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12 Lessons in 12 Months: What Starting a Business is Really Like
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most honest of them all? I certainly am when it comes to what it’s really like to start running your first business from scratch. In many ways, it’s hard to believe that I’m just a couple of months shy of my one year in business...
2 Secret Ingredients That Can Stop You From Procrastinating
Procrastination is less about time management and more about coping. We avoid things we don’t want to do and replace it with things we’d much rather do. Like every story, there are two sides. The things we put off are the things we don’t enjoy. Quite simply they do...
What to Consider When Buying a New Build
New build turnkey houses are very popular among first-time buyers. They save a lot of time and complications, as you don’t need to wait until the previous owners have found a new home before moving in and there is something about moving into a brand new property that...
5 things that say your suburb is no longer hot property
Homeowners in most Australian capital cities will see their property prices hold up better than Sydney in 2016, but even then the risks are more to the downside rather than up. So how do you tell if the property in your suburb is headed for a price fall? As two of the...
Buying the Worst House on the Street – What’s Smart, What’s Not
Smart investors can sniff out a bargain when they see it. What might look like a run-down, avoid-at-all-cost home on the best street in town, could actually be a profitable renovator’s dream. Or could it? A typical couple in the market for their first house will often...
5 Ways Your Creativity Can Save You Money
Many of us have a bit of a creative touch in some way or another. For some of us, it may be that we are pretty nifty with a hot glue gun and some felt, or for others, the talents lie in the ability to create delicious masterpieces in the kitchen, minus the recipe. In...
How to Afford Christmas Without Going Broke
Christmas is right around the corner and unless you have been planning and saving for it all year round, you may be having a sudden panic on how you are going to afford Christmas this year. Most of us end up in that last-minute frenzy of realising there are only a...
Transitioning to a Single Income
Personal household circumstances can change for a range of reasons. The changes may be due to injury, illness or other unfortunate changes that result in the need for one member of the household to cease employment. It may also be due to the arrival of a new family...
4 Ways to Save on Kids Birthday Parties
Parties can be expensive if we aren't careful, and children’s birthday parties are no exception. We all want to give our little ones the best possible birthday memories, and sometimes the spending can get right out of hand in a flash. Thankfully there are plenty of...
Property Investing – 3 ‘Must Knows’ Before You Start!
When someone would talk about property investing, my eyes would roll back in my head and my brain would implode all at the same time. But on top of my principal residence, I always wanted to know how to ‘have a property portfolio’, and ‘how to research investment...
