This article follows on from our recent post providing a checklist of essential things to do when buying a commercial property, this time dealing with… Read More »Essential Checklist for Buying Commercial Property – Continued
For many people buying a small business is their most viable path to a desired life working for themselves, compared with the riskier proposition of… Read More »What are the Key Considerations When it Comes to Buying a Small Business
Investing in commercial property can be a lucrative decision provided the asset is well located and the right steps are taken in the lead-up to… Read More »Essential Checklist for Buying Commercial Property
It’s no secret that many people buy into community title developments without necessarily appreciating all of their costs. On top of this, catastrophic weather events… Read More »Spiralling Body Corporate Levies – Proactive or Reactive?
Although usually over in hours, the havoc a cyclone wreaks on small businesses can only be truly understood in retrospect. Here’s a brief account of… Read More »Cyclone Debbie – A Year on
I’ve set up a company to own and run my business, and my partner and I will be directors. Are your personal assets safe?… Read More »Setting up a Company
The old work van had been used in the business for years, as had the office manager, who’d recently retired after a 9-year stint running… Read More »Minimising Risk – Who owns what?
All too often we see buyers a little tardy in paying the deposit, resulting in a technical breach of the contract. Most lawyers and agents… Read More »Didn’t pay the deposit on time? All could be lost
Claiming on your Insurance Mentioning how devastating TC Debbie was is wasting your time, but getting motivated now to re-start is not. Apart from the… Read More »Getting the back yard in order (literally)
Replete with generators, concrete floors and a squadron of pedestal fans, we’re pleased to confirm we opened up for business again on Monday. This would… Read More »PD Law are Open for Business after the Cyclone!
Background When cyclones are looming (an active system is being followed by the Bureau of Meteorology) some insurers have previously found the risk of insuring… Read More »Risky Business – Cyclones, Insurance embargos and nervous buyers
Anyone who has brought or sold property before will be familiar with the endless stream of paperwork involved in that transaction, along with having to… Read More »Conveyancing – Take the stress out of buying or selling property – do E-Conveyancing with PD LAW
If you ever pop into the PD Law office on a Friday, you will notice that the dress code has become very casual. This is… Read More »Casual 4 A Cause Fridays
“Women in law and other dumb concepts” We all woke to the attached ad in the local paper. Our competitor asked: “Have you ever wished… Read More »“What would she know? She’s a girl”
We were recently asked to advise on the nature of a contract based on an email exchange between a buyer’s agent and a seller’s agent.… Read More »Don’t forget – your actions can bind your client
So what is E-Conveyancing? PD Law are excited to have Recently completed our first E-Conveyancing settlement using the new PEXA online platform. So, what is… Read More »AGENTS SURVIVAL SERIES – VOL11A/2016
I recently caught a shuttle from the airport to home. Business was obviously good for the bus company – the seats were all full and… Read More »The Value Proposition – What’s a Will really worth to you?
From Whitsunday Reef Festival Site. Download Reef Festival 2016 Program. Download Whitsunday Reef Festival Road Closure Information. Download Reef Festival bus stop & taxi map The vibrant… Read More »Whitsunday Reef Festival 2016
We recently covered about 2500 kilometres on a family driving holiday. It was a long, long way, but we broke the trip up with a… Read More »There are lives at stake – stop being a fence sitter
Hard to get Foreign Buyers to buy? It just got 3% harder. Starting 1 October 2016, foreign buyers will have to pay an additional 3%… Read More »AGENTS SURVIVAL SERIES – VOL6A/2016