by Nick Rainsford | 19 Dec 2016 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
There are things in life that we take for granted. For a random set of examples say the air that we breathe, the love of another human being, a change of prime ministers every couple of years and the fact that the sun will rise in the east each day. It’s a little like...
by Nick Rainsford | 4 Dec 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
When your read the news these days you can be forgiven for thinking that the world will come to an end if we don’t put a price cap on the following: Electricity prices Gas prices Fuel prices Telecommunications (mobile phone plans really) There is one expense that (in...
by Nick Rainsford | 21 Nov 2016 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
When did we start using the idioms of today? You know the one’s. In this article I’ll use italics to signify some of the idiotic expressions that have replaced the core values of doing business. You read about disruption of one industry or another these days as if it...
by Nick Rainsford | 31 Oct 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
Not all that long ago, home loans were simple. If you wanted one, you’d walk into a branch or call your broker and you would get one. If you wanted one for investment purposes, there was no difference in price. The only real price differences between products was if...
by Nick Rainsford | 17 Oct 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
“Customers don’t know what they want until we’ve shown them.” – Steve Jobs Yes, I know the correct quote from the bible is “…they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34 or something) but I’m just using it to make a point. This is not a religious article....
by Nick Rainsford | 10 Oct 2016 | Business, General, Investments, SMSF
Robert Herrick was ahead of his time. In the poem below he’s effectively telling you to seize the day. I’m sure Mr Herrick didn’t have property developers in mind when he wrote the poem (in fact, the word Virgin in the title of the poem kind of gives away whom he had...
