Well unfortunately my poor wife has come down with something overnight, and is not feeling well enough to get to this meeting this evening. We’re both really disappointed, but wish you all well – and hopefully we’ll see you all at the next one! Thanks again to Colin for organising this – I’m sure it will be very worthwhile.

Have a great…[Read more]

Thanks once again to the PI.com administrators for providing such a great FREE resource for us all!

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Count me in at this stage – I’ll just confirm with my wife, but we’re certainly keen.

Tue nights are no good for us, so I’m thrilled that you’ve chosen a Wed! Thankyou.

As for finger food – I wouldn’t bother getting too involved in organising too much. We can all just show up, order our own dinner or snacks or drinks, and then sit down…[Read more]

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I just couldn’t resist answering this one, as it’s something my wife and I discuss often!

I am from Brissie while she is from Eastern Canada, so the obvious answer to a) is Brisbane and Halifax.

The answer to b) is where it gets interesting… and I’ll let my lovely wife answer for herself if she so chooses. But for me:

– Brisbane
-…[Read more]

There is a Search function on this forum – look under “Forums” at the top of the page, hover the mouse over it and you will get a drop down box. Click on Search. Then do a search for “caravans” and you will see a lot of topics asking similar questions to yours.

I hope that helps!

Cheers,

Adam

PS. Great to hear some great…[Read more]

I’ve never seen any calculators on here, and I’ve been a member for a while now. Having said that, it’d probably be a good idea to have a section like that here!

Probably not the 11 Sec Solution though – it’s fairly simple to understand. Purchase Price of property / 1000 x 2 =<Rent.

So for a $100K property …. $100K / 1000 = $100 x 2…[Read more]

I’ve just gone back and actually put your example into my calculator (which I’ve only made a weekly thing at this stage – someday I’ll get around to giving the option of fortnightly or monthly, but I’m not THAT bored just yet!), and by my calculations, if you repay weekly, you will be paying $305.83pw. If you pay an extra $50pw (=$200pm…[Read more]

I suppose you could get the client to do that work for you, however you must bear in mind that they will be looking at the house from a very emotional point of view, whereas you will look at it purely as an investment. Therefore there is quite some potential for them to either miss, overlook or gloss over various problems or issues with the…[Read more]

I’ve developed a simple excel spreadsheet that does exactly what you’re after. I’d be happy to send it to you if you PM your details to me.

Thanks must go to Jaffasoft for providing me with that elusive equation that works out P&I repayments on a loan – without that, this calculator would never have happened! I also therefore recommend…[Read more]

You’re best to speak with an accountant on this one. I’ve taken out my further comment here, as I am not qualified in any way to give advice.…[Read more]

Great to hear! Well done – after reading Kiyosaki’s “Retire Young Retire Rich” where he talks about it becoming easier and easier as you move further up in the investing world, I have often thought about this concept. So it’s really good and encouraging to hear about a “real” person actually living this concept (and in Australia…[Read more]

A good post, and a good question. This is something that Steve tries to get across quite often – YES this looks good from an 11 second solution point of view. But the point Steve keeps making is that this equation is simply a FILTERING device – it just narrows down the field of potential properties to those which MAY return a…[Read more]

Good on you for getting out there and doing something about your financial situation – I wish you all the best.

Have a look at the following link to give you one (very one-sided!) view of this guy:

http://www.jenman.com.au/find/index.php?query=jamie+mcintyre&type=simple

But then to give you an idea of just how one sided that view…[Read more]

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What I’m trying to say is…[Read more]

On the surface these numbers look great – the key is what surrounds the numbers. This is where your due diligence comes in. You need to be able to determine what the risks are in the deal.

In my work we sometimes use a tool called a “SWOT Analysis” – it stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. And it works as…[Read more]

Great work! Well done.

They ARE still out there!

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Great to hear that you had such a great time in Brizzy – it’s not such a bad spot is it! (Yes I’m biased!)

I must give you a BIG CONGRATS for sticking to your guns and not purchasing anything on your trip – you were very wise and very self disciplined. Now you have some breathing space, and you can sit back and objectively analyse the info…[Read more]

I’m afraid I’m with Simon – way outside my knowledge base!

Best of luck though – keep learning and keep asking and you will eventually find all the answers you need.

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Adam

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Good question, and I think the answer lies in a similar question back to you – would you want someone to act ruthlessly when doing business with you? Generally not I’d imagine.

I feel that respect and empathy are important traits in business and in all areas of life. So I totally agree with Maple on that one.

I also agree with Simon in…[Read more]

Simon’s right – you need to provide more information for people to be able to give you advice on this.

On the surface, you’re talking about just over 7% return on your cash here. If that’s all that you’d be getting out of it, it all depends on the risk and the effort you’d need to put in to get this return. You could simply go to any…[Read more]

My best advice for you if you’re new to all this is to do a search of the forum – go to the top of the page, and hover your mouse over where it says “Forums”. Then click on “Search”.

If you enter “birddogging” into this…[Read more]

I certainly have no experience in this sort of thing, but my suggestion to you is simply to re-ask your question under the “Help Needed” section – it is the section that gets the most attention on this website due to layout.

Perhaps if a moderator/administrator is kind enough, they may even do this for you?

