Reading Time: 1 Minute Hello everyone, Here’s the latest Youtube video on “How to buy property in Australia”. When I first started, I was pretty confused with the steps involved when it came to buying property. So when a friend who’s shopping for a new home, asked me what to do – I thought… why not do a video! So here we are… Have a watch below: Hope you enjoyed the view! Buying property can be very daunting and overwhelming – but hopefully with these steps, things will seem a lot easier for you. Until next time! Did you enjoy this post? If yes, put your email in and click…
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Blueprint For Investing During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Reading Time: 4 Minutes I’m seeing a lot of questions on social media about “Has the market bottomed?” or “What should I buy?” Now more than ever, as the markets whip-saw, more and more people are paying attention as their investment and retirement balances are smashed 20%, 30%, some even more… all in the space of a month. The speed of the market decline to form this bear market is unprecedented. So of course, there are many folks, myself included who are sitting on the sidelines, champing at the bit, ready to charge in, and make a killing. But I think we are all asking the wrong questions, or at…
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The History Of Pandemics, COVID-19 In Perspective
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Geez, some of the news just goes from bad to worse right guys? Stay safe, stay vigilant and above all, wash those hands! Despite all the chaos and disruption and FEAR, I thought perhaps we could take a step back and ask why? Why is this happening? And more importantly, why is it happening now? The answer is… … It’s always happened. By this I mean pandemics, and viruses and natural illnesses have always been a part of our history. Indeed, some pandemics have been far, far worse than COVID-19. Our friends at Visual Capitalist constructed a brilliant post on the history of pandemics to give…
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A Conversation Between Two Punters About Coronavirus
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s up people! Of course, the word on everyone’s mind is “Coronavirus”. Boy, has the market been smashed!!! Yours truly is staring down the barrel of some whooper losses. Oh dear, oh dear. So what to do? Should we sell? Should we buy? WHAT? Well, I was talking about this with my e-penpal and thought it would be interesting for everyone if I shared our conversation. I haven’t told my penpal, but I’m pretty sure he won’t mind. TFS: Thoughts on the latest? Penpal: This seems like the biggie I’ve been waiting for. My mental model on this is based around: Back in early Jan I…
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Coronavirus and its Effect on Human Psychology
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Well it’s bucketing rain at the moment in Old Sydney Town boys and girls. What better way to spend our time indoors than to catch up with your favourite personal finance and development blogger! OK, so I wanted to follow-up on my earlier post regarding the hot topic in Australia right now. Which of course, is the Coronavirus. I wanted to revisit this topic because I’m seeing some news headlines about an unprecedented surge in hand-sanitizer right now. Headlines such as: Coronavirus panic causes hand sanitiser to be marked up, sells out at supermarkets And: Coles sells out of hand sanitiser as coronavirus rush hits All…
