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KiwiSaver's "Free Money"

We are well and truly into the New Year, the financial year is drawing to a close, but did you know you could greet the New Year with some free money? Alex explains.

Fixed vs Floating: In a World of Unknowns and What Ifs

Is Property Investment the Answer for Retirement?

Property can support retirement, but it is not a guaranteed income plan. Test cash flow, debt, diversification, liquidity, tax and your eventual exit.

Money Can't Buy Love, But Love Certainly Buys Money

‍A relationship might start with fancy meals, jewellery and other over-priced romantic gestures, but when they end we’re suddenly not so giving with our money and property. Graham recommends getting things in writing sooner rather than later.

Two Top Tips for Buying Your First Home

Funeral Insurance: How to Avoid the Guilt Trip

‍Alex wades into the murky waters of funeral insurance vs. life insurance to bring some clarity to a conversation often thick with emotion.

5 Tricks to Maximise Your Home’s Sale Price

An afternoon’s work can go a long way to making your home far more appealing to potential buyers. Kylie gives her top five tricks for putting your property’s best foot forward.

Why I Went to the Sevens, not Guns N’ Roses

Graham shifts the discussion away from interest rates and LVRs to something far more important: Would you rather win a free ticket to the Sevens or Guns N’ Roses?

Is it too Late for New Year’s Resolutions?

Even if you’ve already slipped up on your New Year’s resolutions, Graham argues that it’s never too late to look at your life as a whole, dream some goals and create new habits to achieve them.

Fixed vs. Floating: What is Going on With Interest Rates

How to Nag Your Mortgage Broker

The Marathon Blog: Stroke Victim to Ultra Marathon Runner

At the time of reading this, Brendon Ojala will either be a happy, though very sore, ultra marathoner, or in hospital somewhere … and slightly more sore.