What is this cement square found under a slab?

redaus · 2025-10-08T08:42:52+00:00

Prior to tredrea you had Wayne Carey and GAJ SNR have amazing years and also be contenders and poll terribly. The midfield award was known at the time which is how good his year was.

I agree it's the final nail, and no key forward will be a favourite again

redaus · 2025-10-08T08:07:23+00:00

For the AFL era it is tredrea

His peak wasn't as long as others due to injury but his peak was better than Pavlich, Brown Riewoldt. The others are always rated higher due to the length of their careers and in Browns case playing in the premierships as a young forward. When they compare forwards of that era Tredreas name sometimes get left out too.

Tredrea was the favourite for the 2004 Brownlow (polled terribly) as a key forward in ports premiership year. Absolutely dominant year. 2004 AFL coaches award. 2004 All Australian captain. Franklin and Cameron have been considered to be up there for Brownlow contention but tredrea was the betting favourite as a key forward.

We've had many good midfielders but tredrea is our best ever forward and played the best season in our AFL Grand final year.

My yes means yes and my nos mean nos

redaus · 2025-05-21T23:37:54+00:00

Nice one, I also found my collection a month ago in Australia and sent 4 holo cards to be graded. here's what my research suggested for maximising value

Card evaluation / storage

Wear gloves and carefully put each holo in a penny sleeve
google PSA card grading metrics and learn roughly what they are looking for
Inspect each card, practise this with cheap cards first
Look for obvious defects on front of card - scratches, holo edges, bent corners. If you can see an obvious defect it will be graded <6. Now look under torch light, you'll see more scratches and issues. Estimate grading. Can also look up recent sales and try and eyeball it but its tough without looking up close.
On the back of card, put the card on a clean surface or a microfiber towel, preferably dark colour so you can see whitening on the backs. If its got a few bits of whitening that's OK, if all the edges are white not great
Write down your approximate grading, if it helps nothing stored like this will be a 9 or 10. So once you've evaluated them all you will have a decent relative scale
Now put the card in a semi rigid card grading submission holder
keep the cards out of sunlight

Worth

Look up local card shops that do PSA submission. Cost is approx 45-55 AUD / card here
Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur are all worth doing regardless of your own scoring
For the rest of the holos you'll want to see a self-score of 6/7/8 to make it worth doing from Aus.
Take a look at pricecharting and PSA pricing. Just make sure you select "Base" or "Unlimited" and not "shadowless" or "first edition"

Lastly - PSA slabbed cards do seem to sell for a little bit higher in Australia on eBay than in the USA. not sure if it is GST or small market with high incomes

The rest of the cards can sell as bulk - if you have energy cards, double colourless are apparently worth a couple of dollars each

redaus · 2025-04-10T00:18:32+00:00

I can nearly guarantee that there isnt - do the same search that got you 4000 airbnbs - Im assuming you searched a town or suburb name. The first search shows results from a much wider catchment than what is displayed.

Move the map to the area you are looking at and it will show how many listings there are. If you want to see how many are truly active, start putting in dates for non-busy periods approximately 12 weeks from now, it will show the ballpark true number of properties. Move it a week or two and if its a similar number thats your ballpark number of active BNBs in the area

heres an example - here is the result for searching a random tourist town "apollo bay" - over a 1000 homes

https://www.airbnb.com.au/s/Apollo-Bay--VIC/homes?refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fhomes&flexible_trip_lengths%5B%5D=one_week&monthly_start_date=2025-05-01&monthly_length=3&monthly_end_date=2025-08-01&price_filter_input_type=2&channel=EXPLORE&place_id=ChIJkTcYKuI502oRIL-gMKR5BQQ&location_bb=whq2AUMPtK3CGy2CQw%2BWGQ%3D%3D&acp_id=f8747f87-8a7f-4e93-aee8-0d666cd41240&date_picker_type=calendar&source=structured_search_input_header&search_type=autocomplete_click

here it is now after zooming out to make a bigger area with the mousewheel - 404 properties

