Friday, January 23, 2004
Wow - What a Month
I don't know where to start.
The month of December was a period of utter intensity. Unpacking, organizing, clearing out rooms of the house is always a hideous job, but we did it, though we've still got a lot to do.
I spent some time with my girlfirend, and went away with her. Worked out that things weren't really working, and that my feelings towards her weren't really the loving couple type of feelings. She's a great girl, but it just wasn't working, so we broke up.
She took it OK, but I think she was pretty upset underneath, and I kinda feel bad for that, but I hope that she sees that I was being honest with her, by telling her how I felt. The last thing I wanted to do was string her along. Anyway - I hope we can still be friends.
So I'm single again, though I haven't really had much impetus to go finding a new belle. Maybe in a couple of months or so - we'll see.
I've also be re-organizing my homeloans. My Broker finally had a breakthrough with the bank, and after a bit more fussing around I've managed to structure my portfolio exactly as I wanted to. I'm now gearing up for another purchase, and have started my research.
I've identified about 30 suburbs with consistent growth of more than 7% under $200K. I've still got to look at the amenities in detail and examine rental yields, but I should be able to find at least a few suburbs to start looking seriously at.
My broker says that I should be able to get finance without too much trouble, though I really do need to sell some shares to get that working properly.
This month has also been very expensive with Xmas, and having to pay REA fees for new tenancies on my two properties. Next month should be good though with two cashflow positive properties ploughing money back into the bank accounts.
Music has also been busy, with most of my focus on finishing a new sound set for the K2000 and puting a CD compilation together for Semikazi.
I also clocked up 1000km on my deadly treadly, which I'm pretty darn proud of. I've had the bike since about Feb last year. Crashed it once, nearly taking some blokes car door off, and bending my wheels pretty badly, but I've perservered, and it's all going well. Haven't actually lost any weight, but my body has toned up considerably - and I'm feeling alot more confident about myself - so that's a very good thing.
Anyway - overall life is good. Busy... but good.
The month of December was a period of utter intensity. Unpacking, organizing, clearing out rooms of the house is always a hideous job, but we did it, though we've still got a lot to do.
I spent some time with my girlfirend, and went away with her. Worked out that things weren't really working, and that my feelings towards her weren't really the loving couple type of feelings. She's a great girl, but it just wasn't working, so we broke up.
She took it OK, but I think she was pretty upset underneath, and I kinda feel bad for that, but I hope that she sees that I was being honest with her, by telling her how I felt. The last thing I wanted to do was string her along. Anyway - I hope we can still be friends.
So I'm single again, though I haven't really had much impetus to go finding a new belle. Maybe in a couple of months or so - we'll see.
I've also be re-organizing my homeloans. My Broker finally had a breakthrough with the bank, and after a bit more fussing around I've managed to structure my portfolio exactly as I wanted to. I'm now gearing up for another purchase, and have started my research.
I've identified about 30 suburbs with consistent growth of more than 7% under $200K. I've still got to look at the amenities in detail and examine rental yields, but I should be able to find at least a few suburbs to start looking seriously at.
My broker says that I should be able to get finance without too much trouble, though I really do need to sell some shares to get that working properly.
This month has also been very expensive with Xmas, and having to pay REA fees for new tenancies on my two properties. Next month should be good though with two cashflow positive properties ploughing money back into the bank accounts.
Music has also been busy, with most of my focus on finishing a new sound set for the K2000 and puting a CD compilation together for Semikazi.
I also clocked up 1000km on my deadly treadly, which I'm pretty darn proud of. I've had the bike since about Feb last year. Crashed it once, nearly taking some blokes car door off, and bending my wheels pretty badly, but I've perservered, and it's all going well. Haven't actually lost any weight, but my body has toned up considerably - and I'm feeling alot more confident about myself - so that's a very good thing.
Anyway - overall life is good. Busy... but good.
# posted by The Puppeteer : 10:08 am
