Reading Time: 3 Minutes Hey all, It’s gonna be another profile interview today… this week we have Miss Kate Campbell from How To Money. Kate runs her own podcast (awesome!) helping young Australians learn about money… and she’s only 22 years old! Gosh, they start young don’t they? Good on ya Kate! We need more people bringing money awareness to Aussies, young and old – can only be a good thing! Kate from How To Money Let’s do it! Hey Kate! How old are you? 22 (and just getting started)! What area of the country do you live in? Melbourne, Victoria Editor’s note: hope things are going well over there.…
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Excerpt from The Complete Aussie FIRE e-book (Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage)
Reading Time: 7 Minutes What’s up everyone! Today, I thought I would share a chapter I wrote in the Complete Aussie FIRE e-book guide recently with 20 of the best and brightest in the Australian FIRE community! Reminder that you can grab your free copy (courtesy of Pearler), right here! Excerpt: Chapter 19: Fuel for the FIRE – Leverage Introduction Ah, debt and leverage. Those two words resonate with us all in different ways. Some people embrace and welcome them with open arms. Others cannot run away fast enough. When applied correctly, leverage is the strategic tool that expands our resources beyond our capital limitations to produce greater results than…
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COUPLE’S GUIDE TO MERGING FINANCES (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Today’s video is on one of the most under-rated topics in personal finance, and that is on how to manage your finances together as a couple. Sure it’s easy when you live and spend for yourself, but when you find “the one”, you want to make sure your finances are as strong as your relationship! Transcript: OK, so up until now, your financial decisions affected only you. You had no one to answer to and everything revolved around you. Then you decided to get married… and you find out that your spouse’s attitude to money is completely different to yours. What do you do now? Well…
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COMPLETE GUIDE TO NEGATIVE GEARING (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Negative gearing is about as controversial of a topic as you can get in investing here in Australia. It’s always in the media and generates a lot of attention. So what is it, when should you do it and is it still relevant today? Watch the video to find out! Transcript: Today’s video we are going to be talking about one of the most controversial topics in investing here in Australia and that is on negative gearing, and whether it is still relevant in today’s environment. What is it? Many of us will remember Labor losing the unlosable election last year, with one of its key…
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4 Types Of Property Locations
Reading Time: 3 Minutes OK peeps, it’s the real deal now. MrsFrugalSamurai and I are in the market officially looking for a place to call our own. Not that we’re homeless at the moment mind you, just that we’re now looking for a place to put down roots for at least a few years. We’ve always been rentvestors, but I think the current market is as good a time as any to call a place our own. Naturally, as I’ve been in the property game for some years now “tugs at lapels on jacket” I have my investor lens on when I’m looking for a place. But let’s face it,…
