by Nick Rainsford | 30 Apr 2018 | Business, General, Home loans, SMSF
I caught up with a couple of old friends recently whom I was quite fond of and whom I hadn’t seen for around twenty years. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. When we met it was as if we’d seen each other yesterday. The conversation flowed as it...
by Nick Rainsford | 20 Nov 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, SMSF
Every now and then you find out why things happened sometime after they’ve already happened. At times these are minor things like why my son, who was near the top of his class for science, failed the end of year exam. I found out a week later and while a little...
by Nick Rainsford | 5 Jun 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
Owner Occupied, Investment, Fixed rate, Variable rate, P&I, Interest Only, Offset, Equity loan, Foreign Income, Casual Income, Part time income, Bonus income, Strata title, Company title, Torrens title, Over 55s accommodation, Reverse mortgages, Lending to SMSFs,...
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...
