Reading Time: 4 Minutes Welcome back folks! Are you ready for part 2 of the case study? In which we answer a question MrsFrugalSamurai sent me: “Have $AU 1.1m to invest (recent inheritance) + $150k savings Current situation: Late 20’s income $100k, partner earns $100k No kids, no assets, no debt Aim is to be a homeowner and financially independent at some stage. How would others split it between: PPOR (principal place of residence, i.e. primary residence) buy outright or deposit + mortgage Investment property Low cost index/ETF/Super Others?” If you missed part 1, or want a refresher – don’t fret, have a quick read of it here. Actually… you…
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Case Study – $1.1m to Invest, Now What? Part 1
Reading Time: 5 Minutes Wow what a day guys! Glad to see the end of it that’s for SURE. And you know what really capped it off? Yours truly somehow managed to step straight into doggy doo doo. Now normally I don’t mind a bit of dog poo, it’s a sign of vitality duncha know. Usually it sits there, quietly contemplating life and minding its own business. I respect that, it’s comfortable with the world. Unfortunately, JUST like asbestos… it’s deadly once disturbed. Man alive, I only found out AFTER I got back in the car. Driving down the main road during peak hour, suddenly I felt the peculiar need…
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Can You Work Your Way to Wealth?
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s up boys and girls! OK, so I found out something very interesting this week. If you earnt $5,000 a day, Monday to Friday from the time the First Fleet set foot in Australia until now… you wouldn’t be a billionaire. Nope. Although, you would have a paltry $288 million. That’s A LOT of Dough. Yeah, though that’s after 230 years, 250 working days each year at $5,000 a day… BUT If you had the foresight to leave it in a bank account etching out a 2% return p.a. then your $288 million would return… Over $6.2 BILLION. That would be a 22x increase. And that’s…
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What I’m Viewing
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hey boys and girls! It’s been some time since I’ve done an episode of “What I’m Viewing”, which is a short selection of articles, videos and links I’ve found useful in the last couple weeks to assist us on our financial and investment journey… The last one was back in July, which you can find by clicking here. Without further ado, let’s get into it! A Taxonomy of Moats I stumbled onto this gem of an article about “moats”. Not the dungeons and dragons kind, but the kind which enables a company to continue to churn out high profits and margins without imitation. More specifically, the article…
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How Does Sentiment Affect Real Estate Prices?
Reading Time: 3 Minutes ARGH!!! “Shakes head vigorously” Brrr, bloody real estate. Really doing my head in. You see guys, I’ve got too much choice available at the moment. After our latest hunting trip back from the West Coast, I’ve drawn up about a dozen or so properties which I aim to make offers on. Mind you, not to acquire a dozen, I reckon one, hopefully two max. The problem at the moment is that with choice, I don’t really know where to begin. It doesn’t help that the bargain hunter in me is wanting to low ball the Baby Jeebers out of any deal… In fact, I’ve already blown…
