Reading Time: 4 Minutes WOW guys. Wow fooking wee. “Wipes forehead”. So yes, we bought again as you can tell from the title. Another little acquisition for the portfolio. I’ve been hunting over on the West Coast for the better part of last year and just when I thought it was all to come to naught… up pops this one which I had already… Oh wait. Of course, where are my manners. Some background first? Background Those of you who have read this blog for a while know that in late 2018, we were in the fortunate position to purchase our first West Coast property in Perth (read about it…
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January Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hello everyone! Welcome back for another episode of The Frugal Samurai. So I was thinking that it’s been a long time since I’ve shared with you all regarding my net wealth. Indeed, the last time was this post back in Sept 2017 (you can read it here My numbers revealed…) Incidentally, it also received one of the highest views on this blog (everyone loves a peek behind the curtains). I can understand why, naturally as a personal finance blog, it makes sense to be as transparent as possible with you guys, so apologies for not doing it earlier. Going forward, I’ll aim to make this a…
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Is The 4% Withdrawal Rate Enough To FIRE?
Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s going on peeps! Whilst on the bus earlier today, I was reading a FIRE blog which is a personal fave of mine, called Young Adult Money. I think the blog is predominantly about young adults and money. David does a fantastic job with his blog, and I thoroughly suggest you go through his other posts – they’re pretty awesome! Actually, I was reading up on their latest post on Basics of FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early. For everyone who wants to know what FIRE is and what it’s about, this post provides a great starting point. The post also goes through the well-known concept of the…
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Millionaire by 30 – How I Did It (Final Part)
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Merry Christmas 2019 everyone! How’s your Christmas going? Plenty of food and good times with your most dearly beloved I hope! MrsFrugalSamurai and I are about to head off to have dinner with the fam fam, but before that, I wanted to share a quick post to continue with this mini-series. If you joined us late, here is Part 1 and Part 2. Part 3 As mentioned at the end of Part 2, I graduated from uni and entered the full-time workforce during the GFC… in banking and financial services no less. What I saw and learnt during this time deserves a post all on its…
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Millionaire by 30 – How I Did It (Part 2)
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Annnnnd we are back peeps! First off, thank you to all those who read the previous post! We had millions of views guys! MILLIONS! Give or take a few numbers here and there. No seriously, thanks all to the wonderful support you have shown me and this blog! Could not have done it without the encouragement and kind words from the community and each one of you! (Looks around the room). But today, today we proceed to part 2 of this mini-series. Which is in response to our dear reader Rennie’s comment: “I am most intrigued by this statement in your ‘About Me’ section: “Recently, I achieved a…