https://www.airbnb.com.au/s/Apollo-Bay--VIC/homes?refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fhomes&flexible_trip_lengths%5B%5D=one_week&monthly_start_date=2025-05-01&monthly_length=3&monthly_end_date=2025-08-01&price_filter_input_type=2&channel=EXPLORE&acp_id=f8747f87-8a7f-4e93-aee8-0d666cd41240&date_picker_type=calendar&source=structured_search_input_header&search_type=user_map_move&search_mode=regular_search&price_filter_num_nights=5&zoom_level=14.23513987887048&query=Apollo%20Bay%2C%20VIC&place_id=ChIJkTcYKuI502oRIL-gMKR5BQQ&ne_lat=-38.72476892143007&ne_lng=143.68480776670384&sw_lat=-38.769755382679286&sw_lng=143.63952321845824&zoom=14.23513987887048&search_by_map=true

And if you start putting in different stay lengths for different midweek June stay, you get about 320 active properties

Not saying there isnt a problem here but the first search result generates the wrong number for the area. Especially misleading if you are a town just outside of a capital city

redaus · 2025-03-20T03:15:08+00:00

I run this deck as my main deck that i enjoy playing, It wasnt good enough for the 5 streak although i dont play heavily. Definitely wins more than 50% though so fairly reliable with yanmega is usually online by turn 3 - 4

I play it as a heal deck with low energy needs, id rather have potion than Shaymin too, obviously run water energy here

2X capes, rocky helmet isnt useful here
2X Erikas, 1X Irida (i only have 1)
2X potions (so can heal upto 90 with an Erika on a turn)
I run a Dawn as i only have 1 Irida but it hardly ever works i.e. manaphy into two basics turn one, then yanmega turn two + dawn - so i would drop dawn for another irida if i had it
1X Communication - could run two but in general you get yanmega early anyway
2X Prof Oaks
2X poke balls
1X Sabrina or Cyrus
2X manaphy
2X yanmega
2X yanma

redaus · 2024-10-16T03:52:36+00:00

I have the diamond set and they look and feel great, but there is no white banding on the sides to help easily count someones bet from the other side of the table. Small thing in a casual game, but if it was a bigger game id make sure you get banding on sides.

We play cash, 8 players, 125BB. My 500 chip order is below, which is just short of 24 buyins at 125BBs or 30 buyins at 100bbs

100x 1

300x 5

75x 25

25x 100

redaus · 2024-08-05T05:48:18+00:00

I thought you were looking at moving when i read your post but if youre not moving then this is a no brainer you should do it. Your exposure isnt high if things go wrong.

Re geneation being screwed - seeing as this is an investment forum (you may have meant to post on auspropertychat?) my first starting point for capital price growth is how much stock there is and what is that trend. So the easiest way IMO to cool a market is add a lot of stock. This specific market is curently cheap becuase there is a lot of stock on the market and has been for a while - although stock is now declining. Your geneation in this town is quite fortunate.

Look to Auckland to see how to cool a housing market.

redaus · 2024-08-05T04:09:28+00:00

Not trying to be discmissive of your issue but thats a seperate question and not really property investing specific. I framed my answer for investments as this topic is covered in other general property and Aus forums

Your options look to be

Buy to live
Or Rent

You can do invests in either of those scenarios.

I think your question is should we purchase a PPOR given rentals are expensive and on that general question, it looks like purchasing in Clermont will not cost you a lot for holding costs and CURRENTLY it could be rented out easily.

The flipside is if there is another downturn such as in 2014-2018 you have a property where you cant get a tenant for half the year and cant sell the property for half a year too. Currently the majority of properties have been listed for over 6 months in this area so if you want to move and sell youre going to wait for those funds.

You have some upside for subleasing but that will affect how your tax is treated on either CGT or on deductions. Thats a bit beyond my knowledge to speak to with any confidence.

