We’ve regularly written about the dangers of real estate spruikers because we’ve seen the damage they can do. Fees are built into the sale price meaning the buyer is significantly underwater from day one. The property is usually in a poor area, so capital growth hasn’t occurred. A few years into being a real estate […]
On the 5th and 6th of March 2018, we held our semi-annual conference in Melbourne at The Royce Hotel. Bob Fowler opened the conference, welcoming several first time conference attendees, two prospective advisers and a large number of existing FYG Planners conference faces. Attending for the first time since joining FYG were Thabojan Rasiah of Rasiah Private […]
The latest investment fad is over. Bitcoin went from euphoria to revulsion inside of three months. Only a reality television marriage could turn uglier at a faster rate! The proof comes in the form of this chart we’ve compiled that contrasts the weekly Bitcoin price with weekly Google search interest in the term ‘Bitcoin’. The […]
Last week the media were excitedly reporting on a man named Noah who claimed he had traveled back in time from the year 2030. Noah had some great stories to tell about the future and had even passed a lie detector test apparently. Among things he’d seen from the future were the re-election of Donald […]
Back in the early 2000’s there was a rash of media coverage about safe rooms or panic rooms. It was an armoured room built inside a house where the occupant could ride out a bad situation while waiting for law enforcement to arrive. The rooms became prevalent among wealthy people who lived in urban areas […]