by Nick Rainsford | 19 Jun 2017 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
Aahh, the good old days. When there were certain things you could rely on without fail. Things like having your newspaper delivered to your front door (or driveway or gutter or balcony – depending how good the paper-boy’s aim was); the milk being delivered at 6am and...
by Nick Rainsford | 12 Jun 2017 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
I bet many of us have had that thought a few times in our lives. If I only knew my new job was going to be this bad: If I only knew the Powerball numbers in advance; If I only knew what mortgage rates were going to do. You get the idea. I have a few as well. We took...
by Nick Rainsford | 5 Jun 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
Owner Occupied, Investment, Fixed rate, Variable rate, P&I, Interest Only, Offset, Equity loan, Foreign Income, Casual Income, Part time income, Bonus income, Strata title, Company title, Torrens title, Over 55s accommodation, Reverse mortgages, Lending to SMSFs,...
by Nick Rainsford | 22 May 2017 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
You may have read about how the Baby Boomers have stolen all the property in the capital cities and left the other generations – X, Y, Z and Millenials (collectively “Whatever”) – destitute. Well, not quite but you can be forgiven for thinking that as a...
by Nick Rainsford | 15 May 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
The 2017 budget handed down last week by the Federal Treasurer had a raft of measures in it that is designed to help home buyers into their first home. Will it all work? Will homes become affordable again? There is no simple answer to these questions so I’ll deal with...
by Nick Rainsford | 8 May 2017 | Business, General, Investments, Uncategorized
I’d been wanting to read a book written by CIA agent, Robert Baer. The book – called See No Evil – was released just after 9/11. I wanted to wait for all the hype to die down before tackling the seriousness of the topic – failure of the CIA to detect and...
