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This is why school catchments are becoming critical Oct 20, 2019

School catchments have always been important in driving demographics, and how and where families choose to live.

But as the capital cities become denser, this will become more and more so the case.

In Sydney and Brisbane we are now seeing the advent of high-rise inner-city high schools, which is...

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This is why you should think carefully about incentives Oct 20, 2019

Incentives are simply something that is offered to make you behave in a certain way.

And whenever you’re offered an incentive it’s worth thinking very carefully about why that is the case.

If a supermarket is offering you a rewards card, this may be so that the chain can track your...

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This is why averages can be so misleading Oct 19, 2019

Sydney 2019, MasterMind Intensive Workshop

Have you ever considered how misleading averages can be?

For example, if someone told you to walk across a river because it was only 4 feet deep on average, you’d be justifiably upset if it turned out to be 8 feet deep with strong currents in the...

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This will be Sydney’s newest tech hub Oct 17, 2019

I’ve discussed in various posts before why the tech revolution is so important to the global economy, and to the Aussie economy.

See here for more details, for example.

While tech companies could in theory be based anywhere, it seems that Sydney has become Australia’s technology...

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This is our NLW MasterMind Intensive workshop Oct 17, 2019

We’re just getting set up for our Next Level Wealth MasterMind Intensive workshop.

We have a full boardroom for tomorrow, where some of the sharpest minds in the business will be sharing their inner-most thoughts.

I discuss why we get so excited by our Next Level Wealth workshops in the...

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This is how to benefit from gentrification Oct 12, 2019

Housing markets tend to be imperfect, since they aren’t comprised entirely of investors.

And, with a bit of research, it’s not that hard to find areas that are set to improve.

In the case of Brisbane’s Woolloongabba, for example, there are plenty of new apartment developments...

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This is why trees don’t grow to the sky Oct 11, 2019

Mean reversion is one of the most important concepts in finance and investing.

Prices which stray too far from the long-run norm are likely to revert to the mean, or long-run average.

Over the short term, price and value can become decoupled, but over the long run they will always be linked.

What...

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This is how to manage your time better Oct 10, 2019

Under the pump

If you’ve ever felt that there isn’t enough time in the day to do everything that you need to, take heart…you’re far from alone!

It’s said that the average person has about 300 hours worth of ‘stuff’ on their to-do list, from sorting out...

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