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Built with his own hands valued at more than $630,000 sold for $1000
A MAN who took on the Chinese government in Tiananmen Square is taking on the Victorian Sheriff for selling his $630,000 home for just $1000.
Zhiping Zhou says his Braybrook home - built with his own hands - was seized by the Sheriff and sold without a reserve price.
The $1000 comes nowhere near paying a $96,000 debt he allegedly owes another Chinese expatriate.
Records show the house went to auction at the Sheriff's Carlton office in December 2010, and was knocked down to Ronald Geoffrey Read more [...]
The Self-Taught Graduate: Do You Really Need a Tertiary Education?
I spoke to Virgin Australia Voyeur Magazine about the modern education system, and featured in the article in the February issue, 'The Self-Taught Graduate: Do You Really Need A Tertiary Education?'
Arguably, one of the biggest news stories of 2011 was the passing of Steve Jobs. The Apple boss, who died of cancer aged 56, was a genius who changed the world as we know it. He was one of the wealthiest ment ever to walk the planet, all of it self-made thanks to his incorrigible motivation and inimitable Read more [...]
Introducing… 21st Century TV!
21st Century Education & 21st Century Media are Proud to Announce The Launch Of...
21st Century TV is designed to provide a modern day education freely available to viewers worldwide, taught by those with a PhD in results. Better than School, better than University.
21st Century TV will not only educate but also entertain with a variety of shows and valuable market updates and commentary from 21st Century experts.
It is initially being made available to the 450,000 21st Century Subscribers Read more [...]
Ron Pattenden’s hell at hands of the taxman
BUSINESSMAN Ron Pattenden remembers when the tax officers moved in to deal what they thought was a killer blow. They knew about his fleet of luxury cars, worth $9 million. How could he, having arrived in Australia virtually penniless, afford such expensive cars?
For Pattenden, who collected number plates, not cars, the exchange would have been laughable -- if it weren't so serious.
Pattenden, who has spent the past eight years fighting the Australian Taxation Office, was hit with a departure Read more [...]
Australians should take a market share of the US Property Market
The financial crisis afflicting the USA has caused significant ructions to the property market, forcing property prices to drop to as much as 70% in some cities writes Aneta Gorelik.
Though it is fluctuating at the moment, the Australian dollar is still on parity or above the USD; a rate last seen 30 years ago and which when the dust settles will probably never be seen again in our lifetime.
The state of the Australian dollar opens a small window of opportunity to securing a positive cash flow Read more [...]
US Property Market Update – Government Set to Sell Foreclosures in Bulk
The Obama administration, in conjunction with federal regulators and led by the overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is very close to announcing a pilot program to sell government-owned foreclosures in bulk to investors as rentals, according to administration officials.
There currently are about a quarter of a million foreclosed properties on the books of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and millions more are coming.
The foreclosure processing delays Read more [...]
Channel 7 – Today Tonight discusses US Property Investment for Australians
Channel 7 Today Tonight discusses the current US Property - and the investment opportunity for international investors. To educate yourself on US Property, get a free educational DVD at www.21stCenturyUSProperty.com
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