Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hello everyone! How are we doing? Hope you’re not going stir crazy cooped up indoors all day! Lately, quite a number of people have asked what the impact of the Coronavirus will have on our housing markets. I wrote a very short paragraph in an earlier post Blueprint For Investing During The Coronavirus Pandemic but I feel like it deserved a post on its own. So here goes. “Takes a deep breath”. History This is an economic crisis as much as a health crisis. So firstly, it is important to look back on history and have a look to see what impact economic crises have had…
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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Miss Balance from All About Balance
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Hey everyone! I wanted to take a short break from all the craziness about the Coronavirus and continue with the interview series, whereby I’m showcasing a number of high profile Aussie FIRE and personal finance bloggers. The thing with blogging is that it can get a bit lonely sometimes, what better way to cure this than to connect with other bloggers and showcase their talents too! Miss B from All About Balance Next up we have Miss Balance who runs All About Balance. Go check it out! Without further ado… Hey Miss Balance where can people find you on the internet? Most of my content is…
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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Home Loan
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Howdy folks! Have to say I am in a GLORIOUS mood today. Because, finally, for once… the sun is out. And we can ALL enjoy our weekend proper. The way it should be 🙂 Before I can though, I have to let y’all in on a secret. It’s something which has been bugging me for a while now. I see it every day, invisible to most of us. What is it? I’m talking of course, about the hidden fees and charges in our home loans. Now, for our international friends who are not as familiar with Australia, us Aussies – we are obsessed with real estate,…
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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Esther from The Happiness Investher
Reading Time: 4 Minutes Hello everyone! A little something different for us all today. Recently I’ve started up a new interview series, whereby I’ll be profiling a number of high profile Aussie FIRE and personal finance bloggers. The thing with blogging is that it can get a bit lonely sometimes, what better way to cure this than to connect with other bloggers and showcase their talents too! Esther from The Happiness Investher First cab off the rank is Esther from The Happiness Investher. PLEASE check her out (not literally, the blog I mean). With the interview, it’s basically a questionnaire of… questions, whereby we really get into the nitty gritty…
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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…
