Reading Time: 13 minutes What’s up guys and gals! How’s everyone’s weekend coming along? SPRING is finally here for reals – WOOP WOOP! For those of us who are a bit pooped out from all that glorious sunshine and outdoor activities, what better way to unwind than to sit back and relax for another rendition of… THE FRUGAL SAMURAI! Cue drums and buxom dancers. Been so darn busy recently that it’s the first proper time I’ve had, to take a breath – so you’ve caught me in a bit of a reflective mood. Yesterday, I was going through the old Facebook absent-mindedly, checking out who’s doing what and with whom…
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Latest CoreLogic (RP Data) Property Report and What Does it Mean?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hi guys! How are we all going? Been a full on week so far – spent the last couple of days out with some clients in the Greater Western Sydney areas. They were showing me their development and residential building sites all across the Western corridor. Currently there’s nothing there except barren land, as far as the eye can see – but one day in the medium term, it’ll come good. They were incredibly bullish on the prospects of their sites, ranging from a few acres to dozens of hectares – but hey, that’s property developers right! So bullish in fact, they were projecting 20%+ development…
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Is the Trillion Dollar Company Here to Stay?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Howdy there fella! Whatcha up to? Stopping by for the latest fix of TheFrugalSamurai? I don’t blame ya! But bear with me a little please, it’s the morning after of the buck’s party for my friend Bubu. Mind you, after the passing of my Grandma recently, I wasn’t quite in the mood for excessive celebrations and called an early night. But that’s not to say that we didn’t have a great get-together. Between all the drinking and cheering and light misdemeanours – I managed to have a few words with a couple of the guys about investing and the markets in general. “Yeah, I prefer Vodka myself…
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4 Things My Late Grandma Taught Me (RIP)
Reading Time: 5 minutes RIP Grandma. Early yesterday morning, the beloved mother of my mother slipped peacefully into the next life. She was surrounded by her loved ones and in a way, I am glad that my mother was able to rush back home from overseas, to share in her last moments. I think as we reach a certain age, the mortality of our parents becomes an increasingly conscious thought, but the finality of the situation never really sinks in. Last year my Grandpa passed away, which was the catalyst for starting this blog – you realize that time is the most precious resource of all, that there is more…
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Investing in Real Estate 111 (Interest Rate Changes)
Reading Time: 9 minutes “Buffering…please wait…buffering… please wait…” Ever recall that message come up before? Well, before the age of high-speed internet and insta and snap and YOLO, us millennial folks who grew up in the 90s sure can. We who grew up in the age of the Pentium 3, the 56k modem (brrrkrrr… beep…krrr…dookrrrrr dookrrrrr…) and the Nokia 3210 – we remember. Because we used to get that messages ALL the time. As a teenage boy, the frustration of seeing that pop up when trying to download por… maths papers was palpable. “I REALLY need to do some mathematics, RIGHT NOW”. I used to say out loud to no…
