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Ep66: Michele Scott - What's Your House Number Mean in Numerology?

House numbers play a subconscious role in how we choose the house that is right for us. Each number resonates a certain vibration that rings true to the people who live there.  Numerology explains that. Today, for a bit of fun, we are going to talk to an expert numerologist and go through all the different house numbers and see what characteristics they portray.

Michele Scott is a Casey radio talk host, the founder of a fast-growing wellness community, holistic counsellor and meditation teacher, with a side line of numerology, and she is here today to talk to us about how our house numbers have different energies. 

1. So what is numerology?

2. How do we work out how to get our house number to a single digit?

     a). How do we work out a house number if we live in a unit? Like say 2/53 Smith Street or 53A Smith Street?

3. Does the house number mean that it attracts certain people to it, or is it more about the energy the house creates within the people who live there?

4. How is that different to the personal year numbers? How can we understand the cycles in numerology that help us welcome in new beginnings and let go of old experiences?

5. So what does a number 1 house mean?

6. What does a number 2 house mean?

7. What does a number 3 house mean?

8. What does a number 4 house mean?

9. What does a number 5 house mean?

10. What does a number 6 house mean?

11. What does a number 7 house mean?

12. What does a number 8 house mean?

13. What dos a number 9 house mean?

14. Do the numbers 11 and 22 mean that the house has special qualities?

 

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Michele Scott can be contacted by email at: mscott04@bigpond.net.au

 

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Ep65: Town Taster - Kangaroo Ground

Craig Maskell is here today to give us the Real Estate Agent's perspective on Kangaroo Ground. 

Craig has had the privilege of selling lifestyle properties throughout the Diamond Valley for 20 years, and is the Director of Fletchers Real Estate in Eltham.

1. So Craig, there doesn't seem to be a lot of property available in Kangaroo Ground, is it tightly held?

2. Do people generally buy in Kangaroo Ground, or are there some rental properties?

3. What attracts people to Kangaroo Ground?

4. What type of people actually move to Kangaroo Ground?

5. What price ranges can we see in Kangaroo Ground?

    a) So, what would be the median price range?

6. Is Kangaroo Ground a suburb people actively search for, or are they looking more for other suburbs like Eltham and Diamond Creek, and they stumble across it?

7. What makes Kangaroo Ground different to that of Eltham and Diamond Creek?

8. What unexpected surprises can you find in Kangaroo Ground?

9. There's a little pocket of the Yarra River that used to be called Kangaroo Ground South, but had a name change in 2000 to the Bend of Islands. I had to write some copy a couple of years ago for a property there, and I had no idea it existed. What's so special about this little township?

 

CONTACT:

Craig Maskell can be contacted by email:  craig.maskell@fletchers.net.au 

or call: 0411 950 052.

 

Featured in the podcast:

Pastor Stephen Kilner - Presbyterian Church of Victoria (Kangaroo Ground): 0437 449 139

Ken King - Kings of Kangaroo Ground Winery & Post Office - 9712 0666 

Thanks to Craig, Stephen & Ken. 

 

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Ep64: Cameron Sharp - Knowing Your Timber Floors

There are several versions of timber floors out there, but what's the best? What's real timber, what's vinyl that looks like timber and what does 'engineered timber' mean? What about the colour, the softness of the wood and the texture? It's all so confusing. Today we are going to find out what you need to look for when buying a home with timber floors or sourcing new flooring for your renovation or new home. 

Cameron Sharp is the owner/operator of Sharps Floorworld in Cranbourne and in Mornington and has been running it for 20 years. Cameron sells carpets, floating floors, vinyls and he and his team are very passionate about timber flooring.

 

1. When buyers inspect a property, you can come across a variety of different timbers and timber floors. How can we identify:

   a. Solid timber floors? What's the difference between hard wood and soft wood? What are some examples of hard wood and soft wood?

   b. Laminate floors - is there actual timber in laminate floors? Are they looked at as cheap and nasty?

   c. Floating timber floors?

   d. Engineered floors? Why make them engineered rather than solid wood?

   e. Vinyl hybrid floors?

   f.  Parquetry floors?

2. Can you put them in order of what's best quality to worse quality?

3. What would be the most hard-wearing timber floor if we were to put brand new floors in our home?

4. What would be the best timber floor if we had pets?

5. What would be the best flooring for a wet area, like a kitchen, bathroom or laundry?

6. What's the best advice to give people who have timber floors in their home? (Maintenance)

7. When looking at a house to buy, what red flags should come up to tell us that the floor hasn't been professionally laid, or is in need of replacing?

