by Nick Rainsford | 29 Aug 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
Be careful what you wish for… All of us love a bargain. It’s irresistible. Why pay the rack rate for something when you can get it for a quarter of the retail price. Those that have travelled to the US and frequented their outlet malls will know what I mean. So it is...
by Nick Rainsford | 22 Aug 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
A few weeks ago, after attending a property seminar, one of our clients contacted us and asked us to assess his borrowing capacity for an additional investment loan. By way of background, we had procured loans for this client of $1.6M in February this year. Nothing...
by Nick Rainsford | 4 Jul 2016 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
The human race has seen extraordinary advancements in the last 100 years. We have never failed to move forward, do better, strive harder…until the last decade. Take the development of the Concorde. It was developed in the 1960’s jointly by the British and the French....
by Nick Rainsford | 6 Jun 2016 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
We spoke to a wonderful client last week, who had run a substantial business employing hundreds of people. He had been banking with a major Australian Bank for four decades. Now they’re designed to frustrate. He was used to dealing with a decision maker. He’s...
by Nick Rainsford | 1 May 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
The fear of missing out makes people do strange things with their finances. When we tell clients to borrow less, we’re met with incredulous looks. For example, we had a client recently who had a $700k mortgage on a home worth around $1 million in a Sydney...
