Dec 5, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, HOME & FAMILY, INVESTING SMARTLY, REAL ESTATE |
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...
Dec 3, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, HOME & FAMILY, LIFESTYLE |
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...
Nov 26, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, HOME & FAMILY |
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...
Nov 25, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, HOME & FAMILY |
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...
Nov 23, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, CHILDREN, HOME & FAMILY |
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...
Nov 8, 2015 | ALL BLOGS, INVESTING SMARTLY, PROPERTY TIPS |
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...
