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    Re-engaging with investing after a significant layoff

    Hi all, Long time SS member, but haven't posted in quite a few years. I have been thinking a lot more about my investments & planning recently, but I have really taken a long break from that whole mindset. I bought two IP's in Perth in 2006 & 2007, the second one coinciding very nicely...
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    RIO and BHP Announce WA Iron Ore JV

    No one has started a thread on this yet...even though it is potentially the biggest corporate merger in Australia for the last decade. The announcement was made to the ASX this morning, and seems to have been kept very quiet prior to now. What does this mean for RIO/BHP? In terms of...
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    Retirement age vs Lifespan

    Hi all, I got sent this very interesting article from a work colleague today, as with most workplaces at the moment, ours has a high and ageing population profile. I know that as investors, we all strive to give ourselves choices as to what to do with our time...but what are people...
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    Removing fibreglass pool from IP?

    Without getting into the whole debate over whether a pool is a +ve or -ve for an IP (which has been done recently)...has anyone ever removed a fibreglass pool from an IP, and how much did it cost? There is a fibreglass pool in a potential IP I'm looking at right now, and it is sickly green...
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    IP Next door to current one?

    FAST RESPONSE NEEDED! The opportunity has come up to purchase the property next to our existing PPOR (very soon to be IP). I had a plan all sorted out to move out of the current PPOR to a rental (already sorted), get the now IP valued and get a tenant in there, release equity from that one...
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    Earthquake hits Balga WA

    I got sent this late breaking news last night! (I actually live in this suburb :eek: ) Associated press 10th November 2006: Earthquake Rocks Balga. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale, has hit Australia at 10:18am yesterday morning, with the epicenter believed to be...
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