Far out, where has the time gone eh guys? I was so pumped up this morning – get this done, tick that off, do this, forget that, tick, tick, tick. ANNNNND typical as it is – the day got the better of me. Amazing how each day flies by. Time is so precious. That’s exactly how it feels like with the wedding. Admittedly, MrsFrugalSamurai-to-be and I came in pretty late with the whole planning thing. After all, I’ve been to weddings – they seem easy to do right? Grab a bunch of people together in a picturesque location, say some words, hey presto, next couple please… oh what’s that? A…
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Investing in Real Estate 107B (a House or an Apartment, 5 More Learnings)
Hai guyz! How’s it all going? Hope you’re weekend’s going great! Doesn’t it always feel like two days is not enough though. We should start a petition for at least a three day weekend. What about seven days! Um, no sir – that would be called unemployment. Anyway all happening this week boys and girls, on Friday my friends and I are heading off to Thailand and Malaysia for a week-long holiday (vacation) which means that whatever pops up at the 9 to 5 this week, will need to be crammed into four days. Throw in a few wedding related meetings in there, and it makes for damn busy schedule.…
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Investing in Real Estate 107A (a House or an Apartment)?
“Our house, in the middle of our street Our house, in the middle of our” Oh, it’s you again – how’s it going! HAY quick question: how much wood can a wood chuck chu… oops, sorry wrong blog, let me start again… How much does it cost to purchase an average house in Sydney? The answer is… a little over $1,000,000. So how much does it cost to purchase an average apartment in Sydney? About $761,000… Holy smokes that’s a fair amount of change. No wonder Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world (read here, here and here). But it’s at those levels because someone is…
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A Friend’s Brave Decision (Depression’s a Bitch)
The camera pans out to a living room, at the corner there is a young man sitting at a dimly lit table. There is guitar music playing from his laptop… His voice starts singing very loudly and very off-key, indeed an observer would even remark that the young man sings “poorly”. The young man is suddenly self-aware and stops abruptly to look into the camera… Oh, hi guys – ahem, excuse me there – for a second I got lost in the music, I was trying to find some inspiration online and stumbled onto some old tunes via Youtube. You know how it is – before long, one song turns…
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Grit and the Art of the Grind
Hi Frugal Samuraties! Welcome back to the latest from TheFrugalSamurai. Can you guys believe that it is the end of February already? Far out, soon it will be Easter, then June 30 (end of financial year), and before you know it we are heading into spring and knocking on the door of Xmas. Seriously, where oh where does the time fly. It’s been almost six months since The Frugal Samurai was born (the blog not me, I am older than 6 months), and during that time I’ve written a lot, said a lot and most of all learnt a lot. That’s why I started the blog and continue to plug…
