Buying a property is hellishly expensive. If you’re moving into a bigger house (which we don’t recommend) you might need a few things. This only adds to your costs at a time when you probably don’t have much cash. Robyn found a way around this cost by buying a few choice items from the previous ...

This week, our friend Sally tells us how to save a hunk of cash by moving your home loan to a different provider. I moved my home loan from one provider to another last year as I was able to get a much better interest rate. Obviously there were lawyer fees involved with the transfer, ...

This week our friend Stealthy Wealth shares his approach to tax returns. With Tax season opening on 1 July, I thought I would share my policy on the timing of submitting my tax return. I either submit my tax return at the very beginning of the tax season or at the very end. I base ...

@synapseza recently shared this top tip on taking out income protection. I have an Income Protection/Disability Protection/Life Cover/Let's-add-some-more-complicated-benefit-enhancements-and-accelerators-to-charge-even-higher-premiums product with Discovery. The Income Protection is by far the most expensive benefit of the product. Looking through the policy document I noticed that there is a choice between waiting periods. Of course my broker didn’t mention ...