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 | 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...
by Nick Rainsford | 3 Apr 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
For many years, like most young men in Australia, I participated in team sports. One of the many benefits of team sports is the social aspect of going out after a game and socializing with the rest of the team. This phenomenon started in my teens and continued until...
by Nick Rainsford | 13 Mar 2017 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
We see a lot in our line of work. We see people trying to eke out an honest living whilst trying to do the right thing by their kids. We see people turning up to work day in day out – even though they may hate every minute of it. We see some genuinely decent people –...
by Nick Rainsford | 6 Mar 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
I see many on-line distributors of various products spruiking their wares digitally. As many people have come to realise if you’re selling online you better be the cheapest. Or at least cheaper than someone who offers service. In our game, it’s the same thing. You can...