8. How long should a timber floor last in your home?

 

CONTACT:

Cameron Sharp can be contacted by email: admin@cranbournefloorworld.com.au

or call:  (03)5975 9222 or (03) 5996 8365.

 

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Ep63: Cate Bakos - How Can Buyer's Advocates Help with Your SMSF?

Self managed superannuation funds are for those who have a substantial amount of money in their super funds and are ready to take the risks on their own. Today we talk about the role buyer's advocates can have to help you on that journey.

Cate Bakos is an independant agent, property investment advisor and owner/manager of a boutique business. Cate is also a published author, podcaster and speaks to the media often.

*We want to disclose that we are giving general advice here, however you should always seek advice from an independant financial advisor to discuss your individual needs before creating a self managed superannuation fund.

1. Tell us what is a self managed superannuation fund?

2. What advice are buyer's advocates not able to give?

3. How much money do we need to have in our superannuation fund before we are allowed to manage the fund ourselves?

4. What asset breakdown do people normally put in there SMSF?

5. How can property work in a SMSF?

6. Who do buyers need on their team when considering a self managed superannuation fund?

7. What property attributes should be avoided?

8. What are some clever uses of SMSF for self employed?

9. How is lending for SMSF different to regular residential lending?

10. When do your alarm bells go off?

11. What can a buyers advocate do to make you maximise your return on your SMSF?

12. Is it preferable for a SMSF owner to use a buyer's advocate so they get their tax/legal procedures right?

 

CONTACT:

Cate Bakos can be contacted via her website: catebakos.com.au

or call: 0422 638 362

 

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Ep62: Will Walton- Making the Tree Change

The Covid19 pandemic has made Melburnians run to the country, even seasiders who love the coastal area and the trendy elite suburbs go from 'sea to tree' to find the peace and quiet of the hills, the chance to experience snow in winter and the farm to plate community in exchange for the salty sea air.  Today, we talk about the beauty of 'Making the Tree Change'.

Will Walton from Belle Property in Daylesford and Trentham knows all too well how Melburnians are flocking to the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire to get their hands on their dream rural or semi-rural property. Will is the voice about lifestyle change in regional Victoria, being one of the largest contributors to the Belle Property 'SITCHU' magazine, but also he is often quoted in leading publications and websites like domain.com.au, the Herald-Sun and Australian Country Style magazine. 

1. How have prices in regional Victoria changed over the past 12 months compared with that of Melbourne metro?

2. Why do you think people are making the 'tree change?'

3. I was up in your area between Christmas and New Year and saw a marked distinction in how some of the towns operated, as well as saw how amazing the quality of some homes and money people are now investing in the area. For instance, Trentham and Daylesford were pumping...Kyneton and Castlemaine were ghost towns. What is it that the communities are doing well, to make people want to buy into these towns?

4. What conversations have you had with potential buyers about why they choose the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire over a 'sea change?'

5. How are you finding the rental market?

6. What are some of the benefits city folk see for themselves when they decide to purchase a country home?

7. Are there many people who try the country life for a couple of years and yearn to be back in the city?

8. For a family, what options are there for extra-curricular activities for their kids - sporting clubs, music teachers, art tuition, medical specialists like speech therapy, scouts, childcare etc

    a). Do we have to drive far to get to games or appointments?

9. Is it cheaper to live in the country, or would you be swapping apples for oranges (like say your petrol bill might go up, but your McDonalds bill will go down)?

10. Do you have any success stories about how some of your clients have moved from the city and how they made a booming success in their business with their 'tree change?'

11. Lastly, how quickly is property selling in Daylesford and Trentham at the moment?

 

CONTACT:

Will Walton can be contacted by email at: will.walton@belleproperty.com

or by phone on: 0412 511 717.

 

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Ep61: Tonya Davidson - Top Tips for Preparing Your Home For Settlement

I've been through a variety of different settlements throughout the years and I've definitely had my favourites and not so favourites. Every agent has their own unique way of doing a settlement and most don't give their owners advice on how they should prepare their property for settlement.

Unfortunately, there are no rule books or legislation that there is a structured way of leaving your property and by the time it comes around, it's usually quite rushed. Today, we are going to give you some great tips about how you should, in good conscience, prepare your home for settlement for the new buyer.

