trade the US markets and use American based providers. What sort of software tools do others on this thread use?

Does anyone here use any of the following resources: Metastock TC2000? Roger Montgomery's FA scanner: Scaffold? Portfolio 123 (US markets) Valueline (US markets)

We'd be better off monitoring what she is buying herself with her own cash, rather than what she is telling us to buy.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/rba-leaves-door-open-for-more-rate-cuts/story-e6frfkur-1227346832106 THE Reserve Bank of Australia has refused to rule out further interest rate cuts amid concerns about slowing Chinese growth and weak business investment in Australia. IN its quarterly...

Frankston North has lagged Frankston. It's not for everybody. Perhaps for bottom fishers who see the 10 year outlook. Perhaps you should first disclose the fact that you own property there. FWIW, even granddad et al had the decency to disclose their personal interests when commenting on...

A video link to the record setting 2 Foote St Auction. A few Asian bidders to be seen suggests an increasing international interest in the area. Several of the bidders were buyers agents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jJcFq3GfY It's beyond me why people would pay so much for an old house.

You get all sort with AirBnB. This week's troublemakers turned out to be a bunch of US Navy officers who were on R and R here, together with 4000 other servicemen. Nice enough people. Just loud, noisy and prone to uttering profanities like "mfkr" every few minutes when doped up or drunk. Fine...

One of the wisest, most profound sentences I have read on this forum in quite awhile.

Anyone who lets strangers into their home for a fee must be prepared to put up with negative consequences. Although I feel sorry for people who have had their homes trashed by their AirBnB customers, I feel sorrier for their neighbors who have to put up with bad behavior without having any...

Our neighbours have turned their home into an AirBnB. Although I would normally be a fan of AirBnB, the bogan types who regularly move in every week are more than a nuisance. The noise, the marijuana smoke, the late night parties, the constant swearing......its all too much. We...

The Airbnb house near our waterfront home in Perth is causing us incredible grief. Its not just the noise, its the foul language from the short term tenants, not to mention the marijuana smoke..... We paid a premium to live here, we dont deserve this!

Cannot blame you for going BYO. It does not help that this Chinese restaurant does not have a good wine list. I think you need to give them a tongue lashing on urbanspoon or yelp. Might teach them to moderate their charges.