• Life

    Being Rich Eliminates 67% of Life’s Problems

    Reading Time: 4 Minutes Owwww I am STUFFED. BURP. Excuse me for a bit boys and girls. Belches again off-camera. Whew, much better. Just had a HUMONGOUS feed. Man, I knew it was wrong to grab those Fillet-O-Fish burgers for a post-dinner snack… never again. Shakes head. Brbrbrbrbrrrrr. But c’mon, who DOESN’T like fast food, SO. DAMN. DELICIOUS. Hmmm… although it does remind me of what I was reading earlier today, what was it again? Hm. Oh yeah! It was on Tom Corley’s Rich Habits. Who’s Tom Corley? Yeah exactly. But reading through his website, apparently the guy spent 12 years conducting a study by interviewing and researching millionaires, multi-millionaires,…

  • Alternatives

    What I’m Viewing

    Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hi everyone! Welcome back to another post of your favourite personal finance blogger. Yes! It’s that time again… time for another episode offfff, “What I’m Viewing”. A short selection of articles, videos and links I’ve found useful in the last couple weeks or so. Without further ado, here they are: This Is What It Takes to Be in the 1% Around the World Ever wondered what it takes to be a one-percenter? Well, Bloomberg breaks this down to put some perspective. If you’re in India, a (relatively achievable) USD 81,000 p.a. will get you there. Compare this to a whopping USD 891,000 if you live in…

  • Stock Market

    20 Tips on Investing in the Stock Market

    Reading Time: 4 Minutes Welcome to Autumn everyone! The year is well and truly under-way but geez laweez, can you believe it’s MARCH already! Surely there’s a saying somewhere about how time just FLIES. I’ve been a pretty busy bee so far this year, what with the new property purchase (read here) as well as the hunt for the next addition. But I’m not the only one! There’s a couple of my friends who have also been very busy with their investment journey… especially my esteemed colleague Light Beam. Light Beam’s certainly off to a flyer in the Australian stock market – by my estimates he’s up a good $20k…

  • Alternatives

    What I’m Viewing

    Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hello everyone! Hope we’re all having a great weekend. Bit wet here in Old Sydney town, but that didn’t stop MrsFrugalSamurai and I from hosting our friends over for some fun and games last night. Twas a fantastic night, full of laughs and happy stories – although I would have liked to have won Poker! Today’s post is a continuation of the fortnightly series on “What I’m Viewing”, basically a short-list of articles and videos around the inter-webs to make us all just that bit more financially savvy. “What I’m Viewing” Want to become a Multi-Millionaire? No, it’s not just another click-bait article – this post…

  • Real Estate

    Our Latest Buy (Part 4)

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes Howdy boys and girls! Me again. Let’s dive straight in and plug on with part 4 of our latest real estate purchase (read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here). Last time I disclosed that we bought Property 3 for a surprising offer of $210,000 against an asking price of $298,000. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons for this one… and you decide whether it’s a good buy or not! Pros So um… where to start? I guess from the beginning! In Part 1, I stated that the property was listed for $298,000, however 1 bedroom units in the same complex were asking…