I am sitting in a living room full of packing boxes in various stages of unpackedness, having just moved into an apartment in the CBD of Melbourne. It is a lovely apartment on the twenty-first floor with sweeping views of the Docklands and double glazed windows. I was surprised at how easy it was to [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/now-is-not-a-good-time-for-buying-an-apartment-in-melbourne/
Rental applications. Urgh! I think they were designed to make you feel like a second-rate citizen. Certainly you get the feeling that property managers think you to be very stupid indeed. But there are perfectly good reasons for renting that have nothing to do with being unintelligent so don’t let any house spruiking hype make [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/why-renting-can-be-smarter-than-buying-real-estate/
I am increasingly becoming alarmed, yet absorbed, by news of both the national and economic economy. I guess it is no surprise, the unfolding drama appears to have as many plot twists, parallel stories, power plays and unexpected eventualities as any prime time soap opera. A month a go my husband and I decided to [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/reckless-economics/
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