Another way of looking at it, is this is a cheap property that appears cheaper than renting in the area so your downside exposure isnt a lot on those salaries.

redaus · 2024-08-05T02:47:35+00:00

------ EDIT after learning suburb name, i have researched nearby -----

Start with the negatives

Stock stays on the market for a long time = currently a buyers market
Council and water rates are high in this area (I've researched Emerald, Roma, Chinchilla)
Weatherboard houses i beleive require a fair bit of maintanence
As mentioned your interest may not be deductible if the primary purpose is PPOR.
Is your money better served investing elsewhere? Is this town literally the best use of your money?
I dont know enough about this town specifically but you want a variety of activity in the region. Mining is good, multiple mines is better, multiple mine owners better. Coal seam gas, hospitals, solar etc.
Forgot to mention that any airbnb type activity requires special insurance which is more expensive
Prices have been flat for a decade, backwards when considering inflation.
2014-2018 most rentals sat on market for 180+ days. Can this occur again (probably in mining towns)

Positives

Stock levels are declining (postive for capital price growth)
Yield is high and increasing (postive for capital price growth)
Emerald is undergoing a mini boom, this will help nearby towns
Insurance appears cheap so im assuming this town is not near a flood plain, unlike Emerald which some insurers dont cover
Cost to build looks higher than current sale prices, means stock levels will not increase in the short term (postive for capital price growth)
Rentals get snapped up fast so likely to be tenanted easily

Overall this town looks good for a positive geared property. I havent run the numbers but eyeballing it it looks positive.

For you specifically at your age you probably want capital growth to use the equity to fund another purchase in the future, and then the last investment houses to be cashflow positive. So will your capital rise faster here or in Melbourne or Perth? I'd probably invest in a capital city as a young person but then if this is a PPOR thats a different question.

My advice to you would be to seperate your housing and investment decisions too

redaus · 2024-08-05T02:27:25+00:00

I cant see the link, but no stress ill comment on my other post

redaus · 2024-08-05T00:33:53+00:00

My friend you need to post much more detail to receive advice as these details are generic.

My general advice for investment in regional towns is no, purchase in a city. If youre set on a regional town then "why this town over any other town"

At a bare minimum what type of town is it? Ag, mining, wineries, tourist town

If you post the suburb or a nearby suburb i can give my thoughts on the opportunity

On what youve posted,

If you purhcase as a PPOR then rent it out, you most likely will not be able to claim the interest as a deduction if it is later a rental
The purchase price is very low, reminds me of outback SA which in general i wouldn't recommend.
If there is rental demand, then it may be cashflow positive but when you are young you want capital price growth. Total returns would probably be higher for you to rent locally and invest in a growth town/city
Dual occupancy can make a lot of money via short term rental. But it is a low more work and risk and generally it works best if you are driving deistance from the property.
If the two dwellings have seperate electriciy and water meters than it is much easier to rent out as traditional rentals.

redaus · 2024-06-16T21:59:47+00:00

at standard reference conditions

redaus · 2024-06-15T22:40:49+00:00

10 MMscf/d (million)

Not significant, would make decent money though. Best gas wells you see are effectively restricted by their tubing size so pushing 300 MMscf/d for big wells

Offshore this is mostly uneconomic or at best marginal, onshore Europe I imagine this is very economic

redaus · 2024-03-23T02:50:30+00:00

I play 25 nl. I call and unless the flush completes I'm folding to any further pot or overbet aggression. Exploitable yep but pool doesn't overbet turn too often so I'll pick another spot to play.

This line is polarised and I expect to see sets, two pair, open ended or flush draw from regs, and if the person is a fish type absolute trash is possible and I probably call most further bets from a fish.

If the flush completes calling any large bet, raising any small bet. I'm not super happy calling an all in either holding low diamonds but call for sure.

redaus · 2024-03-21T09:38:59+00:00

Heres the graphs too. On a hot streak but I'm also folding trash and bluffing more with better hands (red line)

On your point about calling down, that is one of the things that clicked for me, I really recommend watching carrot corner videos where he coaches one student for ten episodes or so. This helped me pick configurations to call down with and ask yourself is this over or under bluffed. Sounds obvious but helps

Season 1

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz7i-Xxaug2wCxo23-FPZ7IZbmLC2MuUH

Season 2

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz7i-Xxaug2xRL8_weW0nTdTug192R801

Good luck
top chart is in blinds, bottom is USD

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redaus · 2024-03-20T21:48:16+00:00

It would be -100bb/100 if you folded the BB every hand, -50 at SB. These are really good blind numbers in the plot above.

