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Greetings from Orlando, Florida. I’m spending the week attending an investment conference at Disney World. They say it’s a place ‘where dreams come true’. Which may be true if you spend your day with...
View ArticleStraight Talk on Property
In areas of the United States house prices have fallen for 57 months in a row – leaving a market in sharper decline than during the great depression. Collectively in Australia we spent more than 600...
View ArticleThe Stressed Homeowner
“Hi Scott, “My husband and I bought our home nearly five years ago. We borrowed more than the house was worth, to incorporate our existing debts. “Since then we’ve refinanced our home loan to purchase...
View Article“Property Doubles Every 7 to 10 Years”
Every once in a while I get to turn my hand at talkback radio – in the non-ratings period when the real stars are playing golf. This last week in the host’s chair has reinforced the idea that everyone...
View ArticleRent vs Buy
THE lead story on 60 Minutes last Sunday night was called ‘The Big Squeeze’. It contrasted a distraught couple who were drowning in debt and about to lose their home, with another much happier family...
View ArticleThe Millionaire Next Door
LEAN in a little closer. Today I’m going to show you how to become wealthy for life. Even in these turbulent economic times. And I’m not just giving you my ‘opinion’ – it’s all backed up by rigorous...
View ArticleFrom Crash to Cash
WHAT we’re seeing in world share markets is a slow motion car crash that neither side appears willing to avoid: much of Europe is being held together by a pilsner and a baguette, and the Americans are...
View ArticleProperty versus Shares
“I’M going to sell my apartment”, announced my girlfriend. She may as well have been asking me to pass the butter, she was so cool, calm and collected – like a female Donald Trump (but with much, much...
View ArticleWhere Property Prices Are Heading
RIGHT now across the country, home prices are falling. Spring – the traditional selling season – has sprung, and many agents didn’t earn enough commission to feed their BMW lease payments. But it’s...
View ArticleHow to Live in Your Dream Home, Today!
I’ve been debating whether I should tell you this story for about a month. It involves a family friend who will almost certainly pick that I’m writing about them, and it contains some hard truths that...
View ArticleHow I Tread My Own Path: Leo’s Story
HOW I found my Mojo without losing the good stuff…and bought my own home! I admit, before I found Barefoot, I wasn’t doing terribly in the finance department – I just wasn’t particularly organised....
View ArticleTake Advantage of the Rate Cut
I KNOW $50 a month doesn’t sound like much, especially if you have a huge home loan. But if you let your mortgage eat the rate cut, instead of putting it back in your pocket, that $50 will wipe as much...
View ArticleThe Facts for First Home Buyers
New research published this week on the Property Spectator website finds… First-home buyer confidence rises but buyers misinformed about deposit requirements “Researcher Alan Shields says it is...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Listen to Donald Trump
“Just copy exactly what I’ve done and get rich”, says super spruiker Donald Trump in an ad for his Trump University (an invisible institution pedalling expensive and largely useless get-rich-quick...
View Article“Property Doubles Every 7 to 10 Years”
Negative gearing is really just a socially acceptable way of saying ‘I’m losing money’. So why do some push the concept so hard? The post “Property Doubles Every 7 to 10 Years” appeared first on The...
View Article“You’ve Got to Buy a Home Before You Have Kids”
The idea of owning the family home is deeply ingrained in our psyche – you get married, you buy a house, you have kids. That’s the responsible thing to do, right? The post “You’ve Got to Buy a Home...
View Article“I’ll Never Afford To Buy My First Home!”
This week a report found that Australia is one of the most unaffordable places to own a home (I know, 'stop the press!'). We joined Triple J's Hack program to talk about the state of the housing market...
View ArticleRent vs Buy
A few weeks ago I caught up with a successful real estate agent who lives in the expensive inner city Sydney suburb of Balmain. He confessed that with the sky-high price of real estate he’d chosen to...
View ArticleThe Millionaire Next Door
Today I’m going to show you how to become a millionaire. Even in these turbulent economic times. And I’m not just giving you my ‘opinion’ – it’s all backed up by rigorous research. The post The...
View ArticleThe Block: A Prime Time Panic
Last Sunday night’s finale of Channel Nine’s The Block was a prime-time portrayal of a property crash. It's estimated that the couples would each have lost close to $500,000 – and that figure doesn’t...
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