by Nick Rainsford | 18 Feb 2018 | General, Home loans
Last week, as part of a general de-cluttering of my garage – I threw out all my sporting awards that I had accumulated between the age of eight and forty. Over 150 trophies, medals, ribbons banners and certificates. They had been placed in a garbage bag and...
by Nick Rainsford | 11 Feb 2018 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
It seems these days when you ask somebody how they are the immediate response is a puffing of the cheeks, a very loud exhale of breath and a worried look on their faces before declaring “I’m so busy”. “I am so busy doing nothing that the idea of doing anything which...
by Nick Rainsford | 4 Feb 2018 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
Ok, you’ve read the scary headlines and called us to discuss the impact falling property prices will have on your mortgage. Even though you were calmed by the end of the conversation, the panic attacks soon started again. These scary feelings were getting the better...
by Nick Rainsford | 28 Jan 2018 | General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
As I’ve written in previous articles, some clients either have a bias for or against a particular brand of lender. When they’re against a brand, the words “never again” are often used. Some of you may recall a couple of articles from this site. One was about...
by Nick Rainsford | 20 Jan 2018 | Business, General
In April last year an old school friend contacted me. He had, quite deliberately, placed himself in a very stressful and quite dangerous financial predicament. He was working with his accountant to find a solution but he wanted to double check with us as trusted...
by Nick Rainsford | 14 Jan 2018 | General, Home loans, Investments
Last week I used an online trades quoting site to help find a tradesperson to replace a benchtop in my laundry. The financial cost will be measured in the hundreds of dollars (it’s a very small benchtop). The emotional cost was much higher than that. Here’s why. The...
