Alice Springs
Too Weak to Defend Part 6 – Bidding War
“I was too weak to defend, so I attacked!” General Robert E. Lee talking about the battle of Chancellorsville. Market Heats Up: It was still early 2009. We already had two houses under contract and I could sense that the market was starting to heat up. People were coming to the same conclusion; this is […]
Too Weak to Defend Part 3 – Buy a House
“I was too weak to defend, so I attacked!” General Robert E. Lee talking about the battle of Chancellorsville. Swing and a Miss! “Dave, you want to buy my house?” Gary (not his real name) asked. I worked with Gary. He was offering me one of his rental properties. “No. I’m not buying right now. […]
Welcome to Coconut Island! Rising Land Prices in the Alice.
I recently wrote an article about the high land prices in Darwin compared to what we pay in Alice Springs. When compared with Darwin, our land prices look cheap. But, this doesn’t take away from the fact that land prices are relatively high and rising rapidly in the Alice. In this article I explore the […]
Is Alice Springs a Great Place to Invest in Property?
This is an article titled “A Place Called Alice” that appeared in the Australian Property Investor (API) magazine in November 2008. I give my views on the Alice Springs property investment market. Why do you invest in Alice Springs? Because it’s a great place for investment. An old timer summed it up best. He’d been living […]