Australia’s Best Value Rewards Program The Whittlesea Region Community Rewards Program is a localised version of a nation wide rewards program similar to  others that you may be familiar with like the Entertainment Book. It does however come with some…

Start Up A Business On a Budget If you want to start a business on a budget, your going to want to follow these tips. Truth is cost it the number 1 factor when you first get started. Whether it’s…

Playing the Car Insurance Game Every year I enjoy playing the car insurance game. It goes a bit like this. My premium jumps a huge amount because I got it so cheap the year before. Call them up and ask…

Why Start A Business? There are three ways to generate wealth: save more than you spend from your wage, invest your savings in something like shares or housing and growing a business that generates profit. You should definitely be aiming…

Cheaper House and Contents Insurance Insurance is one of those horrible pains in the neck. You would rather do with out it, but thoughts of fire burning your house down mean you pay up. And I recon we all have…

$50 for Every Victorian Household The Victorian government are giving every Victorian household $50 by registering and using the Victorian Energy Compare Website. You don’t have to change energy retailers, just register your details and bank account and use the…

Forget Net Wealth, Think Income Producing Wealth Net wealth is often bandied about as the primary measure of wealth. It’s the reason to give yourself a big pat on the back if it’s a pretty big number. The problem though…

Low Cost Holidays Here’s a few tips for low cost holidays. Holidays are one of those items that can really break the bank. Accommodation is expensive, flights, car rental, activities, eating out, special treats…..it all adds up. Sure they’re fun…

Should you Buy or Rent? It’s the age old question. Should you buy or rent? Now, I’m an Aussie and our housing situation is very different from say the US or Europe. But many of these realities are true the…

How To Create a Budget You Can Keep There’s no point creating a budget that makes no difference to your spending. Like a failed new years resolution you really needn’t have bothered. So here’s a guide on how to create…

(updated dec 2017) Want to get the cheapest mobile phone plan in Australia? We all need a mobile but usually spend way too much on a mobile phone plan with the latest phone on a contract that you can’t get…

Here are a few of my share picks for 2018. Like everyone else I have no idea where the share market is headed in the short term. But these are some of the shares I’m keen on and own. As…

The Purpose of Budgets Budgets are meant to stop excessive spending right? Get you on track. Rein in your spending. Limit extravagance. Well, that’s only half the story. You see budgets have two purposes, not one. Sure, one purpose is…

Kogan: Australia’s Amazon Kogan  is the Aussie amazon equivalent. And is one of the few companies that will be able to take on the retail giant at its own game as it launches in Aus. I like that Kogan is…