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    Renting to people recently from overseas

    Hi all Just wondering what your thoughts are on this... I've got an applicant from another country on a working visa who's only been in this country for 3-4 months and renting for about the same in a short term lease. His referees therefore can only tell me about his 3-4 months and so I...
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    Comparing price across apartment buildings

    Hi I was just wondering when you guys do your DD, do you compare the price for a unit you're buying to only the other units in the same building or do you compare them with others on the same street (within reason)? e.g. compare 8/2 john street's listing to 3/4 john street's recent sale...
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    Checkerboard tiles

    Does anyone know anyone in Sydney that stocks black tiles to form a checkboard board style tile layout? I'm talking about relatively large (~20cm-30cm squared) plain glossy ones for kitchens. I thought I would get them to make my kitchen have a bit more life but I can't seem to find anyone that...
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    Settlement questions

    Hey everyone! I've come to the final stages of my first property purchase and I just have a few questions I'd like to ask and hope some of you kind people can answer them for me. They're not too hard, I promise! Am I correct in saying that my solicitor should be preparing all settlement...
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    Paying off the mortgage

    Hi all I'm still new to this game and I would greatly appreciate any advice you great people can offer me :) I'm about 4 weeks away from settlement but I'm still a little confused as to how best to pay off this purchase. To summarise (figures are rough); I have put down $150k as a deposit...
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    Unconditional loan approval

    Hey everyone :) Is it normal for a big 4 bank not to give any form of offer or approval in writing after they give a verbal confirmation of loan approval (there was no need for a valuation - apparently)? My lender says he will give me a loan offer at the same time as filling out my mortgage...
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    Interior cracks in apartment walls

    Hi all Great forum here. I hope some of you gurus can help me on my first property purchase. I looked at a place yesterday that had about 3-4 noticeable cracks along the interior walls (roughly 20-30cm long). The significant ones were near the corners of doors and windows so that's expected...
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