T-Bomb: You only have one job  

Truth Bomb Tuesday: It’s as simple and as difficult as that.   There is only one thing you have to do. You only have one job.   To be successful, to live a fantastic life, it all hinges on one simple task.   I know that sounds strange. To most people success feels like building a massive sandcastle […]

T-Bomb: There are no adults

Truth Bomb Tuesday: This is not universal, but it’s common. Having worked with tens of thousands of students over the years, there is really one fact that’s jumped out at me. No two people are the same. Our psyches are as unique as fingerprints. But that doesn’t really help me much if my mission is […]

Inflation fears give way to recession fears – the economy in pictures

See the world through the eyes of an economist. Rental vacancies lifting… a little Data from SQM show that rental vacancy rates across the country are starting to lift… a little. We used to think of a vacancy rate of 3% being consistent with a balanced market, so we’re still well below that. Home sales […]

Revealed: too many suits, not enough tradies

Here’s another reason why we can’t build enough homes. There’s too many suits in the construction sector, apparently. Independent economist Tarric Brooker noted last week that there’s a bit of a puzzle in the construction industry. We often hear how there’s a shortage of construction workers. The big developers are saying that it’s really hard […]

Worst income recession on record – the economy in pictures

See the world through the eyes of an economist. Is the rental boom over? After increasing 30-40% on pre-Covid levels, rents have now posted two months in a row of zero growth. Is the rental boom over? Possibly, but I wouldn’t be betting on it. The annual growth rate, despite two months of zero growth, […]

Home building has become a roll of the dice

Meet one of the unluckiest women in Australia. Imagine having a contract with a builder to build a new home. Maybe you put down a deposit. Maybe there’s milestone payments. And then poof. The builder goes bankrupt. So you find another builder. And poof. They go bankrupt too. No way. That’s exactly what happened to […]

T-Bomb: Read this before you quit your job

Truth Bomb Tuesday: Jobs suck. Let’s not pretend otherwise. What can you do if you hate your day job? Well, the obvious thing to do is quit, but then that lead you to having an awkward conversation with your bank manager… and your power company, and the school fees administrator… and now your kids are […]

Exposed: why I think these are just a scam 

The finance industry involves many talented people trying to get money out of people for nothing.  At the risk of getting expelled (again) from the Finance Industry Insider’s Club, I won’t to expose one of the most common scams in the finance industry:  Performance Fees.   This isn’t so much a property thing. It’s a money […]