Reading Time: 4 Minutes “STREWTH I’M GLAD THAT’S OVER”. I said, as I collapsed onto the couch. “Daddy!!! Can we GO AGAIN PLEEEEASE”. Something yelled in my ear. No-forking-way I thought, as I closed my eyes and rubbed my forehead in stress. You see boys and girls, MrsFrugalSamurai and I (and the rugrats) just came back from a trip to the motherland. And what a trip it was – if you’ve never gone travelling with kids… DON’T. For a couple of weeks there was proper blood, sweat and tears – the whole shebang, sometimes (oftentimes) all within the one day. This was the first trip back to the motherland for…
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An Investment Lesson For This Long Weekend
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Man that was a long drive! You see, MrsFrugalSamurai decided on a whim that we were tagging along to a bunch of MiniFrugalSamurai’s friends (and their parents) for the long weekend. This meant that BabyFrugalSamurai and TheFrugalSamurai (myself) also tagged along with MrsFrugalSamurai and MiniFrugalSamurai to our nations capital – Canberra. Strewth, that’s some messy writing. What’s also messy was the UTTER. SHITHOUSE. TRAFFIC. JAM. coming out of Sydney. We basically came to a standstill for an hour or so on the city outskirts. What is normally a 3 hour drive, turned into a monster 5 and a half hour trek – needless to say, I’m…
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“How Did You Get To Your First Million And How Long Did It Take?”
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s up guys! So recently I was asked this question on social media and I liked it so much, I decided to blog about it. It got me into a really reflective and solemn mood, remembering the journey. I think the year was 2010? Maybe 2011 and a bespectacled, balding and distinctly average looking man was trying hard to figure out a way to escape the rat race. After having stumbled and failing his way through shares, our intrepid hero stumbled and found his way into property. Through dumb luck however, he had found a winner – as in the early 2010s, interest rates were being…
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The Frugal Samurai’s Guide to Selling A Property – 4 Things To Do
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Hello all! Hope we are having a fantastic week! First off, a belated Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Whoever you are, wherever you are, you’re the unsung hero of the family. And it’s good that we get a special day to celebrate just how awesome we are. Self-congratulatory pats on the back notwithstanding, mine this year was low-key, mainly because when you have two toddlers running amok – the best father’s day present is probably a vasectomy. Also the fact that I grew up in a very non-celebratory household. Birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, New Year’s, etc etc – none of…
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Please Don’t Do This At A Property Open (As The Seller)
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Welcome, welcome all and sundry! Back for another edition of The Frugal Samurai? :) Mmm you smell that? The warm weather, the sun shining, the birds and the bees…why SPRING IS HERE BOYS AND GIRLS. AIN’T IT GLORIOUS – a great time to be alive! There’s something about Spring which always gets me excited, it puts you in an AWESOME mood doesn’t it? Which is helpful, because of what I’m about to tell you guys… Before we start, I have to get something off me chest. Um, no – not quite to that extreme level. No, it’s to please don’t take MrsFrugalSamurai to a home open.…
