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Hello all, I have decided to sell my wrap pack on ebay as I haven't read it for a little while and can't see me doing wrapping in the future. Therefore if you are intested in reading up on wrapping search Ebay Australia (wrap pack will find my listing), the lisitng ends around the 18th of...

Hi all, I've been trying to look at realestate.com.au however I keep getting told that the default page is under construction. What's the GO?? Is it just my computer or something? Thanks

Hi all, I've just be sussing out the new budget tax cuts and am very impressed with the size of high income tax cuts. 80% of taxpayers will now face a top marginal tax rate of 30%, which would suggest to me that many of the tax advantages of negative gearing are less usefull for more and...

Hello all, Finished reading Steve McKnights book '$1000000 of property in 1 year', which has a book review below: $1000000 in property book review Anyhow in the book Steve suggests that many people move into their comfort zone and won't get busy looking for investments etc. This had...

Hello all, Yesterday I received a letter from Reader's Digest telling me that I was in the final draw for $450k :D ... or something like that. I like to read this type of material to analyse the marketing concepts being used which then led me thinking about Reader's Digest's business plan...

Hello all, My partner is wanting to purchase a house/unit to pick up the first home owners grant and nil stamp duty (Qld). If my partner decides to purchase a multiple dwelling (eg a 2 unit duplex ) and live in one of the units, is the fhog grant & stamp duty concession still available? Any...

Hi all, I'm thinking that in the next little while I might ask my partner to marry me :o . Anyhow before I do that I want to purchase an engagement ring... what's the most cost effective way to purchase jewellery? Should I wait for a sale? or can I be a little smarter? Any thoughts would...

Hi all, Recently finished reading 'Someday I'll have money' by George Frew and thought I'd place my thoughts onto paper. Before reading this book I had no idea who George Frew was... for those like me, George was involved in establishing the Commodore motel chain in Australia in the...

Hi all, If somebody owned a PPOR and had a partner who did not have a stake in the PPOR, could the partner purchase a PPOR as a first home buyers if they were able to purchase that PPOR without the help of the other partner. Example Scenario 1 Female owns a house, meets a man without a...

Hi all, Recently I've been thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of buying a new property (under three years old) over a used property. New properties will require less maintenance and will have a better depreciation schedule?? wheres older properties have demonstrated capital...

I was recently reading an article with a link to the following book: http://www.agaryshilling.com/deflation.html From my understanding this book discusses why the world is heading for a period of deflation. Has anyone read this book or heard about the author?? Any other thoughts??

Hi all, Recently I have been reading a number of articles about the state of worlds economy and how there may be a major correction in the upcoming few months/ years. Most of the articles I have read regard the US economy... however as the US and Australian economies are very closely...

Hi all, I would like to do a basic median house price search over 5 years on a number of different postcodes. Does anyone know of a way to achieve this without spending to much $$$$$.(eg Redex reports) More from a thinking perspective ..... am I following the herd mentality by...

Hi all, I currently have a PPOR and 10K cash in the bank which I plan to use as a deposit for a IP early next year. Is it possible for me to place this into my PPOR loan and then redraw the 10K when I'm ready for the IP and then claim the interest on the PPOR loan of 10K againt my income...

Hi all, I'm really enjoying this forum and hope that in time I will understand investment property as well as many of you guys. My current plan is to use a wrapping system in smaller country towns (please see post in the general forum area 'Investing in smaller towns'). Anyhow I realise...

Hi all, I live in a small country town (5-6k people) in central Queensland. I have been living here for nearly 3 years now and in that time a new shopping centre has been built and the town has slowly grown. I am contemplating using a wrap type concept in this town to provide cash flow and...