by Nick Rainsford | 30 Jul 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Leasing, SMSF
I know a couple of parents who live in suburbia. For many years they were regarded by their family and friends as the perfect parents. Especially the mother. Her first two children (now adults) were perfect with no hint of mental illness or drug addiction or any other...
by Nick Rainsford | 22 Jul 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, SMSF
We’ve seen lots and lots of digital space dedicated to what interest rates are doing this week. One minute the Aussie dollar races above $0.79 against the USD — after a slight change in the RBA minutes — and the frenzy of predictions that the RBA will move rates up...
by Nick Rainsford | 17 Jul 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 I think I may have named this article incorrectly. It should probably be called “Why You Need Mortgage Brokers Now More Than Ever”. You may have read a little about mortgage...
by Nick Rainsford | 10 Jul 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
There are many ways to skin a cat (apparently). If you’ve been reading the press lately when it comes to interest only interest rates that old adage just doesn’t apply. It seems as though the only way to change people’s behaviour is to charge them more. That’s just...
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...