Archives for November 2007

Project Workshop 2008 … Update

27 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Last week, I confirmed that the next Workshop will be held on Saturday 1 March 2008.

Because people had to be politely turned away from the last Workshop, I gave the opportunity to pre-reserve a seat … for those not wanting to miss out on this one.

Anyway, I was rather surprised how strong the pre-reservation has been.

And this Friday, it will be ONLY these people who will be given first chance to enrol — before the official posting of the Workshop registration page goes up next Monday.

So, if you would like the opportunity to “jump the queue”, you can still do so now. Because, with only 27 seats available (and some 4,019 on my Membership list), it may well end up being a locked-door Workshop.

Filed Under: Economic Issues, Investment Objectives, Offices, Property Cycles, Retail Sector, Syndication, Using Debt, Workshops

How to Live with a Labor Government!

26 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Will things really change all that much, now that Australia has wall-to-wall Labor governments across the country?

You’d better believe it!
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Filed Under: Economic Issues, Industrial Sector, Investment Objectives, Offices, Property Cycles, Retail Sector, Your Exposure Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Property Workshop 2008?

20 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

All year, people have been pestering me to know when it will be. Well, the date has now been set for Saturday 1 March.

Again, it will be held within the Melbourne CBD — to make it easy for those flying in from interstate and overseas.

The last full-day Workshop turned out to be far too crowded. So, this one will be limited to only 27 people!

And, therefore, it will be on a first-come-first-served basis!
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Filed Under: Buying Criteria, Economic Issues, Industrial Sector, Interest Rates, Investment Objectives, Investment Opportunity, Offices, Property Cycles, Property Yields, Retail Sector, Syndication, Using Debt, Web Marketing, Workshops, Your Exposure

Mind Bender # 12: Anyone for Tennis?

8 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

The way things are shaping up, there could be a record number competing in this year’s Australian Open — some 803 players in all.
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Filed Under: Mind Benders

Mind Bender # 11: Solution

5 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

This time, there were a number of people able to “engineer” a 9-minute period for this Hourglass problem.

However, only a few of you managed to capture the spirit of finding the most elegant solution. Well done!

Start by turning both hourglasses over together.
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Will the RBA Raise Rates on Melbourne Cup Day?

2 November, 2007 by Leave a Comment

If you believe the financial markets, there is a 90% probability that the Reserve Bank of Australia will increase out the cash rate from 6.5 per cent to 6.75 per cent.

US Figures Nov 07But unlike other Board Meetings, there has been a gap of about a fortnight between the releases of the CPI figures and when it actually does meet on 8 November. And much can happen over that period.
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Filed Under: Economic Issues, Global Scene, Interest Rates, Your Exposure