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  1. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    We've got less than 200 posts to go until we hit 800,000

    I thought I might try and help the post count a long a little bit :D

    185 to go!
     
    Simon Hampel, 26th Apr, 2020
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  2. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    No one's awake yet, so it won't happen for hours. o_O
     
    Scott No Mates, 26th Apr, 2020
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  3. willair

    willair Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    Well done Simon,to you and your team for keeping the site going..
     
    willair, 26th Apr, 2020
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  4. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Here's a pointless list to help things along
     
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  5. Never giveup

    Never giveup Well-Known Member

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    Congrats, I am interested to know how you (and your parteners) came with an idea of PC and if it is your Full Time gig.
     
    Never giveup, 26th Apr, 2020
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  6. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    There was another forum before PropertyChat which ran for a number of years - www.somersoft.com . It was hosted by Jan Somers, author of one of the early "Bibles" of property investing in Australia, and her husband Ian Somers, who wrote a property investment package called PIA. The Somersoft forum continues in archive form

    Somersoft was created by Jan and Ian Somers and operated from 1999 to 2015. It was Australia's largest and most respected real estate investment discussion community and is now maintained here in archive form.
     
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  7. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    This thread explains some of the history: Welcome to PropertyChat!

    PropertyChat came into being as a direct result of the decision by the owners of the very successful Somersoft Forums to archive their site rather than commercialise it to help meet the rapidly rising costs of administration and management of their growing website and community.

    Simon Hampel took over the administration and management of the Somersoft Forums in 2002 and operated it on behalf of Jan & Ian Somers up until the site was archived at the end of June 2015. He still maintains that site as a read-only archive of property investment knowledge, generated by over 16 years of community contribution from nearly 13,000 members since its inception in 1999. Read the official announcement about the archiving of the Somersoft Forums - End of an Era - for more about the reasons behind the decision.

    To ensure the close-knit community from Somersoft were not left without a home, Simon was given approval to launch a new and separate site - which is how PropertyChat came into being. The business was founded and the first version of the website built in only 16 days and officially launched on June 18th, 2015 to coincide with the announcement from Somersoft.

    ... read more​

    Yes, running PropertyChat (and a number of other sites) is my full time job.
     
    Simon Hampel, 26th Apr, 2020
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  8. Never giveup

    Never giveup Well-Known Member

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  9. Simon Hampel

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    159 to go
     
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  10. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    And now?
    Going to say, Covid has really pushed up the posting count recently!
     
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  11. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    That's right, it's a Property forum. :oops:
     
    Scott No Mates, 26th Apr, 2020
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  12. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    Well, Covid has had lots of effects on people’s wealth, and so a property forum is the right place to be commenting on it! ;)
     
    Gockie, 26th Apr, 2020
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  13. samiam

    samiam Well-Known Member

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    Ok I might post a silly post or two at living room :p
     
    samiam, 26th Apr, 2020
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  14. Rolf Latham

    Rolf Latham Inciteful (sic) Staff Member Business Plus Member

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    And Mental Health

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    Rolf Latham, 26th Apr, 2020
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  15. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    Just a little!

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    Simon Hampel, 26th Apr, 2020
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  16. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    I've never been more mental :confused:

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  17. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    With posting stats at those levels you'd think there was a boom/bust cycle happening. A sudden spike & it's gone viral. :eek:
     
    Scott No Mates, 26th Apr, 2020
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  18. Antoni0

    Antoni0 Well-Known Member

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    That's all the new activity from tenants duelling LL's. :eek:;)
     
    Antoni0, 26th Apr, 2020
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  19. Tony3008

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    Fewer than 200, not less than 200, Simon! (my school English teachers still haunt me)
     
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  20. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    My teachers never taught me that!
     
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