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Why It’s Important to Think About Your Finances in Your 30’s

——- Whatever the goal, reaching age 30 is a turning point for many people. Whilst it may mean life is getting more serious, most thirty-year-olds are keen to retain their individuality and remain determined to have fun. But a little planning can make this age even more enjoyable. The following […]

Control your debt before it controls you

Debt can be a wonderful slave but an unforgiving master. Australians have an extraordinarily high level of consumer debt. It fuels our lives. For example, the number of credit card transactions in just the month of January 2015 exceeded 174,000 – valued at more than $22 million! ($7.49 million of […]

Is it time to diversify your property portfolio?

Many investors are looking to minimise risk with predicted property fluctuations occurring nationwide in 2015. The easiest way to reduce the risks in stagnated or declining markets is to diversify your property portfolio. So what does this mean? We all know the saying “don’t put all your eggs in one […]

Couples Managing Their Budgets

—– It doesn’t matter whether you are married or not, if you are in a partnership with someone, share money and a home together, then you are in the same boat. Dealing with money as a couple is different to dealing with it as a single unit. Money would have […]

The Tax Effect on Deceased Estates – what you need to know

—– Although death duties were abolished in Australia many years ago, a number of tax issues remain which must be handled effectively by legal personal representatives (LPR) such as the administrators and executors of deceased estates. Benjamin Franklin once famously said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and […]