Tonya Davidson is an award winning auctioneer and negotiator. Tonya's career began in 1992 and throughout the years, she has won many state auctioneer awards, numerous sales awards and even voted as one of the 30 Most Successful Business Women in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Tonya has enjoyed a successful career in residential sales in Melbourne's Inner East and has also coached and trained many other agents. Throughout the years, she saw a disparity at the negotiating table, where buyers were left feeling vulnerable and bullied into paying more, so she began Davidson Property Advocates to negotiate on behalf of the buyers and help them through the buying process. 

1. What are the basic requirements vendors should do to settle a property?

2. Should buyers inspect the property a few days prior to settlement to verify that the house is how they bought it?

3. Should vendors go through the property with the new buyers to explain how the house works, like watering systems, pools/spas, heating systems, ovens etc?

4. When I bought this house, we had holes in the walls from where televisions were hung, wrongly painted patches in the walls where they tried to fix where TV's or pictures used to sit. It wasn't good. Should that be acceptable for settlement or could we run the risk of buyers asking for a reduced sales price to fix the walls properly?

5. Should all keys to the house be left? For instance do we need to call Aunty Maud, who had a key when she fed the cat when we were on holiday. Should her key be part of the package?

    a). Should all keys be labelled to which locks they open?

6. Should we be contacting suppliers to the house - pool maintenance people, newspaper delivery, mail, gardeners, cleaners etc...  to tell them that you are leaving?

    a). Should we ask the new buyers if they would like to use the same suppliers?

7. What happens if the vendor leaves items at the house? Should the property be settled? Again, could the buyers ask for a reduced price through their conveyancer to get the old items removed?

8. Kerrie from Burwood loves her ASKO Dishwasher and wants to take it to her new home, which doesn't have a dishwasher. Kerrie sold her home with the ASKO dishwasher, and is happy to replace it with another dishwasher, but it won't be an ASKO, probably something much cheaper. Kerrie wants to know if she is allowed to do this?

9. Should you leave an address or phone number for the new buyers so if they receive any mail or packages that belong to you, they can forward it to you?

10. Are there any other tips you suggest vendors should do before settlement day?

 

CONTACT:

Tonya Davidson can be contacted by email at: tonya@davidsonadvocates.com.au

or by phone on: 0417 391 987. 

 

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Ep60: Frank Valentic - Understanding The Auction Results

Every week, agents, buyers and sellers pawn over the auction results to see what properties are selling, for how much and to see how the market is reacting to different parameters, like interest rate changes, the stock market activity and even government incentives. Today we are going to find out how we can be more savvy when reading the auction results.

Frank Valentic is the bald headed buyer's advocate we know from 'The Block'. He's got more front than Myers, he's got more know how than possibly 100 agents at a real estate conference and he's one of the most trusted and respected people in the business.

So Frank, what is the percentage of properties that sell that actually go to auction? What tends to go to auction more, houses or units? What percentage of properties do you actually buy at auction?

1. Auctions results show us how the market reacts to the properties available for sale. A property can be listed as sold, sold prior, withdrawn from sale or passed in. What can we read from these statistics?

2. How do we know if we are in a seller's market or a buyer's market by just looking at the auction results?

3. With Covid-19 changing the way we sell properties, do the auction results now include private sales and properties sold via expressions of interest?

    a). Do you think this will be something that continues in the sales data reporting?

    b). What other measures of the market should we be considering? (Number of bidders etc).

4. If a property is passed in at auction, but then sold later in the day or that weekend, will it be registered as a property that's sold or does it remain as a passed in property?

5. What's the typical time frame a property that's passed in stays on the market?

6. Why do people withdraw their property from sale, if they have put the time and energy to put it on the market in the first place?

    a). How is a withdrawn property counted within the statistics?

7. So Frank, why do vendors elect to not disclose the sale price of the property?

8. Can buyers request that a property price is undisclosed?

9. How do the REIV and Real Estate websites work out the media sale prices for the suburbs if results are undisclosed?

10. If you were to put in a property address into realestate.com.au or domain.com.au, it will show you the sales history of that property. Rarely do you see it saying 'Price Undisclosed'. How long after a sale will a property price be disclosed for the sake of its sales history?

11. What other hidden messages can we find by reading the auction results?

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Frank Valentic can be contacted by calling Advantage Property Consulting: (03) 9883 8900

or by email: buyer@advantageproperty.com.au

 

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Ep59: Town Taster - Monbulk

Today we have Scott Allison, the Director from Fletchers Real Estate in the Yarra Ranges to tell us how the market is going in Monbulk. Scott is a licensed estate agent and auctioneer with extensive market knowledge of the Dandenong Ranges.

