Investor Philosophy
What is Happiness?
Good question? And, what does it have to do with property investing? Well, let me see if I can make a tie in … Birthday Gift For my birthday last month I received some very nice gifts; one was a book called “Gittinomic$” written by a man named Ross Gittins. Basically, it’s a book about […]
What Would You Do If You Lost Everything?
Setting: Many years ago I watched an interview featuring one of the wealthiest men in the world. Normally, I wouldn’t have been interested but for some reason I was gripped to the television waiting to hear the man answer each question. He didn’t speak English very well and the lady interviewer seemed to be antagonizing […]
What’s the Riskiest Part of any Investment?
This question came up in a book I was reading. One of Robert Kiyosaki’s books. You know the guy; author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. I’ve read most of his books. His answer floored me. It wowed me. It gave me one of those “ah-ha” moments. Do you know the answer? It’s very simple. So […]
Welcome to Coconut Island! Rising Land Prices in the Alice.
I recently wrote an article about the high land prices in Darwin compared to what we pay in Alice Springs. When compared with Darwin, our land prices look cheap. But, this doesn’t take away from the fact that land prices are relatively high and rising rapidly in the Alice. In this article I explore the […]
A Financial Planning Class I’ll Never Forget
Setting: It was early 1982. I reported to my first Air Force duty station. I’d been to six weeks of basic training at San Antonio Texas, then another six weeks of technical school at Shepard Air Force Base (AFB), in north Texas. I’d been trained as a medic. You know, the guys who run around […]