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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USA Cuts Their Rates By 0.5%
Reading Time: 3 Minutes “Owww, owww… damnit it’s so painful”. That was me at 5am this morning, on the toilet, bent over, in pain. It’s quite surreal going to the toilet at 5am, in complete darkness. Not even the birds are awake. Some would even call it serene. But not for me, and serenity was certainly not evident this morning. I know what happened of course. I’d caught a stomach bug from MiniFrugalSamurai. The lil shite recently picked up this habit of touching everything and shoving his fingers into his mouth. I’ve told him to stop of course, but he just sticks his tongue out and does it anyway –…
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What’s Going On With Melbourne?
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hey everyone! Hope we are having a great week, I was just perusing the headlines when something caught my eye: “Perth, Adelaide property now pricier than Melbourne” Yes that Melbourne – Australia’s 2nd biggest city and the little sibling of Sydney. It seems that in recent years, growth in Melbourne property has trundled along while other cities such as Perth and Adelaide have been zooming past. Given Canberra and Brisbane have already overtaken Melbourne’s median property value – it’s now ranked 3rd last out of all capital cities. WTF! Apparently only Darwin and Hobart are “cheaper” than Melbourne. Darwin and Hobart! Landlords are fleeing in droves…
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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.…
