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I've had a bad time recently with my tenants. Just wanted to let you know that it isn't all roses with property investing. Some people do try to take advantage. Anyway, the story is that I had tenants who appeared to be caring for our 4 bed rental reasonably okay. They paid their rent , even...

My gmail was accessed about 5 hours ago and every contact in my address book was sent a 'dear friend' spam email. I had to delete all of my contacts to ensure it doesn't happen again. This happened to me about 3 years ago with my hotmail address. Anyway, I've changed my password and...

Thats the whole question really... I've heard this is a guideline budget for developing the front landscape. It seems a lot but is it reasonable? The house is in a nice area and is one of the shabbier ones on the street (on the outside/ inside has been modernised). A completed design...

I need to know if there is a knack to this and should I (we) just give up and let the experts do it!! We've broken or incorrectly fitted three replacement sets I bought from Bunnings. They wern't sitting with handles completely horizontal no matter how much I fiddled. This last one, I've...

I'm considering changing the colour of the sectional, tilting garage door on my ppor. It is about 15 years old, paintwork is ok but it is a boring faded doeskin colour and would look better if it was a fresh new colour. There are a series of windows across the topmost section and they have faded...

Did anybody cry ??? Is anybody mad ? Or am I the only fan?

Well the time is here and we are going to do something we've wanted to do for a long time. Mr Tiz and I are looking at property renovating as a business. That is, buy, renovate and put back to market again fairly quickly. The plan is that we get to the point where Mr Tiz can do this full time...

I think I'm in the wrong forum section, please feel free to move me mods :o I will inherit some shares soon and I have no idea about the processes of probate. They are ANZ, Woolworths and Westpac shares. Will I need to pay to pay CGT if they are sold by me? Do you know how I get them into my...

I've been stewing about this since the weekend. My 16 year old son slept over at a friends with a number of mates and the friend's Dad brought out a taser. Yes they are illegal, he brought it in from Thailand it seems. The instrument was being shown around and my son decided it would be fun...

I manage my own rental and 6 months ago I rented our new build for $400 pw. Now that tenant is able to move to his parents and rent their house cheaply because they've retired elsewhere and he has bought a block and is building. I'm thinking, we've had some interest rates cuts so wouldn't it...

I think I've got a confession to make. I'm going over budget on the PPOR reno (bathrooms/ kitchens/ new floors) and I think this might be a recurring problem for me because I went over my budget on finishing off two recent builds also. There it was things like buying Sir Walter lawn instead of...

Well I think it is, what do others feel? It might encourage kids to move out a bit quicker :D http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=28&ContentID=109604

I have a relatively new Canon cybershot with no viewfinder. What dork invented these things and thought it would be clever to sell them in Australia where the sun tends to shine a lot??? You can't see a thing if the sun is out. You just have to aim the camera in the general direction of the...

I've discovered that an Indonesian buffet I bought a year ago has got live borers!! I know they must be live because I can see their dust and some of it is on my white platters, so it must be fresh. I'm mortified. This furniture is supposed to be fumigated when it comes into Australia. I...

I'm planning a kitchen reno in our home and the budget has a good chance of running away with me. My latest quote for kitchen cabinets and reconstituted stone bench tops comes to $24K. That doesn't include appliances or trades people or any preparatory building work and demolition. Anyone fitted...

I've only ever had earthy looking terracotta tile, so my experience with tiles is very limited. We are renovating our own home for a completely different look. I can get large porcelaine tiles at a special price of $28.95 a sqm (usually $66 sqm) but I'm told they cost a lot more to actually lay...

I've got an old style bathroom with a hob shower that is tiled. I want all the tiles to be removed and floor re-screeded so we can have larger floor tiles. I'd also like to remove the hob and have the screen fixed directly to the floor to give a neater, more stream-lined look. Can anyone...

I'm having terracotta floor tiles removed throughout the house (no, can't do it ourselves it's too hard). So, in the kitchen there will be an island bench. There's no power or water to the island so it was just going to be a food prep table and place to eat a quick breakfast. However, I was...

I've been told about a process ( I suspect isn't fair or legal) where a buyer arranges to pay for land, then that buyer delays the settlement so that it corresponds with the date he receives funds from new buyers he has onsold the land to. Obviously onsold at a higher price. I think thats how it...

I actually quite enjoyed myself. It's the first time I've ever had two new places to rent out . I placed an ad wednesday, another on saturday and open house today at 4 oclock. It worked well. Out of 6 callers, I've now got 6 applications to consider. It wasn't a heap of applicants (as the media...