Barefoot Investor
How to save $77,641 off your loan
GET the banker off your back and take control of your mortgage, writes Barefoot Investor in week 3 of the Ultimate Money Saver Guide.
Tax time hardly a big worry
IF you’re that preoccupied with paying tax, you’ll almost certainly attract a spiv with a plan to radically reduce your tax, warns the Barefoot Investor.
How to cure your financial hangover
THERE’S every chance your first credit card worked out about as well as your first foray with vodka. Yet the difference is that a financial hangover can last for years.
Business is no bed of roses
WANTING to get into business with your ex-girlfriend — in the hope of winning her back — is not a sound path to success, writes Barefoot Investor.
Challenge to fill your bucket list
ONCE a week, for the next four weeks, Barefoot Investor is offering his Date Night Challenges to help you manage your money.
Separate paths to nowhere
A COUPLE needs to have a “date night” to sort out their finances and decide whether they want to share their money or separate, writes Barefoot Investor.
Get out of debt — start now
MAKING your money work for you is still the best way forward, writes the Barefoot Investor.
And the winner is ...
WELCOME to the Fogey Awards for 2016 — the annual awards celebrating the characters who’ve managed to put a bit of showbiz into the all-too-sensible world of investing. writes Barefoot Investor.
Don’t let emotions get exploited
GET yourself into a good financial state instead of letting institutions exploit your emotions for their own gain, writes the Barefoot Investor.
A novel way to find the perfect present
IT’S almost one week to Christmas and you haven’t bought any presents for your loved ones. Don’t fret, Barefoot Investor has the answer — books.
Terminal, so how to claim cash
FOLLOW the right strategy and you can get an early super payout for a terminal medical condition so you can have more family time, writes the Barefoot Investor.
Barefoot Investor: How to deal with haters
AFTER 12 years of being in the spotlight, Barefoot Investor has a PhD in dealing with haters. Here’s what he has learned about dealing with doubters.
Uncouple from the man-child
IT’S time to look at sorting out a financial mess by getting out of a marriage to a little boy who can’t be trusted with a credit card, writes Barefoot Investor.
Daughter only cares for cash
A PARENT should take steps to ensure an entitled brat doesn’t get an inheritance they don’t deserve. A charitable trust would be an option, writes Barefoot Investor.
Best and worst ways to get money advice
GETTING financial advice is the same as to dating in your 20s, ‘play the field’, writes Barefoot Investor.
Medicine not about money
PLAY to your strengths and don’t choose a career just because it offers lots of money. Work at something that suits your abilities, writes Barefoot Investor.
How to avoid first-homebuyer blues
LET’S talk about the two biggest mistakes that first homebuyers make. Scott Pape explains how to prevent the biggest purchase of your life become your biggest regret.
The best way to budget for a baby
PLANNING to start a family? The Barefoot Investor explains the key financial considerations and gives his tips on budgeting for a baby.
Trump will have zero effect
DON’T get too upset about the possible consequences of Donald Trump’s win. The US election result has zero effect on where I am investing my money right now, writes Barefoot Investor.
An eye on the future
SHIFTING assets into a spouse’s name to qualify for concessions is a good idea but don’t pay out super transfer fees in the process, writes Barefoot Investor.
How would a President Trump affect shares?
THE Barefoot Investor has had a lot of questions about what will happen to the share market if Donald comes up Trumps. So here are his thoughts.
Mamma wants her freedom
BAREFOOT Investor Scott Pape answers readers questions on investing, earning, saving and reducing debt.
How do you know if it’s good advice?
IF most people can’t tell whether they’re receiving bad investment advice, what’s the solution? Barefoot Investor Scott Pape has a few simple rules.
Granny is feeling a bit flat
BAREFOOT Investor tackles the topics of making plans for the future as you grow older, cashing in shares and paying off the mortgage.
When investors are over a barrel
THE Barefoot Investor this week revisits schemes in what he describes as a finance catastrophe version of “Where Are They Now?” And yes, some involve cows.
What are you holden out for?
IF you’ve got a burning money question, or you want to win a fight with your hubby, shoot over to barefootinvestor.com and ask a question.
Is there a way to fast-track your first home?
A STORY about a former pizza boy going from earning $10 an hour to owning 14 properties has sounded Barefoot Investor’s bulldust detector. So he called him up and had a chat.
Home in the heart, not head
BUYING a home is both a financial and an emotional decision. So producing a spreadsheet to argue renting is better will not win the argument, writes the Barefoot Investor.
Who will lose most in a cashless society?
THERE’S five times more $100 notes in circulation than $5 notes. Drug dealers and tax cheats hoard them. But a cashless society won’t hit only criminals, says Barefoot Investor.
Vow not to tie the knot with debt
IF you’ve got a burning money question, or you want to win a fight with your hubby, shoot over to barefootinvestor.com and ask a question.
