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    DIY or Hiring a Property Manager: Which Is Better?

    November 3, 2019

    Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s up guys! Hope we all had a great week, it’s NOVEMBER people! Wow, 2019 is absolutely FLYING right? How’s it coming along for you? Sadly I haven’t quite achieved my two main goals yet… (sad face). But don’t worry, there’s a couple more months left, let’s hustle hustle! Today’s post is a shorter edit of an article I wrote for an Australian Property Magazine named Your Investment Property. The magazine is about… um, investment… properties. The article is based on some of the things to look out for with managing your own properties versus hiring someone to do it for you, hope you enjoy! ~~~ Earning…

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  • FIRE,  Life,  Work

    4 Paths to Accumulating Wealth

    October 31, 2019

    Reading Time: 4 Minutes I wrote earlier this year about how “Being Rich Eliminates 67% of Life’s Problems” (link here). Well, following on from the study Tom Corley did… You know, Tom Corley? The guy who spent 12 years conducting a study by interviewing and researching millionaires, multi-millionaires, multi-multi-millionaires and a group designated… “poor”, to try and see what’s the difference between “rich” and “poor”. In short, it is habits, habits and habits. However in this, he also discerned 4 very different paths towards accumulating wealth. The Dreamer/Entrepreneur These are people who the phrase “love what you do” is coined. And it showed, with an average net worth of $7.4 million. But the path is…

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  • FIRE,  Life

    Case Study – $1.1m to Invest, Now What? Part 2

    October 27, 2019

    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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  • FIRE,  Life

    Case Study – $1.1m to Invest, Now What? Part 1

    October 24, 2019

    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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  • Life

    Can You Work Your Way to Wealth?

    October 20, 2019

    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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