by Nick Rainsford | 29 May 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was a humble banker my starting point was always listening to what the client wanted. Then I would set about trying to achieve that. There is a fundamental flaw in that approach which I will explain later. Let me start by telling you of one of my...
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 | 26 Jul 2017 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Investments, SMSF
Welcome to our new monthly newsletter where we keep you informed with what’s going on in the Commercial Loan markets and funding that may be available to you. A business owner walks into a bank…Don’t. Just don’t. Dealing directly with a single bank exposes you to more...
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...
