by Nick Rainsford | 13 Feb 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
If there’s one thing that has been constant in the financial world it’s been that of constant change. But change is not always for the better. This article explores some of the changes (good and not so good) over the past forty or so years. I arrived in Australia in...
by Nick Rainsford | 6 Feb 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
There is a worrying trend amongst some homeowners to use their family homes (usually their most significant – if not only – asset) like a large debit card. Why borrow more? In some circumstances this is perfectly acceptable. If you have a low LVR or, better still, no...
by Nick Rainsford | 31 Jan 2017 | General, Uncategorized
I’m still in LA. West Hollywood to be precise. If ever there was a more blue (politically speaking) area in the US I’d like to hear about it. I was at an opening of an exclusive real estate office in Beverly Hills yesterday. The group was Barnes International who have...
by Nick Rainsford | 16 Jan 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, SMSF, Uncategorized
Just when you think you’d seen it all something comes out of the blue to surprise you. Then you become accustomed to surprises or shocks. You start to expect it. I moved to the house that I live in just over 10 years ago. As is usually the case when you move into an...
by Nick Rainsford | 9 Jan 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
I was watching the Godfather trilogy a few weeks ago. In one particular scene one of the members of the Corleone family (the main crime family in the film trilogy) is about to be executed when he utters the words “tell Michael it was only business”. Then he was...
by Nick Rainsford | 2 Jan 2017 | General
Happy New Year everyone. Now that 2016 is behind us let’s look at some of the issues that dominated the financial world which may have affected you and then we’ll look at what may or may not happen in 2017. The year (2016) opened with the unusual step of the...
