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Been working a lot lurking a bit. Nice to see so much enthusiasm. Hi to sunstone / ruby and others. Dook ( rhymes with luke )

forum content In response to this thread ide like to say i bought an i.p. because of this forum. Was shown a lot of good ideas and was told a lot of the right q.s to ask of the right people by some very knowledgable people and im very happy in the way its turned out. But lately their is some...

Thanks Rolf, Just takes a little while to sink in i suppose. It all makes sense now. Weather you own youre own place or not obviously has a huge bearing on youre investment strategy. Thanks everyone for youre help. :)

Hope im not stepping on youre thread here gee vee but i have a question for Rolf. " Pulling equity for further investments is the most common strategy used by investors that want more stock and do not have a cash deposit " Rolf ......I have always (always meaning the...

Jacque, thanks for the reply, We havent much to choose from here . Yep, start a fresh that seems the way to go. Hi Simon, 4 weeks rent @ $120 a week for bond= $480 - 2 weeks that they got behind leaves $240 .........Thats not a lot of money on a property left over...

Matt mc and Asy, Letting fees / tennant responsibility= Equivalent to 1 weeks rent paid by tennant each new tennancy. Letting fees/owners responsibility=...

Hello all. o.k. thanks for persisting with this post, next time ill post exactly what has been stated so im not confusing everyone. its just it all happened on friday and it left me wondering all weekend. It goes like this, Bond...

Hi Asy and Kristine thanks for youre reply. Im probally not conveying this to well as i said this is all new to me. Their is a bond being held from the last tennancy, they have been 2 weeks behind for about a year so i suppose the money (2weeks) would have been taken out of...

Hi Macca, We have only just bought the property and the previous lease wasnt with us , yes we sacked the last p.m. wich she owes the back rent to. Yes we have a bond arrangement here in w.a. so the last p.m. would have taken the money out of the bond trust i...

Hello all, I have a situation to be looked at if anyone is interested. 1. Tennant been in property for 7 years for $120 a week. 2. Single mum with two kids respectable and friendly. 3. Apparently they got 2 weeks behind in their...

Hi all, Scott.....Is it a worthwhile practice to low ball offers on many properties in the event that you might eventually get lucky with one? It worked for me although i wasnt really planning it. Between talking to the tennant and my Re, agent i saw the vendor was in...

Thanks for the feedback i appreciate it. I think it could be a cheaper way of building if the builder / owner builder knew concrete and formwork . And a well thought out plan of attack, knoweldge of crane and dogging etc. I have been arround...

Hi everyone, In my area (southwest west. australia) their are a lot of tilt up commercial buildings (buildings made of concrete panels formed on the ground and stood up as wall panels). I have often thought that its only a matter of time until this form of...

Thanks heaps Sunstone, You put an awfull lot of work into this forum. Ill check things out as youve suggested. Im finding that im reading a lot of books now and i like to stick to the ones with at least some...

Thanks Beech have a good day. "Dook" :)

Hi all, Has anyone read "Borrowing to invest" by Noel Whittaker and Paul Resnik, if so what did you think. Are these guys well known? Thanks, "Dook" :)

removing paint from old brick. Hi Sunstone, I had a plastering business for a while and have been arround the housing game a long time off and on. I would like to think i speak with some knowledge when i say that once a brick house (or anything large in...

Thanks geoffw, Im on to it , i think ill get it pruned to an extent that it cant fall over. "Dook" :)

Talking to the sitting tenant of our soon to be i.p. on the get to know me and the property manager inspection, i pointed out i wouldnt mind trimming that tree (large about 15m high,really had budgeted to get rid of it all together) She said ....oh! their was another one closer to the house a...

Hi Glenn..... thanks. Youre probally right about him wanting to jump in before i take on what was already in place. Its been on my mind all weekend so i took my wife and i arround to see him , first thing this morning and everything seems fine (from what i can see)...