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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    You truly are an idiot, I've decided. A low income is a low income regardless of whatever point in history you pick. You simply do not embrace anything or listen to what anyone has to say - even when they can give you past history events. I - as many others here will have decided by now...
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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    I remember Noel Whittaker talking of this scenario a few years ago. He said that renting and investing was financially better - but most people don't invest the difference. So, you would assume from this that to buy a house is singularly (for most people) the best investment they can make in...
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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    I just thought of something else... Most of my life has not been as a high income earner...had a few years where I was "flying" but that's it. But in my miserable existence I have been involved in over a dozen property purchases. Is that a lot? To some; no. I paid less than asking price at...
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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    Anyone who buys now on a low income will be in 10 years a mile ahead of all the low income earning whinging victims out there who find reasons not to do anything and just whinge. Now, you can argue that it is better to keep renting and invest the diff between the rent and a mortgage into...
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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    Do the prizes on that bloody raffle actually exist? I've never ever heard of anyone winning a prize on those Boystown raffles. I thought it was just a scam like the Nigerian Bank/Deceased Estate emails. Still waiting for my cheque too. They aren't responding to my emails anymore...
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    Is the Great Australian Dream Still Alive ?

    Many of our ancestors were married with kids and buying a home by aged 20. For most, the home was small, and the furniture was borrowed or second hand. There was either no car or one car. Yes, many women were housewives and didn't work. My observation is that younger people seem to be less in...
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