Smoke Detector Maintenance
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria has recommended that Real Estate Agents engage independent contractors to regularly service smoke alarms in all properties listed on rental roles. Expecting tenants to maintain smoke alarms may not provide adequate protection and could endanger people and property.
M Estate Agents have taken the advice and have engaged Smarthouse Fire Solutions to manage this on our behalf. All our current landlords will be emailed shortly with further information and a consent form.
Please watch the video to see the process involved with checking smoke detectors. Look forward to any feedback.
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When can I retire?
Have the last few years played havoc with your superannuation savings?
Although most super funds experienced positive returns during 2009, it will probably take a few years for many investors’ lump sums to return to their 2007 balances. If you have already stopped earning an income as a retiree and are drawing on your superannuation balance, it is difficult to regain those losses.
So let’s have a look at how much money you might really need for retirement.
You can estimate your requirements using a ‘superannuation calculator’ found …Read More
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Forces of Nature & Interest Rate Rises
As ash from Iceland’s volcano (Eyjafjallajokull) - (I jaf jala jo cool) can’t pronounce this either ! - kept the European airspace shut down last week affecting millions of travellers around the world & World Health Organizations issued health warnings to Europeans with respiratory conditions (please don’t breath too much, as if!) and glacial floods continued to be triggered by this volcanic eruption, we ask ourselves the vital question - “is what is happening around us affecting the way we feel, act and make the decisions we need to make on a daily basis”.
If you were absorbed with this incredible occurrence that affected us all with amazement last week, then you were probably missing …Read More
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2010: What’s ahead?
2009 was an extraordinary year. Australia, luckily, was one of the few developed nations to avoid a recession as a result of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Will 2010 be as taxing on our nerves?
No matter how bad it may have been here, the GFC was significantly more severe in the US, UK and Europe. Certainly, some of our international counterparts continue to suffer weakness in their economies and very high unemployment.
However, it looks like the worst is now behind us, with most economists predicting growth (albeit not strong growth) and falling unemployment during 2010.
For Australia in particular, the future looks …Read More
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It Takes Discipline
The sales team at M ESTATE AGENTS, finds this piece to be great motivation for the year ahead.
IT TAKES DISCIPLINE- BY JUSTIN LANGER
It takes discipline and courage to look a man in the eyes rather than at his feet.
It takes discipline and courage to train when it is wet and cold.
It takes discipline and courage to tell the truth rather than lie.
It takes discipline and courage to keep focused on your dreams.
It takes discipline and courage to master …Read More
Are You Wasting Money on Insurance?
It’s the middle of the night and you’re jolted awake by extreme pain in your chest. You feel like the life is being crushed out of you … you immediately realise you’re having a heart attack. Your partner frantically phones 000 and as you lay clutching your chest waiting for the ambulance to arrive, all you can think about is how your family will be supported if you die.
The pain intensifies.
Hopefully this will never happen to you, but what if it did? Take a moment to think about how your family’s living expenses would be met if your income stopped tomorrow.
The average Australian household spends up to one-third of its gross income on mortgage repayments. Most of us would rely …Read More
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Christmas Plum Pudding Recipe
Make sure that you have the right recipe when it comes to your Christmas Finance!
Ingredients
Good dash of savings or cash, combined with a sprinkling of credit card – not too much or you will ruin the flavour of the Christmas cheer!
Keep within your budget, remember it’s about the thought not the size or value of your gift.
If you feel you can’t stick to this recipe, give Mcorp Money a call and we’ll see what Santa can do for you to make your Christmas more enjoyable to ensure you are left with a great taste in your mouth and not the ugly sour taste of debt.
Now, if you have been good, try the following recipe and enjoy! …Read More
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The incentive to succeed
It’s not what you earn but what you do with it that matters.
Many of Australia’s wealthiest people started out with nothing more than a will to succeed. Despite humble beginnings they used their limited financial resources to great effect and built empires. Yet there are many people on high salaries that have little to show for it after a lifetime of work. …Read More
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How do you eat an Elephant?
4,000 runners took part in the Melbourne marathon last weekend and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. As it was my first marathon I was nervous about how I would hold up having to run 42.195km and after having made it to the finish line I can say I have nothing but respect for people who can complete the run. …Read More
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M Estate Agents Keep “Victorian Bushfire Victims Covered”
Our team members Chris and Maureen
It seems like such a long time ago now that the Bushfires that caused so much destruction & personal hardship in Victoria are hardly mentioned. I guess the horrible dust storm that took Sydney by surprise the other day & the fires up North brought back a few memories especially when we all collected items that we could do without from our homes and hired a bus and transported these goods down to the Bushfire Appeal Centre back in February this year with our team. …Read More
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