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    Opinions on Fat Prophets

    Anyone ever been a subscriber of this service? As stock newsletter go, its seems to have some degree of credibility. I have been pretty happy with the free weekly summeries they send out. Would be interested to know if anyone has ever used then. I want to split my $$$ between a core portfolio...
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    Do surrounding areas benefit from a rising suburb?

    Hi, Im trying to do a bit of research on the flow-on effect - that is, how the rising value of one suburb affects the value of surrounding suburbs. Its one of those rules that are frequently mentioned and I am trying to find out if its true or not. Long term real estate statistics are pretty...
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    The Dark Side of China's Rise

    Interesting article on the dark side of china's growth. Its a bit doom-and-gloom, but raises some points that should be considered by anyone making money off the current resource boom. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3373&page=3 The bit that worried me: "Party membership...
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    How do you spot the top of a cycle - analyzing the state of the WA market

    I'm looking at the WA market with great interest lately. Since my interest in real estate is roughly a year old, its the first cycle that I have ever been aware of. Now all good things come to an end eventually and I am curious to know how people determine when a high point of the cycle has been...
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    Offset loans and redraws

    After reading this forum for a while and realising the trap of a standard P&I mortgage for a PPOR (a fact i am eternally grateful for!), I went down the offset route with St George. My broker assured me this was a proper IO loan, and I never had to pay any principle if I chose not to.... Fast...
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