Monbulk is known for its berries and jams. It has a unique cottage industry of farm gate produce. If we were looking to buy in Monbulk now, what type of properties could you find in Monbulk?

1. How much is Monbulk changing?

2. What attracts people to Monbulk to buy?

    a) What type of people look at Monbulk?

    b) Do people actively search for Monbulk or are they looking in the Dandenong Ranges and stumble across the suburb?

3. What price ranges could we see in Monbulk this year?

4. How do we get around in Monbulk  - is transport easily accessible?

5. If we wanted to create a cottage industry of our own, are there properties that would allow us to do that, or are we looking strictly at suburban homes and units in Monbulk?

6. What makes Monbulk different to the other suburbs in the Dandenong Ranges?

7. What changes are happening in Monbulk to the infrastructure that could change the opportunity to develop in Monbulk?

8. Is Monbulk an unexpected surprise in the ranges?

 

Contact: 

Scott Allison can be contacted at Fletchers Yarra Ranges:

https://fletchers.net.au

Email: scott.allison@fletchers.net.au

Phone: 0407 855 547 / 03 9751 0299 

 

Featured in the podcast:

COG Bike Shop - 80a Main Road Monbulk (03) 5966 2213  & 0417 536 826

Pharma Save (Monbulk Pharmacy) 98 Main Road Monbulk (03) 9756 6273 

Thanks to Ross, Stella, and Danielle.

 

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Ep58: Sophie Lyon - The Residential Tenancies Act - Part 3 Ending a Tenancy

The new Residential Tenancies Act comes into fruition in Victoria on the 29th March 2021, and today is the last of our 3 part series on the new legislation of the Residential Tenancies Act, with our regular property management expert Sophie Lyon.

Sophie Lyon has worked in property management for more than 30 years, and is currently the Director and General Manager of Property Management at Jellis Craig - Boroondara. Sophie is actively involved as a Director of the REIV, and is an accredited trainer currently focusing on delivering training for the new Residential Tenancies Act. 

1. What reasons can a property manager or landlord ask you to vacate?

2. If you have a fixed term rental, can a proepty manager or landlord ask you to vacate before your fixed term is up?

3. There is a new ruling that if a tenant threatens or intimidates the property manager, landlord,  contractor or employee of the contractor, the property manager or landlord can give the tenant 14 days to vacate. How did this law come about?

4. What happens if the tenant wants to break the lease?

5. What are the new rules when it comes to applying fo the bond release?

6. It's come to be an expectation that a rental property, including the carpets, must be professionally cleaned if you want your bond returned. Is this still the case?

7. What happens if the tenant leaves goods behind?

8. What happens if a sole tenant dies during their lease?

 

For your property management needs:

CONTACT SOPHIE at Jellis Craig - Boroondara.

Phone: (03) 9810 5053

Website: jelliscraig.com.au

 

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Ep57: Sophie Lyon - The New Residential Tenancies Act Part 2

The new Residential Tenancies Act comes into fruition in Victoria on the 29th March 2021, and over 3 weeks, we will be talking in depths about how the changes will affect tenants, landlords and property managers with our regular property management expert Sophie Lyon. 

Sophie Lyon has worked in property management for more than 30 years, and is currently the Director and General Manager of Property Management at Jellis Craig Boroondara.

Sophie is actively involved as a Director of the REIV, and is an accredited trainer currently focusing on delivering training for the new Residential Tenancies Act. 

1. How many chances will a tenant now have to be late with their rental payments?

2. How often can a property manager or a landlord do a rental increase?

3. How often can a property manager or a landlord inspect the property under the new legislation?

4. What are the minimal standards a property is required to have before it can be leased?

5. Will there now be minimal standards for locking devices on all external doors and windows?

6. What is now considered to be an urgent repair?

    a). If a tenant pays for an urgent repair out of their pocket, due to the nature of the repair, how quickly must the landlord pay back the tenant?

    b). If the tenant can't afford those repairs and the landlord doesn't act on those repairs,  what course of action can a tenant make to ensure that the repairs get done?

7. If a tenant damages the property in any way, does the tenant need to inform the property manager or landlord, even if they fixed the damage out of their own pocket?

8. What safety check records do property managers and/or landlords need to keep now? 

 

CONTACT SOPHIE at Jellis Craig - Boroondara.

Phone: (03) 9810 5053

Website: jelliscraig.com.au

 

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