Investing in a holiday home Is it really your great Aussie dream? Read more. It happens every year. You’re strolling down the high street of your local beachside town enjoying a long hot summer with the family when a holiday home in the real estate agents’ window catches your eye. And you start thinking: “If we had our own place, we could go there all year ‘round and instead of contributing to someone else’s …
Household Budgeting- The Best Way To Save Money! Running a household is just like running a business. You have to manage finances and work on money investment strategies to transform a house into home- your dream home! People usually don’t take household budgeting seriously and which is why they may find it challenging to run the house in the limited income. Well here are few tips that can help you manage household successfully without running …
Teach Kids the Value of Saving and Budgeting Money Do you want your children to make the same mistakes with money as you did? Naturally, you want your children to learn from the mistakes that you made when you were young. If you learned the value of saving your hard-earned money the hard way, you should teach your children about the value of saving and budgeting money. Instill good habits in them now, before they …
The top 5 overseas holiday spots Before jetting off, consider Aussie travellers’ favourite destinations. People the world over nominate Australia as their dream destination. But when it comes to jetting overseas, where do Australians choose to go? Does the idea of lounging in a tropical island paradise and soaking up a new culture whet your appetite or would you rather trek through foreign cities or mountain ranges? One thing’s certain, Australians love to travel overseas. …
5 Yesteryear Ways To Save Money When it comes to the world of fashion it’s a popular saying that if anything goes out of fashion in your wardrobe keep it in your wardrobe for a long time and it comes back in fashion. Does the same apply in other parts of life as well? It certainly seems so. In terms of saving money, you might have read tens of blog telling you new ways to …
4 Things You Wouldn’t Think You Need to Budget For, but Need to Do Most people that start a budget tend to overlook some important things such as repairs when making a budget. When the need for a repair arises, they have to take money out of their savings or take money out from other areas of the budget such as money allocated for food. In doing so, it may ruin their finances. Our advice …
10 tips for success in a competitive job market AMP.NATSEM report highlights challenges for young Australians starting their careers If you’re finding it hard to get started in your chosen career—or your kids are doing it tough—you’re not alone. Many other young Australians are in the same boat, with a high proportion of young people working in part-time hospitality and retail jobs, even when they have uni degrees. The latest AMP.NATSEM report[1] shows that …
3 Reasons For Your Credit Card Application To Be Rejected When you go into a bank and want to apply for a credit card, the reason for your application can be very different to someone else. Some people might want it just for the first time to enter the world of credit, while others may simply want to widen their already present credit card range. Irrespective of why you apply, it is perhaps safe to …
How to Give Saver’s Block the Boot Are you suffering from saver’s block? If you don’t know if you are or not, we will list two of the most common symptoms associated with saver’s block. Lack of ideas or never ending to-do lists are two symptoms that lead to saver’s block. The most prominent sign that you have saver’s block is that you lack the ability to save money. Money, at this point, is not …
What Can You Do When Your Partner Refuses to Save Money? Are you the responsible one in the family? Do you wish your significant other was just like you when it came to saving money? Unfortunately, you cannot have everything in life that you wished for. If your partner is bad with money and you are tired of telling him or her to straighten out their act, it’s time that you take the matter into …
