Why your wealth must be insured
I want you to picture a big suitcase stuffed with $929,000 in cash. It’s all yours. That’s your wealth.
Now, I want you to imagine that suitcase is tied to a very thin piece of string, suspended high in the air, da…
Why everyone needs to take a chill pill
You know the market has turned when you start seeing headlines with words like “bust”, “crunch” and “plunge” in the headlines.
It was only 18 months ago when the words “boom”, “record highs” and “peak” were much mo…
What we can learn from Australia’s richest people
It seems like Australia’s billionaires are getting richer while the rest of us struggle with record-low wage growth.
The recently released AFR Rich 200 list gives us some insight into what’s happening to the fortu…
Protect your investment like it’s your baby
I remember reading a news article a year or so back about a property investor whose tenant accidentally started a fire in the unit and gutted the place.
The structure was fine and any small repairs that had to be m…
What you’ll have to cough up when you sell
When it comes to property investing, quite often there’s no reward — or usually no big reward in any case — without a little bit of risk.
Similarly, there’s almost always no reward without a heavy dose of reality.
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Why you should be wary of one stop shops
Most people struggle to fit everything in to the time we have available to us each day.
In fact, there are plenty of inventions that have promised to give us more time with our families by automating or s…
Is finance cooling our housing markets?
When you look at auction clearance rates across Australia, speak to builders and real estate agents, it’s clear that the market generally has softened.
Of course, finance is the key fundamental that under…
How to cash in at tax time
Forget Christmas! An investor’s favourite time of year is June 30. The beginning of tax time. A time to squirrel back as much money from the taxman as legally possible.
And if you’re a property investor, …