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Is it Possible to Make Millions in Real Estate

Posted by strudy on Sep 27th, 2009

No doubt you would have seen several shows on the television that shows people
buying properties and then reselling them again them after making minor repairs.
Many people have made a tidy profit from doing this, but if you had really payed
proper attention, you will frequently only see what the house could possibly make
the owners. The shows [...]

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Listening to ‘wise’ heads can be dangerous

Posted by cij on Dec 12th, 2008

Very often, you may hear the more experienced investors saying things like this
I’ve been investing for the past x number of years. In my experience,

… it is such a time of maximum fear and panic that an investor makes a killing.
OR
… markets eventually recover soon.
OR
… investments in stocks/property/whatever has never disappoint in the long term.
OR
… [...]

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First Home Owner’s Grant - Grab it or leave it be? Money Tip without the BS

Posted by Ask_Josie on Nov 24th, 2008

The Government’s announcement that they would temporarily double the First Home Owner’s Grant from $7,000 to $14,000 if you purchase an existing home and triple it to $21,000 if you purchase a brand new home was welcomed by the housing industry.   They certainly need a boost at the moment.
I remember the days when I was itching to [...]

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I have a margin loan, should I top up my investment?

Posted by Ask_Josie on Nov 2nd, 2008

Q. Approx 2 years ago I took out a margin loan agreement offer by a financial adviser. I borrowed $140,000, plus $70,000 of borrowed money as security. Back in June as share prices fell I have was asked to top up approx $30,000 to maintain LVR.
I was able to to this by redrawing equity [...]

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More Frozen Funds

Posted by Debbie on Oct 24th, 2008

Is it possible that no-one in the Government, Treasury or the Reserve Bank of Australia has any idea about risk?
That seems to be the case. Perhaps we could show them a very simple diagram from the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) website:

It’s the sort of thing that any young finance professional will learn in Investing 101. [...]

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Sharemarket volatility & how markets rebound from lows

Posted by Scott Keefer on Aug 15th, 2008

There is a lot of commentary around at the moment about volatile share market returns and how to pick when or if we have reached the bottom of the decline. No matter whether you are a proponent of market timing or not, history tells us that now is not the time to be thinking of switching out of equities into cash and fixed interest.

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