Hi Frugal Samuraties! Welcome back to the latest from TheFrugalSamurai. Can you guys believe that it is the end of February already? Far out, soon it will be Easter, then June 30 (end of financial year), and before you know it we are heading into spring and knocking on the door of Xmas. Seriously, where oh where does the time fly. It’s been almost six months since The Frugal Samurai was born (the blog not me, I am older than 6 months), and during that time I’ve written a lot, said a lot and most of all learnt a lot. That’s why I started the blog and continue to plug…
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Investing in Real Estate 102 (Mindset and More)
HEY news flash guys – did you know big circles are really hard to fit inside small rectangles? After 2 hours of trying, MrsFrugalSamurai-to-be and I know now. Yep, that’s the scenario that confronted her and I when one of her good friends’ generously offered a barely-used dining table to us. With hindsight, I should have figured out something was slightly amiss when she said that the table was a “demountable”. The only experience I’ve had with demountables are mobile classrooms and other really really big structures that can fit whole adults inside them. I tried to quiz MrsFrugalSamurai-to-be on how big the table was BEFORE we left to pick…
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First Day At Work
What’s up guys, back again! Feels like I never left right? Hope everyone’s having a great week so far, I know I am… because it’s the fortnightly payday today! Yay! Money from our corporate masters – Huzzah! To be honest, I was tempted to transfer some of my hard-earned into a crypto account. But then I remembered that I don’t like speculating. So I transferred it to my Sportsbet investment fund instead. Today’s also the day that a whole bunch of graduates started their careers and a couple of them are in our team. I love having grads in our team – their fresh-faces, keen-eyes and enthusiastic minds remind me of…
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What Does Your Heart Say?
“But… why can’t we buy this?” This was the question pre-adolescent me would often ask my parents growing up in our small two-bedroom flat by the tracks. Because we can’t afford it. The same response, over and over. This line of thinking was ingrained in me for so long that whenever a decision is required to be made – inevitably “I can’t afford it”. Should I start my own business? Nope, stick with your job instead, you can’t afford to quit. Should I invest in the stock market? Nope, people can lose their whole fortune investing, you can’t afford to invest. Should I talk to that girl? Nope, she won’t…
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Hello 2018!
HAY YOU! SNNNNNIFFFFF – smell that, it’s the smell of the new year, so fresh and clean! Welcome to 2018. I’m EXCITED! Hope everyone’s recovered from the New Year party hangover. How’d you spend yours?! I spent NYE with MrsFrugalSamurai-to-be together on an epic roadtrip: firstly to a spa retreat on the other side of the Blue Mountains (2 hours away), back home for dinner with the parentals, into the city for New Year’s fireworks, across to (the world famous) Bondi Beach after, then back to the city to crash. Man what a day – if only everyday was like this! People laughing, partying, enjoy time with their loved ones…
