*This is a longer post but well worth it in my humble opinion. Allow 8-10 minutes. 女士们, 先生们 你们好! Welcome back to another edition offfffff… “THE FRUGAL SAMURAI!” Cue drums, and music and elephants and dancers and other wild shit. I hope you all have been loving life the way it should be loved since we met last. What a difference a couple of days make eh – here in Australia, we’ve past an annual milestone date of 30th June – the New Year’s Eve for accountants. Yes that’s right – accountants around the nation were rejoicing and singing Auld Lang Syne under the mistletoe last night. But not you…
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The Millionaire Next Door (Book Review)
What’s up fellow Samuraites! Hope you’re nice and rested for the coming week! MrsFrugalSamurai and I enjoyed a wonderful day out with our friends in the sun on beautiful Sydney Harbour. Surely there are worse places in the world than a relaxing lunch in the late Autumn sun by the water? Seems like half of Sydney thought the same thing, because the sidewalks and restaurants were filled to the brim full of couples, families and friends all enjoying good times and great food. Sometime during our conversations, I looked around me and couldn’t help but notice the amount of bling and designer names adorned across the multitudes of individuals. My…
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Investing in Real Estate 106 (Your Strategy)
Hai guyz! How y’all doing? Unfortunately, it’s a bit wet and miserable at the moment in Old Sydney Town – so what better than to snuggle up to your lover, switch on the mood lighting and play some soft tunes as you… read through the latest from your favourite personal finance blogger! Today, I’m going to continue the real estate series – it’s where the bulk majority of my net worth sits (read about in my numbers revealed) and an asset class which I am continuing to learn, develop and grow. Following on from the last post (here), where we discussed the team to build around you – this post…
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Investing in Real Estate 105 (Your Team)
Yo Yo Yo – what’s happening peeps! Not sure why I decided to talk like that – must be because I’ve been watching “Any Given Sunday” again, one of my favourite sports movies. Basically it’s a take on a fictional NFL team with an all-star acting cast. Al Pacino as the old school head coach, Jamie Foxx as the narcissistic rising star QB, Cameron Diaz as the hot-headed young franchise owner. It gives a pretty darn good insight into the trials and tribulations of professional sports. But one key message which I came out of it is that, without a supportive and cohesive team, the individual fails. Exactly how it…
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5 Quotes to Help You With Stock Market Uncertainty
What’s happening people! We live in such exciting times don’t you think? I mean, did you notice what happened in the last couple of days in the global stock market? VOLATILITY. Hell yeah, risk-on, risk-off baby. Why are you so excited TheFrugalSamurai? Because volatility creates excitement! It creates headlines and articles and EYEBALLS PEOPLE. No more slow news day, Huzzah! We live in the information age – so no sooner did the gargantuan point drops in the DJIA and S&P 500 transpire than all sorts of reasons were spouted: “The Machines – Hasta la vista, baby” “Inflation – Rise of the Balloons” “Interest Rates – Return of the Yield King” But…
