Have you ever wondered why a home can be listed for one price, valued at another, lender-valued at yet another price and then sold for a figure that leaves everyone scratching their heads? How can one property have umpteen different prices? How do you know which price is right? Let’s walk through a hypothetical home and […]
Careful planning can help you enjoy a great holiday, whatever your budget. Does it feel like ages since your last holiday? Maybe with responsibilities like paying off your credit card, saving for your first home, or paying back your university fees, your next holiday still seems a long way off… Well, don’t despair. There are […]
At least one in five of us will be unable to work due to injury or illness in our lifetime, yet we’re still more likely to insure our car than our most important asset–ourselves. You might have the attitude ‘she’ll be right’ but looking at the statistics, there is more chance of something going wrong […]
While the government will reduce the amount of money you can put into super from 1 July 2017, the good news is that you could still take advantage of opportunities before the financial year ends. The Australian Government’s May 2016 Federal Budget proposals and several subsequent modifications to its plans around super reform passed through both […]
You may have heard about the tragic loss of Pat Cronin, son of Matt and Robyn Cronin (part owners of Tailored Lifetime Solutions). Pat died on Monday the 18th of April, 2016. A Funeral Service to honour the life of Mr Patrick John Cronin, will be held at Whitefriars College, 156 Park Rd, Donvale on […]
Vale – Patrick Cronin You may have heard about the tragic loss of Pat Cronin, son of Matt and Robyn Cronin (part owners of Tailored Lifetime Solutions). Pat died on Monday the 18th of April, 2016. Below is a message from Matt and Robyn: “It is with the heaviest of heaviest hearts that we have […]
In view of the recent market ups and downs, if you’re an investor, you might be thinking about pulling out of higher risk investments, such as shares, and transferring them to lower risk investments, like cash or term deposits. But if you’ve just started your investment journey, you might not be aware of how investments […]
Due to an obsession with Taylor Swift and then The Carpenters I decided I needed to have a Carpenters’ CD with the full Burt Bacharach medley they performed in the early 1970s. So I went to Amazon and found that it was only on a Japanese Carpenters’ Anthology CD which would set me back $US150 […]
ATM Tampering has become an increased method of Fraud. Here are some information and tips to follow when using ATMs. What is ATM Card Skimming? ATM card skimming is a method used by criminals to capture data from the magnetic stripe on the back of an ATM card. The data is then transmitted wirelessly to […]
Uncertainties regarding the emerging world and specifically China and the US Federal Reserve’s much talked about first interest rate hike have continued to result in volatile share markets over the last few weeks even though most have not made new lows for this downturn.