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10 things you can do to make sell your home quickly
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10 things you can do to make sell your home quickly

Here are the 10 most important things you can do, to make sure your house gets sold quickly, without having to drop your price.

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How To Avoid Being Scammed

Free online advertising sites may well have proven to be a boon for honest people wanting to sell goods, but they also appeal to scammers who are out to con the unwary out of their hard-earned money. The Internet has changed ...

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Gearing can enable property investors to achieve spectacular returns on small outlays

The big advantage of buying property is that it can be geared by means of a mortgage bond, thereby greatly increasing the investor’s return on his capital outlay, which can be relatively small.

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Investing in more, smaller, properties is a wise move

In today’s property market it is almost always wiser to invest in two, three or four lower priced homes rather than one big substantial unit.

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Invest with your head, not your heart

Knowing what to buy and when to buy it are always going to be key to successful property investment, particularly if the buyer is looking at building up a property portfolio. So what is the better option - to sink all your money ...

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Invest With Your Head Not Your Heart

Knowing what to buy and when to buy it are always going to be key to successful property investment, particularly if the buyer is looking at building up a property portfolio.

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The Trouble With Nkandla...

Just imagine the scenario. You find a piece of land in a rural area in Nkandla that you don't own and you build a house on it. Not just one home mind you, but a smattering of dwellings, comprising numerous units to house your ...

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New Sectional Title Regulations Could Cause Friction

Specialist sectional title attorney Marina Constas, a director of BBM Attorneys and co-author of the book, "Demistifying Sectional Title", says recent amendments to the sectional title regulations could cause ructions in ...

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Wine Tasting in Egoli

There was a guy at our school, Gary, who was probably the most popular boy in our school at the time. He was captain of every sport team he played in. The teachers adored him, the girls even more so. He was so well known in the ...