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By ooba
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Email: info@ooba.co.za
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About: See Authors Posts (2)+ on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
If you run your own business, you may find it tricky to buy a property – and this applies as much to a first-time home buyer as seasoned property investor.
By Paddocks
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Name: Paddocks
Email: info@paddocks.co.za
Site: http://www.paddocks.co.za
About: See Authors Posts (1)+ on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sectional title is a complex subject that many people don’t quite understand; it has become evident that there is a need for additional training in the sectional title arena.
By Denoon Sampson
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Name: Denoon Sampson
Email: denoon@denoon.co.za
Site: http://www.denoonsampsoninc.co.za/
About: Denoon Sampson offers you the highest professional service standard in property transfers, bond registrations – ABSA, Nedbank Private Wealth (formerly BOE), First National Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank – subdivisions of property, bond cancellations, mediations, ante nuptial contracts, servitudes, township and sectional title developments.See Authors Posts (2)+ on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Denoon Sampson of the Sandton conveyancing firm, Denoon Sampson Ndlovu Inc, comments on how ineffectual the Property Condition Report is and suggests a better solution. When a disgruntled purchaser telephoned one of our conveyancers to complain that the Property Condition Report was contradictory and therefore, a completely useless document ; we were not surprised. He was [...]
By Denoon SampsoncloseAuthor: Denoon Sampson
Name: Denoon Sampson
Email: denoon@denoon.co.za
Site: http://www.denoonsampsoninc.co.za/
About: Denoon Sampson offers you the highest professional service standard in property transfers, bond registrations – ABSA, Nedbank Private Wealth (formerly BOE), First National Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank – subdivisions of property, bond cancellations, mediations, ante nuptial contracts, servitudes, township and sectional title developments.See Authors Posts (2)+ on Monday, February 18, 2013
Purchasers of second hand houses have been surprised to learn that the Consumer Protection Act does not offer them any protection – a fact that must cause investors to pause before they dive headlong into such a transaction.
By Administrator
closeAuthor: Administrator
Name: Cathy Nolan
Email: cathyn@privateproperty.co.za
Site: http://www.privateproperty.co.za/
About: PropertyTribe AdministratorSee Authors Posts (20)+ on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Investors should be aware that the opportunity for companies, close corporations and trusts to transfer property free of transfer duty to a natural person has been extended.
By Michael Hands
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Name: Michael Hands
Email: michael.hands@gb.co.za
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About: See Authors Posts (1)+ on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
If you are contemplating investing in property, it is worth thinking twice before buying it in a company name. Privateproperty.co.za, with the assistance of Michael Hands from Garlicke and Bousfield, explains why.
By AdministratorcloseAuthor: Administrator
Name: Cathy Nolan
Email: cathyn@privateproperty.co.za
Site: http://www.privateproperty.co.za/
About: PropertyTribe AdministratorSee Authors Posts (20)+ on Friday, October 19, 2012
Privateproperty.co.za looks at the hype surrounding the supposed bankruptcy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad’s property investment guru Robert Kiyosaki.
By Marlon
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Name: Marlon Shevelew
Email: marlon@shevelew.co.za
Site: http://www.marlonshevelew.co.za
About: Marlon Shevelew of Marlon Shevelew and Associates is a commercial and corporate attorney with a niche for Consumer Law and Landlord and Tenant law in the residential, commercial, retail and industrial sectors.
Marlon has been acknowledged by the Training division of the Law Society of South Africa as the industry expert on Rental Claims and Evictions.
Since 2009 Marlon has been writing articles, conducting workshops and lecturing on the Consumer Protection Act to packed audiences countrywide about the implications of the Act to the property industry and has recently, and on behalf of Growthpoint Properties Limited, the largest listed Property Company in South Africa, been invited to address business owners on their rights and obligations towards their customers.
Marlon currently has the honour of being the preferred attorney to the Chairman of the Consumer Protection Tribunal Western Cape and is the only endorsed attorney and national legal advisor to Tenant Profile Network (TPN), which has over 6000 registered estate agents, property managers, landlords, bond originators, attorneys and tracing agents on its subscriber base.
Marlon operates out of Cape Town and has associates countrywide to service his diverse client base.See Authors Posts (2)+ on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Landlords ignore the Consumer Protection Act at their own peril The Consumer Protection Act has far-reaching implications for the landlord-tenant relationship, contrary to the views expressed by some commentators. Strangely, some commentators have questioned whether the Consumer Protection Act even applies to leases. As a general rule, it certainly does, and only in rare cases [...]
By MarloncloseAuthor: Marlon
Name: Marlon Shevelew
Email: marlon@shevelew.co.za
Site: http://www.marlonshevelew.co.za
About: Marlon Shevelew of Marlon Shevelew and Associates is a commercial and corporate attorney with a niche for Consumer Law and Landlord and Tenant law in the residential, commercial, retail and industrial sectors.
Marlon has been acknowledged by the Training division of the Law Society of South Africa as the industry expert on Rental Claims and Evictions.
Since 2009 Marlon has been writing articles, conducting workshops and lecturing on the Consumer Protection Act to packed audiences countrywide about the implications of the Act to the property industry and has recently, and on behalf of Growthpoint Properties Limited, the largest listed Property Company in South Africa, been invited to address business owners on their rights and obligations towards their customers.
Marlon currently has the honour of being the preferred attorney to the Chairman of the Consumer Protection Tribunal Western Cape and is the only endorsed attorney and national legal advisor to Tenant Profile Network (TPN), which has over 6000 registered estate agents, property managers, landlords, bond originators, attorneys and tracing agents on its subscriber base.
Marlon operates out of Cape Town and has associates countrywide to service his diverse client base.See Authors Posts (2)+ on Monday, September 5, 2011
A non-paying tenant simply messes things up don’t they? You buy a property, after making a commercial decision as to its viability, yield etc You rely on the monthly rental to gear yourself and to allow you to bask in the glory of the eventual post bond annuity income and the concomitant “capital appreciation”, to [...]
By bauerm
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Name: Michael Bauer
Email: michael@ihfm.co.za
Site: http://www.ihfm.co.za
About: Michael Bauer is a regular contributor to www.sectionaltitlesa.co.za. For further information on IHFM’s services go to www.ihfm.co.za or telephone Michael on 083 255 4442. He can also be emailed on michael@ihfm.co.za.See Authors Posts (11)+ on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Trustees of body corporates serving sectional title schemes, especially those who have just been elected and are new to the position, are often not aware that the Prescribed Management Rules governing sectional title schemes lay it down that at the first trustee meeting following the Annual General Meeting the trustees must investigate and decide on the insurance policy for the year ahead and this must be ‘adequate’ to meet the scheme’s full needs.
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