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My house is down the road from a primary school, quite a large one, and I don't think its affected the land value at all. I don't have problems with noise or rubbish or kids, but that's probably because most of the kids don't need to walk past my house to get there. If you are catering to the...

That's a big shame. When you are serious about property, you're better off pushing the REA to get your offer to them and to get a response back ASAP. The second they either sign and agree to that offer, or sign and counter offer - they have accepted the contract. That way, you either have the...

Did the owner agree to the price as well? Did you both sign the contracts? If thats the case, then the case is closed and the owner cannot accept any more offers other then backup offers?

Oh - definately. But REA's know that their job is incredibly demanding on their time and if that wasn't acceptable they would work in a different industry. The REA who sold my house to me made about $10,000 comm (plus his salary) from the sale, and the house was only on the market for 3 days...

The house I just bought is completely bare - I think the only reason there is carpet is because otherwise noone would buy it :p

I can feel for the tenants, but in my house search recently one agent wanted me to wait a week to look at a property because her tenants worked night shift and she didn't want to wake them up. That's fair enough, but since the Agent wouldn't work after 5, when was anyone supposed to see the...

Thats fantastic news Dwib, congratulations on the purchase. I'm glad you were able to complete it in time! My property settles on Monday - I can't wait!

Websites like Our Brisbane can give a lot of great information on suburbs - not just the profiles (they are on there too) but also events, activities and information on facilities and services. The best way to find out about a city without going there, I've found, is to talk to long term...

There's a good broacher online here - http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/publications/generalinfo/13Leasehold.pdf which is a bit of Q&A on the leasehold system in the ACT. It's important to note that the Commonwealth will always own the land, and if they decide to take it back after the 99 years...

Lots of break-ins and car theft. For some reason crime is unusually high there. Plus there isn't a lot of decent transport options, its in a bit of a dead zone.

Probably within Forest Lake or Acacia Ridge in Brisbane. Both suburbs are still relatively cheap and decent sized blocks with houses are available within that price range. You would also have slim to none trouble finding tenants, especially considering how tight the rental market in Brisbane...

There are good and bad areas of Logan in terms of criminality and general reputation. The good tend to be on the eastern side of the M1 (Springwood, Rochedale, Shailer Park, Daisy Hill etc..) and the bad tend to be on the western side (Kingston, Woodridge, Loganlea, Logan Central). A lot...

Never trust a REA! I learnt that lesson the hard way on my first few house offers, so by the time I got down to the real deal, I knew I had to be hardline on the REA when it came down to the contract. Especially when they say "Oh, the seller will do this and this" - you can't trust them, since...

In QLD the buyer has a 5 day cooling off period after the contract has been signed by both parties. In this cooling off period the buyer can cancel the contract with no questions asked, but MAY be liable for a 0.25% penalty on the sale price, taken out of the deposit, at the sellers discretion...

http://www.flatmates.com.au is another one too :)