‘My boyfriend’s car addiction has cost us $30k’
Scott Pape tells a young woman whose boyfriend has left them $30,000 in debt because of his car addiction that they should offload the vehicle and she should consider a trade-in of her own.
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It’s time to call your bank and whine
No one knows where interest rates are headed so Barefoot Investor’s advice is call your bank and whine until you get a better mortgage deal.
My dropkick brother-in-law feeds off me like a parasite
My brother-in-law has it sorted – mail-order bride, living rent-free, demanding lavish gifts and refusing to pay back a $10k loan he lost on the stockmarket. Here’s Barefoot Investor’s advice to a fed up woman.
Surviving Trump, tariffs and our own election circus
Trump’s trade war is more political theatre than policy and Australia’s own election circus isn’t far behind. Here’s how Barefoot Investor’s keeping his sanity.
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Hello sunshine! Barefoot laments his slow embrace of solar
‘Learn from my mistakes,’ says Scott Pape, who is kicking himself for being so slow to take up solar which he now regards as one of the best investments you can make.
‘This is going to hurt!’ Why can’t Dr Jim say these words?
RBA governor Michele Bullock suggests some highly-geared borrowers might have to sell their homes but you won’t hear Jim Chalmers utter the same warning, even though it’s good advice.
‘I was wrong’: Barefoot backflips on driverless cars
Scott Pape admits he was wrong for being sceptical about driverless cars but that doesn’t mean he expects Tesla shares to soar 1000 per cent, as some analysts have tipped.
Barefoot tells busy dad on $400k a year to get his priorities clear
A young dad can’t decide if he should quit his time-consuming $400,000-a-year job and homeschool his kids or keep working to secure his family’s financial future. Barefoot has the answer.
Haters gonna hate: Why Barefoot won’t take the bait
Scott Pape’s inbox gets more than its fair share of hate mail but he shrugs off the insults because he knows when you try to make a difference, you’re going to piss a lot of people off.
‘Have we bred a monster?’ The real cost of private education
Barefoot Investor tells a couple who spent $40,000 a year on school fees that it’s now time they focus on their retirement savings, rather than paying for their daughter’s uni experience.
Why ‘weirdo’ single mum shunned $3m inheritance
Barefoot Investor has labelled Grace, a single mum of two, a weirdo for not wanting her life to be up-ended by a $3m inheritance. But he has a strategy to help her adapt.
Struth! Shopper stung $1300 for $13 tap and go sanger
This week Barefoot Investor has a wake-up call for shoppers using tap and go after one of his followers was left $1300 out of pocket for a $13 chicken sandwich.
On the hook: How couple’s $11,400 ‘profit’ really a scam
An Aussie couple think they’ve made ‘$11,400 profit’ trading online but Barefoot has bad news – they’ve been hooked by scammers chasing their prized superannuation.
‘My mother is sending money to a young lover’
When your mother is in debt and nearly homeless after sending large amounts of money to an overseas holiday fling, what should you do? Barefoot has some advice.
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