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My best friend, Bill King, is 11 years older than me. Like me, he’s a CPA and a CFP. When I was just starting out in my career, Bill gave me the best financial advice I ever heard. Bill and I were discussing what it takes for the average individual to become financially free….
It is always nice to have people believe is us, but it’s imperative to firstly believe in ourselves. No matter how big or small your dreams are, they are never out of reach. Here’s some words of inspiration to keep you going: 1. You Attract What You Are, Not What You Want If You Want…
With half of Aussies devoted to just one bank, their loyalty is costing them dearly. Concerning new figures from finder.com.au show 47% of Australians are staying with one bank for their financial needs, potentially paying the price for their loyalty. According to a survey of 2,005 Australians, women (49%) are more likely to bank with…
Talk about a revolution – a suburban people to a high-rise nation, in what, just seven years. Wow! Or is this just one big stuff-up? Maybe something new is going on? A new paradigm? Last year we wrote what we think about it: Well, the apartment market is most certainly a dog’s breakfast, in more ways…
Sadly, in Australia, our financial literacy is very low. Even sadder, this isn’t taught to our kids in schools and so generation after generation we seem to keep slipping into bad habits. And those habits are learned from our teachers – in most cases our parents and guess who taught them, that’s right, their parents….
There is a saying that success breeds success and this is no different for property investors. The vast majority of successful investors that I have met over my many years in the industry have shared many traits and commonalities. They all also share a desire to provide a better life for themselves and their families…
According to a study by Brown University habit study by Dr. Pressman, we pick up most of our habits from our parents. If parents are bad at managing money, their kids will be bad at managing money. When you’re bad at managing money it has a tendency to disappear. That means no savings, no retirement…
Dr. Simon Ramo, a legendary American engineer wrote a book in 1970 about, of all things, tennis, titled Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player. The engineer in him noticed that the game of tennis involves two games – one is played at the professional level and the other is played at the weekend warrior level….
Seemingly obvious disadvantages can sometimes turn out to be of immense benefit. John Lindeman reveals where to find such property investment opportunities, which he calls the “white wallabies” of the property market. On a recent trip to Tasmania’s Bruny Island we saw a white wallaby beside the road. Naturally, we found this hard…
So many people fear making a mistake. They’re scared of looking stupid in front of people they respect or messing up in front of the boss. But everyone makes mistakes. In one of her blog posts, entrepreneur Lisa Messenger admitted she makes mistakes all the time. “I’ve stuffed up. I still stuff up. I will…
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