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How you can move into a million dollar dream home, today
He doesn’t buy craft beers. She sips Nescafe blend 43 from a tin.
They live in a feral sharehouse, all so they can save $623 a week to put towards their house deposit.
And here’s the kicker:
While they scrimp and save … the prices of properties around them are going up $1,990 a week.
Stuck in Reverse
My daughters swear by your advice and said I should run our problem past you. My husband and I are in our eighties and have had a reverse mortgage for 12 years, without paying anything back.
So My Husband Spent my Redundancy on Grog
I just discovered that my husband of seven years, and the father to my children, has spent half of my $40,000 redundancy on grog and other rubbish. I suppose it’s my fault for trusting this man (a former accountant!) with our family finances.
This could change everything
Let me tell you about Mark Zuckerberg’s favourite book … and how it could change your world. It’s a science fiction novel, written in the nineties, called Snow Crash. And it’s actually become an underground cult hit in Silicon Valley, for reasons you’ll soon understand.
Update: ‘Rich Girl Loses it All’
We met five years ago at a book signing at Dymocks in Melbourne. I told you that I felt like Barefoot was the financial parent I never had. I admitted to you that I was extremely spoiled, always getting whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. That changed when I was 14 and my father died, and I found myself on the streets, where I had $1.92 in my bank account, and was at a crisis point … when I found you.
Anti-Vaxxer Worries About Getting Sick
I have been fired due to vaccination mandates. I wonder how this will impact my insurance within my superannuation? Will I lose my insurance? Or will it affect my permanent disability insurance? What advice do you have for those of us out of work?
I’ve Uncovered an Awesome Travel Tax Rort
I am seeking confirmation of a tax rort that would help everyone who is looking to travel.
Barefoot, You Offer the WORST Advice I Have EVER Heard
I have to respond to your advice last week where the husband had lost $57,000 trading crypto. That was literally the worst ‘non-advice’ I have ever heard in my life! You don't even know what he was trading, for one.
So My Husband Revealed His Debts
After I finished your book I asked my husband to come clean on our finances, as we had had separate accounts.
Let Me Entertain You
At the park, my kid started playing with his kid, so we began chatting. He told me he was in the ‘lifestyle marketing’ business. I told him I was in the ‘fat lambs’ business. Meanwhile, his wife appeared to be working very hard on taking photos of their kids.
The Seven-Year-Old Financial Advisor
I am a seven-year-old who lives in Tasmania. I have read all your books and shared them with my mum.
Top of the World
Hi Barefoot,I’m in the fortunate position of being about to receive a windfall on the sale of my business of $10 million. This is great but I don’t want to stuff it up from here!
My latest phone trick
Liz walked into the bedroom with tears in her eyes.
I glanced up at her and my heart went into my mouth: she was waving a stick at me with two lines.
“You’re pregnant?! Again?!” I screamed.
I’m Going to KILL him
My husband of 12 years finally fessed up. He has been trading crypto coins and has lost $57,000! This was money our family of five was relying on to upgrade from our tiny three-bedroom home.
The Scented Candle
Three years ago I bought your book when I could least afford it, with six-figure debts written on my fridge door. I took you and the book to dinner every week as I was dying inside and out.
My Son is a TikTok Star
My 15-year-old son owes a lot to homeschooling. He became super creative and started a TikTok profile @tcezy uploading weird, dark and mysterious content. He has amassed a huge 5.7 million followers in just over a year.
Help Me Get My Hubby’s Money
Two weeks ago, my husband had a workplace injury that left him with a shattered skull and in an induced coma. He is now in an acquired brain injury unit. He is making progress each day but the long-term impacts on him, his work and our life have yet to be discussed.
The best Christmas gift under $30
Christmas shopping sucks, right? Not for me. Years ago, I cracked the Christmas shopping code: I buy people books.
How to beat surging food bills
Around the farm, everything seems to be more expensive. Yet nothing more than fertiliser, which has skyrocketed in price since I’ve been away, and is now at an all-time high.I know what you’re thinking: “Dude, is this the Romsey Rag’s Farm Report or something?”
This is How a Heart Breaks
We can’t buy a home. My fiancé and I both earn good money. We have a healthy deposit and budget and want to buy so we can start a family.