Happy tales of cashed-up bogans who gambled on property investments and won have become clickbait for news websites, but what we don’t see are the tales of heartache of the many who lose out, writes the Barefoot Investor.
You’re not living until you’ve had at least one stint in a share house — it’s the ultimate rite of passage. And for the unwary, Barefoot Investor has some sage advice.
The finance industry has trained customers to expect advice to be “free”, but that’s the most expensive way to get it. Still, most Aussies would rather have it for “free”, no matter how much it costs them in the long run, writes the Barefoot Investor.
There’s nothing scarier for parents than the thought of not being able to afford a good education, so those with kids in preschool or primary school should start getting serious about their savings, writes the Barefoot Investor.
“MORTGAGE war erupts” was how one newspaper headline summed up CommBank’s move this week to chop its fixed rates to its lowest levels in history.
IF you have a burning money issue, or you want to win a fight with your spouse, put your questions to Barefoot Investor.
SCOTT Pape answers readers questions on investments, saving, budgets, tax and all things financial.
READERS ask the Barefoot Investor his advice on mortgages, education funds and how to invest the cash from the sale of a home.
READERS ask the Barefoot Investor his advice on mortgages, education funds and how to invest the cash from the sale of a home.
IF you have a burning money issue, or you want to win a fight with your spouse, put your questions to Barefoot Investor.
IF you have a burning money issue, or you want to win a fight with your spouse, put your questions to Barefoot Investor.
IF you’ve got a burning money question, or simply want to win a fight with your hubby, shoot over to Barefoot Investor and ask me a question.
I SCREAMED: “Wrong way!” But my warning fell on Bluetoothed-ears. My taxi driver was hurtling down a one-way street — the wrong way.
WAKING up to a new day with not much else but the clothes on my back affected me in ways I never thought it would, says SCOTT PAPE after his bushfire loss.
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