Hope Island is one of the Gold Coast’s most exclusive suburbs. Home to an enclave of exclusive housing estates, such as Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort, with several world class golf courses meandering in between.
The property website Domain are currently running a series of articles on selling a property, covering aspects from presentation and market advise, to sales tactics and the conveyancing process itself.
Brisbane came alive this weekend for the annual Teneriffe Festival. The streets were lined with a festival of food, markets and entertainment.
So you’ve spent countless weekends scouring the suburbs of Brisbane, or the Gold Coast for that perfect property and you think you’ve finally found ‘the one’ and are ready to put in an offer and sign a contract of sale. It’s right about now that you need to tap the brakes every so slightly. There’s no point rushing in and signing your name, as the entire conveyancing process will be dictated by this contract, so you want to make sure you’ve got it right before signing.
So you’ve had your property on the market for a while and have now signed a contract of sale and sold your property. First of all congratulations on the sale! While getting that offer may be exciting at first, we’re sure that a bit of stress is beginning to creep into your mind as you start to consider the long list of things you now have to take care.
Social media is a fantastic tool for keeping in touch with people. It allows you to broadcast an update to close friends, acquaintances or to the public. This may seem like a great tool, however like any other tool it can be abused and there can be serious legal consequences as a result. For example, something we see all too often is the defamation of individuals via social media.
Advertising your small business online is definitely the way to go these days, with potential to reach a large audience with a much smaller outlay than traditional media. With this in mind we thought we’d highlight a recent move by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) as a word of warning to business owners.
When starting a new business there are three basic structures to choose from; a sole trader, a partnership, or a company, with each having its own advantages and disadvantages. When you choose a company as the structure for your business you will become a shareholder in that company with the other people you go into business with.
When a married couple decide to update their wills it’s a common practice for them to enter into what is termed as a ‘mirror will’. This type of will provides that their entire estate will go to their spouse when they die and then when their spouse subsequently dies, the entire estate will go to the couple’s children.
