Better Investing Group
Meeting 31st March, 2009
Guest Speakers
Elias Serrano
Nick Cook
Meeting 31st March, 2009
Guest Speakers
Elias Serrano
Nick Cook
Hello everyone!
This month is a First Home Owner Grant information night and we have two speakers Elias Serrano, a Senior Client Education Officer with the Office of State Revenue who will discuss the requirements for the First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) and First Home Owner Boost (FHOB), and Nick Cook a mortgage broker with Mortgage Choice will discuss financing options as well as ideas for Parents to assist young adults with their first home.
Elias Serrano
Elias Serrano is a Senior Client Education Officer with the Office of State Revenue. During his employment with the OSR Elias has worked in many areas, including First Home Owner Grants, Client Contact Centre, Investigations Division and more recently the Client Engagement team.
Elias’s role in the Client Engagement Team is to assist clients in understanding their obligations and making sure clients receive their entitlements.
Nick Cook
Geologist turned mortgage broker in 2001. After a career as a geologist in Universities and for Mining Companies, the company was taken over and they were all given a permanent holiday!
Nick commenced April 1st 2001 with Mortgage Choice from home; moved into a shared office after 3 months. In December 2004 moved to a stand-alone office in Booval and are now in the centre of Ipswich having recently renovated a small shop.
His franchise has won numerous awards, including Franchise of the Year within Mortgage Choice.
Check out the BIG web site at www.big.org.au. You can find out more details of our meeting there.
When: Tuesday 31st March 2009.
Where: The Construction Training Centre, 460-492 Beaudesert Rd, Salisbury.
(For southbound traffic be sure to take the service road.)
Ian Barclay Building (Conference Room 2.2 - Rear door)
Time: 7:30pm.
Cost: $15/singles or $25/couples.
Everyone interested in property or the forum is welcome to come along. Having an IP is not a pre-requisite, only a motivation to do so. See you there!
Craig