is there a list of icons?

[Philby]

Call me dumb(but not late for lunch) but I am perplexed by the icons on the side bars -envelopes etc(next to postings)Is there a list that explains all the different icons and al ist of all the great abbreviations -have deciphered a few but I am still learning this forum gig. Which is a great site so I dips me lid to the gang that run the show and to all those who assist
Cheers
Philby

 

[Mike]

Here's just a few off the top of my head:

Acronyms:
LOC
IP - Investment Property
PPOR or PPR
P&I
IO or I/O
ATO - Australian Tax Office
FIRB - Federal Investment Review Board
ASIC - Australian Securities and Investment Commission
REINSW - Real Estate Institute of New South wales
DFT - Department of Fair Trading
REA - Real Estate Agent
LMI
LVR
DSR
CGT
IT - Income Tax or Information Technology
NPV - Net Present Value
DCF - Discounted Cash Flow
FHOG
FYI
IMHO
BTW - By The Way
FWIW
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
BBQ - Barbecue
NSW - New South Wales
WA - Western Australia
SA - South Australia
NT - Northern Territory
ACT - Australian Capital Territory
QLD - Queensland
RK - Robert Kiyosaki
CF101 - Cashflow 101 (the game)
PA or p.a. - per Annum
DHA - Defence Housing Authority
GST - Goods and Services Tax
PIF - Property Investment Forum
UCV - Unimproved Capital Value
TR - Tax Ruling
LO - Lease Option
DOS - Due On Sale
OSR - Office of State Revenue
STCA - Subject To Council Approval
SANF - Sleep At Night Factor, ie: Conscience

Abbreviations:
Vic - Victoria
Tassie or Tas - Tasmania
reno
wrap - Wraparound Mortgage
flip - flipping property is to find a property at well below market value and either pass it on to an investor for a finder's fee, or secure it with an Option to Purchase and onsell the Option to another investor.
xcoll/xcollat/xcolled = cross-collateralise (or cross-collateralisation, or cross-collateralised etc)


If anyone can think of other common ones we'll try to put a list together.

MIke

 

[watto]

Acronyms:

LOC = Line Of Credit
PPOR = Principal Place of Residence
PPR = Principal Place Residence
P&I = Principal & Interest
IO = Interest Only
LMI = Lenders Mortgage Insurance
LVR = Loan to Value Ratio
DSR = Debt Serviceability Ratio
CGT = Capital Gains Tax
IT = Information Technology
NPV = ?
FHOG = First Home Owners Grant
FYI = For Your Information
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
FWIW = For What Its Worth
LOL = Lots Of Laughter
OIEC = Officier In Effective Control
RE = Real Estate
LO = Lease Option
CG = Capital Growth
BTW = By The Way
OTP = Off The Plan

Abbreviations:

Reno = Renovation
B&H = Buy & Hold

 

[geoffw]

Abbreviations (acronyms) have been well covered. But you can see message icons when you replay to a post, or make a new post. There's a section there- "Message Icon"- which is set to "no icon" by default- You can see the options by floating the cusrosr over an icon. I've set the icon for this message to be "cool"- for illustration purposes only.

 

[Mr Ed]

all of the above I've managed to get but the one that gets me and I know it will be sooooo simple when I know it but what in the hell is... wait for it.... BTW!

Ed.

 

[Mike]

BTW - By The Way

 

[Philby]

Thanks to everyone that helped me with the abbreviations
BUT what is the envelope with the black spot indicate
it appears against my posting - indicate that i am online?

 

[asy]

Originally posted by Philby
Thanks to everyone that helped me with the abbreviations
BUT what is the envelope with the black spot indicate
it appears against my posting - indicate that i am online?

It denotes threads in which you have posted.

It makes it easier to track threads that you have been participating in.

asy

 

[Sim]

If you look right down the bottom of a thread list for any forum (eg. http://www.somersoft.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21 - then scroll right down the bottom), you will see a legend describing the different envelope types.

They are:

"New Posts"

"No New Posts"

"New Posts and More than 10 replies or 350 views" (hot thread)

"No New Posts and More than 10 replies or 350 views" (hot thread)

"Closed Thread" (closed by the administrators so no more posts allowed)

Note that the "10 replies or 350 views" is configurable by the administrators - so these figures may actually change.

 

[Mike]

Hi Sim,

As I come across further acronyms and abbreviations I'd like to add them to my original post but when I try I get this alert: The administrator has specified that you can only edit messages for 2880 minutes after you have posted. This limit has expired, so you must contact the administrator to make alterations on your message.

Regards, Mike

 

[nev]

Few more more social networking ones

BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
B4N - Bye For Now
BCNU - Be Seeing You
BFF - Best Friends Forever
CYA - Cover Your ***
DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read
DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Sh**
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GR8 - Great
IMHO - In My Humble (Honest) Opinion
J/K - Just Kidding (or Jokes)
L8R - Later
LMAO - Laughing My *** Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Love
MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
NP - No Problem
OIC - Oh, I See
OMG - Oh My God
OT - Off Topic
OP - Original Post(er)
POV - Point Of View
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My *** Off
SWAK - Sealed With A Kiss
THX - Thanks
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TMI - Too Much Information
TTYL - Talk To You Later
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
WTF - What The F***

 

[Made_Man]

GF - Granny flat

 

[mrdobalina]

YOLO - you only live once
(A favourite for the current young generation)