Having bought property in 2001 at 19 years old, I get asked this question at least once a month: Could a 19 year old do the same today, in 2016? My short answer is: yes, they could. I’ll outline how in this post. The far more important question is: if they could,...
By Lacey Filipich BEng(Hons) MAICD Cert Gov (NFP) ‘Thanks for seeing me without an appointment. I’ve received offers of 3.99% variable on my loans from three other banks. I’d like you to match that.’ ‘The other gas company has offered me a 20% discount for the next...
By Lacey Filipich BEng(Hons) MAICD Cert Gov (NFP) Next year I’ll be clocking up my 20th as a submitter of tax returns. That’s twice as long as my relationship with the father of my children – a looooong time in my book. Over nearly two decades, I’ve seen the methods...
By Lacey Filipich BEng(Hons) MAICD When I saw Joe Hockey on the news in March suggesting that superannuation (super) may one day be available to help First Home Buyers get into the property market, my jaw dropped. Could it be possible that our country’s most senior...
By Lacey Filipich BEng(Hons) MAICD Having bought a property in my teens, I am asked time and again by students and those early in their career how they can do it too. To those aspiring young property magnates, I say: bravo! Thinking about wealth creation in your teens...
When I opened the interview with Erica by explaining I wanted to blog about her experiences building homes, I said she’d built a lot. Her response was, ‘Oh, I don’t know about that.’ She’s built 18 houses in her life. Call me crazy, but that’s my definition of ‘a lot’...
