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 | 10 Apr 2016 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
It may surprise you that many Australian borrowers spend time getting their new home loan established but don’t always spend the time making sure their loan continues to be the right loan for them. It is as easy as a 30 minute consultation with a Mortgage Broker to...
by Nick Rainsford | 11 Jan 2016 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
To quote Polonius more completely than the title suggests: Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. William Shakespeare, ca. 1598, Hamlet Act 1, Scene 3 When Hamlet was first performed in...
by Nick Rainsford | 28 Nov 2015 | Business, General
The headlines of a few months ago citing a professional body that predicted a very high percentage of jobs will be lost to automation (or robots) are now this months worm food. Still let’s reflect on where we currently stand compared to just two decades ago. In...
by Nick Rainsford | 10 Aug 2015 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
Before you get too excited, I mean rejected by your lender. You know, for a commercial loan, lease, investment loan, mortgage…any kind of debt. The current homogeneity of the financial services sector is astonishing. Most lenders – and it’s not only banks – follow the...