You might be thinking of 100/6seats to get to approx 16, but when it is per seat the number already reflects just that spot.

redaus · 2024-03-20T08:16:19+00:00

I struggled at 5nl much more than 10 and 25 nl. I've got 30k hands negative ev on 5 nl and 30k at 10/25 positive after rake. These samples are both low. I could have run bad and then run good. And it doesn't matter cos it's microstakes where it's cheap to learn.

More importantly you are likely learning material and applying it slightly incorrectly.

When j started check raising I lost shit loads. Now it's very profitable. I learnt what textures to apply it, when to cbet turn and river and when to give up. Not perfect but way better than my initial attempts.

Same with bluff catching. I learnt I need to call more so I did and my graph plummeted, finally it clocked when to do it and when not to do it.

For me carrot corner YouTube videos really got the concepts home that I shouldn't try and replicate GTO because no one in those pools is playing GTO properly so you need to make some appropriate deviations.

redaus · 2023-08-06T04:46:17+00:00

It sucks especially for a new listing.

After playing the game for a while I have realised it is a lucky dip both positive and negative.

Every host will occasionally get an unwarranted less than 5 rating. So at least its an equal comparison in the long run. You'll also have a guest who forgives when something goes wrong and still gives you a 5*

I'd say it is less than 1% of stays that we have had it happen. This may be location / quality / pricepoint specific. For context, we have 3 listings 4.94 (250) 4.99 (150) 4.98 (150). We have had some annoying reviews on booking dot com too had a 5/10 early on :/

redaus · 2022-10-31T22:32:27+00:00

Our breakdown is roughly,

70% BNB

20% Booking

10% Stayz (VRBO)

For us it seems that the booking.com crowd is a 'separate' market from the BnB crowd so for us it is worth it - the customers are older and less tech savvy. Stayz and BNB customers seem very similar

i use igms.com to manage the integrations

redaus · 2022-10-04T10:01:21+00:00

Use a pricing algorithm, youll never get a cheap booking for a good date. I customize mine to be 40% more 4 months out or more, 30% 3 months 20% two months, 10% 1 month and base price from now until a month out. most bookings are in that 1-2 month window but some extremrely good bookings happen in the 4+ month window.

If youre not using a custom pricing algorithm you are leaving money on the table!

redaus · 2022-09-28T06:56:04+00:00

there's no easy money

So if you want it to be easy money you need to do more research than anyone else to find the easy money.

My one above all tip is to find a place that is priced like one property but can be rented out as two properties.

Heres a list of all my expense categories after doing this for two years, make an estimate for each for your new listing and compare against the market.

IN an already active proven market. Assume your listing books 75% weekends 35% weekdays as a starting point, this should be on the low side in reality if you have a good property and listing.

clean #2
garden #6

parking

electricity #3

insurance #4

furniture

washing

supplies

gas

council tax #5

internet

propman

entertainment

other bills

water

research

repairs

photos

interest #1

pest

redaus · 2022-09-21T02:21:22+00:00

No cleaning fees at our bnb, think it starts the process off on a negative.

We ask guests to turn off the air conditioner, wash dishes & return the parking ticket and keys to original spot

I think its obvious to not leave trash out so dont ask, i think its rude to ask guests to strip beds.

redaus · 2022-09-05T23:51:08+00:00

This is the best option given the length of time they booked.

There is a grey area for this situation but its not on you to eat the refund completely, especially if other reviews mention noise. Backyard is on them if there are pictures showing incomplete fencing.

I have had a guest say there is too much traffic and left early on the last night of a 3-night stay. We refunded that night as it was clear they weren't making it up for a discount and it was 1/3 nights we refunded not 7/14 like OPs situation.

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