In the meantime, and it does…[Read more]

I know nothing about bees, but just did a Google search and came up with the following link (among lots of others!). I hope it helps!

http://www.honeybee.com.au/service/swarm/index.html

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Adam

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Nothing further to add here – Derek’s and Amanda’s posts are both very relevant.

I just wanted to ask – with a username and avatar like yours, are you an ex-Zimbo/Rhodie? I was born in Umtali/Mutari and came to Oz in 1980!

It’s good to have another one aboard (if you are one!). Regardless, welcome to the forum – I’m sure you’ll find…[Read more]

No probs with the assistance mate – it’s what this forum’s here for, and I have certainly got my “pound of flesh” from it myself, so it’s only fair that I put a bit back in! But thanks very much for your appreciation[biggrin]

Regarding your question, as I suggested in my post (see link…[Read more]

Could you possibly elaborate on how to access these MP3 audio books please? This sounds great!

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I just had a quick look at your website and it looks really good! I haven’t yet checked all of it out, but I must give you credit for starting something like this. Well done, and all the best!

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Great comments! Thanks. What excellent advice for all of us.

Also – welcome back to the forums! I hope your time away was productive, and now you’re back recharged and re-motivated. You were certainly missed here!

Cheers,

Adam

PS. Moderators – how about that “sticky” suggestion? In the last couple of days I’ve referred several…[Read more]

Good for you for asking the question – and yes it does take courage to put yourself out there and ask for help. Well done.

As far as this “opportunity” sounds – it just smacks of the old Gold Coast property seminars that occurred in the late 90s early 00s. What happened with these (as far as I understand) is that people from…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum! Firstly, in my opinion you’ve definitely made the right first step in simply joining this forum! I think you’ll find this to be an awesome resource where you can learn heaps.

You are also on the right track by reading Steve’s books.

Have a look at this post for further ideas…[Read more]

Check out this post – https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic/22508.html

Hope that helps!

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Adam

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Cheers,

Adam

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Crikey! That’s some story! I commend you for your obvious resilience and tenacity in managing to overcome two bouts of Leukemia. If you can do that, I”m sure you can put your mind to doing anything you want (including being successful at property investing!).

First of all though – welcome to the forum! I’m sure you’ll find it to be a great…[Read more]

The best thing you can do at this stage is to do a search of these forums for “getting started” or something similar. You’ll find that someone has asked the same question as you just have many times before.

You also asked about books to read – clearly being on this forum you have probably heard of Steve…[Read more]

Great to hear so many comments from so many different people. And thanks Amanda for your comment – it’s good to get a different point of view.

Kirsten – a quick answer to your question “how do we start”. I would suggest first reading Steve’s second book – $1M in Property in One Year. His first book was written during the boom,…[Read more]

Good to hear from you, and great to hear of another person who came away from the day feeling motivated and excited!

I must also say – good on you for rethinking the amount of time you spend at your work. I sincerely hope that you find that this accelerates your learning and investing career! My lovely wife recently did exactly the same…[Read more]

Buyer Beware is great for evaluating property and provided templates to get you started. Investment Detective is all about crunching the numbers. So they are very different resources. You just need to decide what you want to gain from purchasing the product and go from there.

I would suggest doing a search, this question has been asked…[Read more]

It’s great to hear that you’re so excited after the Masterclass yesterday – best of luck in the coming weeks and months putting it all into practice!

Regarding an investor group in Brisbane – you may not be aware, but there already is one. It’s called the Better Investing Group (BIG), and it meets on the last Tuesday evening of…[Read more]

Thanks very much for your comments! It’s great to see that you learned so much and came away so motivated. Best of luck with getting out there and putting it all into practice!

Does anyone else who attended have comments?

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Adam

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For all you could ever want to know about the FHOG, check out the website – http://www.firsthome.gov.au/

Hope that helps,

Adam

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No probs. I hope it all goes well for you! I also think you’re probably onto a good idea to look further out where prices are lower – at the end of the day, one of the reasons people will come to you to do a wrap is because of income considerations. If you’re talking about a property in the 300s, with your mark up of 15-20%, and the higher…[Read more]

Have a look at the two posts I’ve made this evening –

https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic/22450.html
https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic/22508.html

Hopefully these may provide some assistance to you.

No more slandering of this great resource hey…

Best of luck,

Adam

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Firstly – my initial thought (and I fully understand that this is a gross generalisation!) is that being a passionate athlete, you are motivated and determined to succeed in whatever you do. So that is a great (and essential in property investing!) start!

My second thought is that you have made the best move possible by…[Read more]

I like your quote from “The Great One” at the bottom of your post – he makes a good point doesn’t he!

As for wrapping units – certainly it’s “do-able”, though I haven’t done any myself. The alarm bell for me with regard to units is their limited potential for CGs. Now as I said – I don’t have experience in units (quite deliberately),…[Read more]

Now I don’t know whether I’ve misunderstood your question, or whether you’ve misunderstood how Wraps work…

So please allow me to very briefly outline how a wrap works, and then maybe that’ll either help you or you can come back and correct my misunderstanding (!). So here goes:

You buy property for $100K. You pay 20% deposit, and…[Read more]