Evening All,
Always a pleasure reading your posts Belbo; not sure what it is you do for a crust, but your wit and written word seem wasted on an internet forum when it could be applied at a higher level in business.
My tirade as such wasn't aimed at your good self or anyone in particular, far from it, my commentary was put out there for the many forum-ites past, present & future who tend to raise the same questions pertaining to the same issues when mulling over the concept of property ownership in far flung places they are not entirely familiar with. The key to it all is to be fully satisfied with the quality of your research and if you are, commit. If you're nervous, bail out and go play in another sandpit.
All too often I read commentary from people who just need a tremendous slapping with a frozen haddock. Some of these people are considering playing with huge amounts of money, yet their questioning indicates they should clearly not even be left alone to put their soft toys back in the cot. The oft quoted adage, "Well, everybody has to start somewhere..." just doesn't cut it in this arena if you haven't at least shown the courtesy of having done some significant reading & research prior to hitting a forum with questions.
You have clearly picked up on a degree of agitation & angst in my previous posts and you are correct in your perception. I have been venting just a wee bit this last week due to my wife snatching our two boys (12yrs & 14yrs) out of school last Tuesday and fleeing back to Adelaide without my knowing. We were going to separate formally at end of school term (so boys could finish their school year here in Hervey Bay), but she couldn't go the distance and bailed out 6 weeks early and caught me totally off guard. I spoke with my boys that same night after they hit Adelaide and they were distraught because they had no idea it was happening either; they have settled a bit since, but I know they're hurting. The marriage breakdown has been a work in progress over the last few years, so there was no surprise in that and we had spoken openly and at length with the kids a number of times about how & why we've decided to go our own way. Nonetheless, it doesn't matter how much you prepare for this type of thing it still cuts you to the core when the youngsters are involved.
I'm not normally this active on the forum, but I've spent a bit of time on it to keep my mind off what's going down in the real world. So there may be a modicum of psychotic vitriol (complete with graphic step by step instructions on how to disembowel a budgie with a post hole digger) permeate my next series of replies when some sensitive, new age, do-gooder moron asks for opinions because they're unsure if they should put their asking rent up by $1.27c a week just because they don't want to lose their tenants!!
Time for my pills.......triple dose of green ones tonight.......yeehaa!!!
'Night.
Always a pleasure reading your posts Belbo; not sure what it is you do for a crust, but your wit and written word seem wasted on an internet forum when it could be applied at a higher level in business.
My tirade as such wasn't aimed at your good self or anyone in particular, far from it, my commentary was put out there for the many forum-ites past, present & future who tend to raise the same questions pertaining to the same issues when mulling over the concept of property ownership in far flung places they are not entirely familiar with. The key to it all is to be fully satisfied with the quality of your research and if you are, commit. If you're nervous, bail out and go play in another sandpit.
All too often I read commentary from people who just need a tremendous slapping with a frozen haddock. Some of these people are considering playing with huge amounts of money, yet their questioning indicates they should clearly not even be left alone to put their soft toys back in the cot. The oft quoted adage, "Well, everybody has to start somewhere..." just doesn't cut it in this arena if you haven't at least shown the courtesy of having done some significant reading & research prior to hitting a forum with questions.
You have clearly picked up on a degree of agitation & angst in my previous posts and you are correct in your perception. I have been venting just a wee bit this last week due to my wife snatching our two boys (12yrs & 14yrs) out of school last Tuesday and fleeing back to Adelaide without my knowing. We were going to separate formally at end of school term (so boys could finish their school year here in Hervey Bay), but she couldn't go the distance and bailed out 6 weeks early and caught me totally off guard. I spoke with my boys that same night after they hit Adelaide and they were distraught because they had no idea it was happening either; they have settled a bit since, but I know they're hurting. The marriage breakdown has been a work in progress over the last few years, so there was no surprise in that and we had spoken openly and at length with the kids a number of times about how & why we've decided to go our own way. Nonetheless, it doesn't matter how much you prepare for this type of thing it still cuts you to the core when the youngsters are involved.
I'm not normally this active on the forum, but I've spent a bit of time on it to keep my mind off what's going down in the real world. So there may be a modicum of psychotic vitriol (complete with graphic step by step instructions on how to disembowel a budgie with a post hole digger) permeate my next series of replies when some sensitive, new age, do-gooder moron asks for opinions because they're unsure if they should put their asking rent up by $1.27c a week just because they don't want to lose their tenants!!
Time for my pills.......triple dose of green ones tonight.......yeehaa!!!
'Night.
