Reading Time: 3 Minutes Happy New Year everyone and WELCOME BACK! Hands up if you’re very excited for what 2021 will bring? Haha, I exited 2020 with a whimper, with a (lonely) jog in the park on NYE followed by watching “Tenet” (confusing) with MrsFrugalSamurai, and get this… going to SLEEP before midnight (exhausting), thereby missing out on the fireworks (disappointing) and also ringing in the New Year with MrsFrugalSamurai (chastising). D’oh! Getting old in my years. Anyhow, as much as I love to look ahead, it’s also important to look back on the previous year because well… 2020 had it’s moments didn’t it? So in no particular order, I…
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We Bought A House! (Part 1: Renos)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Please welcome the latest entrants to The Great Australian Dream…. it’s TheFrugalSamurai and his dashing young wife, MrsFrugalSamurai! Hooray to us! Haha, as the name suggests, we are bona fide land owners now. Suffice to say, this has been months in the making – but finally, after what must have been dozens of property inspections, we’re proud to call a place home. But not so fast, because although settlement day was earlier this week, we can’t move in yet because it’s a bit chokers with renovations at the moment. Renovations like… And And And And oh so much more! See that’s the biggest culture shock for…
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Passive Income Streams Using High Yield Property & Active Shares – The Frugal Samurai
Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s up everyone! The tables are turned today with the focus on yours truly. At the risk of tooting my own horn “toot, toot” I wanted to share with you my answers to a questionnaire sent by Aussie Doc from Aussie Doc Freedom. You might remember her, because I asked her story only recently! Feel free to read about it here. Ah, the good ol collab… But I digress, because today’s post is about me, myself and I, three of my favourite people. If you want to read the original post, or check out some of Aussie Doc’s other works – you can do so here. The…
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New Zealand Properties Running Red Hot – Is Australia Next?
Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s up everyone! Hope we’re all having a great weekend. I know I did, because we were social to the MAX. Felt good to break up the weekend routine of staying indoors for once. Although that doesn’t stop me posting quality and titillating content on this quality and titillating blog. As you might have seen with the headline, but property values in New Zealand are SCORCHING. Residential property prices have surged by a whopping 20% compared to last year, pushing the median price of a house in Auckland, New Zealand’s most populous city, above NZ$1m (AUD $950k) for the first time. And that’s not all, take…
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DON’T FALL FOR THESE 6 COMMON ADVERTISING TRICKS
Reading Time: 1 Minute Hey all, this post is a video version of my most recent post (read here). From a lot of the feedback I’ve received from the earlier post, I thought – it’s gotta be deserving of a video! Hope you guys enjoy: Transcript: OK so did you buy anything from the Black Friday Sales? What about Cyber Monday? If yes, chances are you’ve fallen for one of those tricky marketing tactics retailers use to make us part with our hard earned. I felt compelled to do this video, because I think it’s super important we are all aware of the most common tactics used against us, as…
