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Permalink Reply by Colin Jeffrey on May 26, 2009 at 6:00am

Pleased to meet you gazza, This is Colin Jeffrey from Down Under, we are just going into our Summer, you will be going into your winter, I been to Australia in the 197Os, Wow it seems so long ago, you Ausies would watch Coronation Street then.

Wow havent things changed, good luck young man. Colin

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Permalink Reply by Gazza on May 26, 2009 at 12:57pm

G'day Colin,

I'm actually an ex-pat Pom, moved here 5 years ago and have dual citizenship. I consider myself more Aussie than Brit in many ways. As for Coronation St - my wife became addicted to it when she came to live in the UK for 6 years. She was delighted when Foxtel started showing it on the UKTV channel, along with Eastenders, Emmerdale and others.

My in-laws moved over here in the 70s, and you can be pretty sure that you'd hardly recognise the place if you came again.

All the best
Gaz


Colin Jeffrey said:

Pleased to meet you gazza, This is Colin Jeffrey from Down Under, we are just going into our Summer, you will be going into your winter, I been to Australia in the 197Os, Wow it seems so long ago, you Ausies would watch Coronation Street then.

Wow havent things changed, good luck young man. Colin

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Permalink Reply by Sherry Dossey on May 28, 2009 at 2:29am

Hi Gaz,

Just joined and was looking over the place. I am in Lakeland ,Florida-Just an hour west of Orlando.
Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself.

Sherry Dossey

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Permalink Reply by Faylee James on May 28, 2009 at 11:41pm

Good morning Gaz, or maybe it's good evening...This is Faylee James of East Tennessee in the United States. I'm thinking the same as you, this must be a new adventure and we are the pioneers. Lets hope we can find many exciting things to do before we reach our final stop.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you and many others as we share our lives and business ideas. Ok, people, as Winnie the Pooh says, "It's a big world out there, let's hold hands and go exploring".
Faylee

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Permalink Reply by Mark Knudsen on May 29, 2009 at 1:28pm

Hello Gaz from Michigan USA. Pleased to meet you. We are also interested to see where this community takes us as well. Warm regards.

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Permalink Reply by Vickey Wachtel (McDowell) on June 2, 2009 at 11:01pm

Hi Y'all, am also excited to be a part of something new!! Facebook is getting so big and I'm not too sure I fully appreciate Twitter yet, I get messages everyday that people are following me and I can't for the life of me understand why, when I hardly ever write anything! Maybe someday it will pay off big time, that's what I'm in for!!
I'm in the final stages of my first Real Estate Investment purchase with a Self Directed IRA, we are to close this week. If you guys don't know what that is, you are not alone, far too many do not know that they can purchase real estate and other things for that matter with Pre-Tax dollars and all the revenue off the investment goes right back into the IRA. Everyone knows you can buy stocks and bonds but few stock brokers will tell you that you can also buy Real Estate, why ? Simple, how will they get paid if you don't buy stocks? They will tell you it's because land isn't fluid, means you can't sell it today and put a check in the bank tomorrow. Is that a good enough reason not to buy with the IRA that you can't touch till you retire anyway? I think not!! This is where I am taking my Real Estae business, into that area that many do not know anything about, if you guys want more info let me know. I would love to know how something like this might work in Australia. How is the rental business down there? Can anyone buy there or do you have to be a national?

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Permalink Reply by Gazza on June 3, 2009 at 12:01am

Hi Vickey,

Funnily enough... a friend of mine runs an agency here in Perth, for one of several companies doing this sort of stuff.

In a nutshell you use equity in your own property to help secure finance for an investment property - the agency also provide you with a propery manager, and will sort out tenants pretty much from day 1.

Certain components of the finance, depreciation etc. attract income tax concessions - the net result is that you should be getting more in rental income plus tax concessions, than your mortgage payments.

I'm not in the business, so I try to describe in layman's terms. I may have got some of the information slightly wrong, but sounds like the same sort of idea?


Vickey Wachtel (McDowell) said:

Hi Y'all, am also excited to be a part of something new!! Facebook is getting so big and I'm not too sure I fully appreciate Twitter yet, I get messages everyday that people are following me and I can't for the life of me understand why, when I hardly ever write anything! Maybe someday it will pay off big time, that's what I'm in for!!
I'm in the final stages of my first Real Estate Investment purchase with a Self Directed IRA, we are to close this week. If you guys don't know what that is, you are not alone, far too many do not know that they can purchase real estate and other things for that matter with Pre-Tax dollars and all the revenue off the investment goes right back into the IRA. Everyone knows you can buy stocks and bonds but few stock brokers will tell you that you can also buy Real Estate, why ? Simple, how will they get paid if you don't buy stocks? They will tell you it's because land isn't fluid, means you can't sell it today and put a check in the bank tomorrow. Is that a good enough reason not to buy with the IRA that you can't touch till you retire anyway? I think not!! This is where I am taking my Real Estae business, into that area that many do not know anything about, if you guys want more info let me know. I would love to know how something like this might work in Australia. How is the rental business down there? Can anyone buy there or do you have to be a national?

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on June 16, 2009 at 8:24pm

Gday Gaz,

This is Matthew Earl from Ducted Vacuum Shop in Adelaide, South Australia. We too have just joined and i must say i am very impressed with this site and your own profile and blogs.

We run an online shop from our website selling Ducted Vacuum equipment and spare parts and ship to Australia only at this stage. We are a fairly new business in this industry but decided to take a more online approach and it has certainly paid off.

Hopefully this community will also increase our visits and sales from our site, i am sure it will, as i have already clicked on and browsed many of the members myself.

I just love this site and what Greg has done and look forward to chatting with more of you soon.

Matt.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Jaffe on June 18, 2009 at 4:55am

I'm Karen from Long Branch, New Jersey (Jersey Shore). Very interested in social media marketing and attraction marketing and wanting to learn how to apply to my business. Very sick of people trying to sell me programs to get more clients (I think they're the only ones making money :-) Love connecting to high energy, open-minded, entrepreneurial types who "get me." Looking forward to making new friends virtually. Gaz, very cool that I have a new friend in Australia.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen on June 24, 2009 at 1:57am

Hi Karen - I think we all know where you are coming from - I hope that you find you niche and do well. Cheers

Karen Jaffe said:

I'm Karen from Long Branch, New Jersey (Jersey Shore). Very interested in social media marketing and attraction marketing and wanting to learn how to apply to my business. Very sick of people trying to sell me programs to get more clients (I think they're the only ones making money :-) Love connecting to high energy, open-minded, entrepreneurial types who "get me." Looking forward to making new friends virtually. Gaz, very cool that I have a new friend in Australia.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen on June 24, 2009 at 1:59am

Good to meet you Gazza - I didn't know we had such expertise in WA. Go for it and i hope that you continue to be successful. Have a great day.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher M. Shaddock on June 28, 2009 at 1:57pm

Good morning everyone. Christopher M Shaddock here, but you can call me Chris. Originally from Boston, MA but now reside in Iceland. spent 8 years in the army, and 2 years of that was fighting in Iraq. Lets see my entrepreneurial endeavors are: Beachbody, HUB (Humanity Unites Brilliance) and the Donald Trumpnetwork, part time personal trainer (looking to do it full time) and soon to be a part of Young Living Essential Oils/NingXia Red. Yeah, I knwo its a lot, but I all about fitness/health/wellness and these are great opportunities I dont want to pass up. I just have to organize each one...anyway, glad to be here, with like minded professionals, be it a veteran of the network industry or a new comer. Now lets connect, and everyone help each other, and we all can prosper!!! Don't be a stranger people!!

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