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September goal update and new site launch

1 September 2009

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It’s the first of September, so I just wanted to take stock of what I have left to do for the rest of the month. My goal is to have 50 Infobarrel articles written of at least 450 words in length by the end of September. I have already done 19, so that leaves 31. [...]

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Facing foreclosure site finally sold off

1 August 2007

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Casey Serin formally of iamfacingforeclosure.com has sold off his domain for $50,000. He did have one offer at one stage of $20,000 and a share of future revenues but he didn’t go through with that deal. The content was not included in the transaction, making it a fairly decent sale for just a domain. It [...]

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Don’t let your possessions own you

18 June 2007

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I have started a new category to my blog on Mobile Living. It is to write about my experiences working while traveling around the world. I finally bought a PDF version of the the “4 Hour Working Week” by Tim Ferrris from Powells. I am not sure why, but Amazon weren’t selling an electronic version. [...]

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Overseas property site review

14 June 2007

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Disclosure: The following is a paid review. You can get your website reviewed right here for just $60. Propertymartoverseas is a European based international property website. They claim to have over fifty thousand listings in 68 countries, which is a pretty impressive volume. Looking at the properties in Australia they are mostly the type that [...]

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Property management business

12 June 2007

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I just came back from a trip around the beautiful Halong Bay. One thing about traveling is that not only do you get to see some interesting places, but you also get the opportunity to meet some interesting people from around the world. One couple I met on the trip, have a property management business [...]

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Facing foreclosure site down

2 June 2007

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Casey Serin has finally pulled the plug on his I am facing foreclosure web site. He hasn’t given a reason, but I would guess that he was getting quite a bit of heat from his family. The site was getting a large amount of media attention, which was great for his site, but probably not [...]

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Scottsdale Property Site Review

22 April 2007

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Disclosure: The following is a paid review. If I have access to the internet, I will generally try and accept all reviews that I receive. A review on this blog costs just $60. Scottsdale Fine Properties have requested a review of their site and business. Having never been to Scottsdale it is a little hard [...]

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Property on the increase again in Australia

12 April 2007

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I have BBC news in the place I am currently staying in and heard a report that Australian housing prices are on the increase again. There is currently a shortfall in rental properties in the major cities. I just recently increased the rent on my apartment to $10 a week. It is the first increase [...]

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Paying off your mortgage early

5 December 2006

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Adventure Money has put together a great article comparing the differing advice of two financial gurus. It is a great idea for a blog series. I started out trying to put all my savings into paying off my mortgage. It worked well initially as it gave me a great deal of satisfaction seeing my loan [...]

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New tenants for Tokoroa

2 May 2006

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Last year I bought two houses on a 1000 meter section of land. Earlier this year, the tenants vacated the properties and have been vacant since. This is a vacancy of over 3 months! The town has a population of just 14,000. When the properties are let, the return is fairly good, but if I [...]

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