Reading Time: 9 minutes “Buffering…please wait…buffering… please wait…” Ever recall that message come up before? Well, before the age of high-speed internet and insta and snap and YOLO, us millennial folks who grew up in the 90s sure can. We who grew up in the age of the Pentium 3, the 56k modem (brrrkrrr… beep…krrr…dookrrrrr dookrrrrr…) and the Nokia 3210 – we remember. Because we used to get that messages ALL the time. As a teenage boy, the frustration of seeing that pop up when trying to download por… maths papers was palpable. “I REALLY need to do some mathematics, RIGHT NOW”. I used to say out loud to no…
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Investing in Real Estate 110 (Loan Structuring Tips)
Reading Time: 9 minutes Wow! What a difference a day or two makes eh! Looks like the Australian politicians were reading the latest post (here) from TheFrugalSamurai and decided (again) to change the leadership of our nation. So for the seventh time in a decade, we now have a Prime Minister in office unelected by the people. Our new PM ScoMo (Scott Morrison) won’t even get a chance to stay long, because the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten is odds on favourite to get in come the federal election next year. Which means once Bill comes in – he’s going to be backstabbed by some other candidate from HIS…
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Amusing Timeline of (Recent) Australian Prime Ministers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hey y’all! How’s it all going? Hope you’ve had a great week so far! I’m here in old Melbourne town actually, on a national work conference for a couple of days. As much as I would love to see the sights and catch up with old friends, frankly the schedule and activities which work has placed on us doesn’t allow for much, if any, free time (I’m writing this at 4am as we speak). Still! Looking forward to a couple of days out of the office with everyone from around the country – should be exciting! I was going to continue writing on the previous post…
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Investing in Real Estate 109 (How to Start a Property Portfolio)
Reading Time: 7 minutes RnB music pumping: “….She’s so dangerous That girl is so dangerous, That girl is a bad girl, yeah” Oh! Hi there – how’s it going? Sorry for being distracted, you see – I’ve had an old school RnB binge this weekend. Poor MrsFrugalSamurai had to put up with my dance moves and random bursts of song. She doesn’t mind, tests our marriage she says, makes it stronger. Today’s article is in response to a question from one of her good friends Bane-san, a well-renowned medical physician based in Melbourne, who originates from the Indian sub-continent but has a Japanese name. #Winning! Bane-san asks: How to start a…
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Snapshot of the Oz Economy
Reading Time: 5 minutes Hey YOU! (Points finger in your direction). “M…me?” YES YOU! Have you ever wondered how the Australian economy is going right now? What our GDP growth rate and headline figures are? WELL?! HAVE YOU??? “N…no…no” Well today’s your day to find out! “Oh…O…OK” The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA aka Oz Central Bank) kindly released an economic snapshot (great info-graphics) of how our Australian economy is tracking right now. Given the negativity recently in the media and pundits stating we are overdue for a recession – it’s a prudent time to see just how we are doing. Courtesy of the RBA: Some solid numbers reported, with…
