In short, a shitload of money. But that is not what you want to hear. So, I will discuss what we paid for our perfect wedding, and what you can realistically get away with if you wanted to keep the cost to have a wedding as low as possible. We got married in May after …
It is easy to over-complicate your investment strategy. It is tempting to invest in each new Initial Public Offering (IPO) because it feels like you are getting in on the ground floor. On top of that, you do not have to pay the transaction cost for buying the shares. So, because it is new and …
I recently found an article that categorises you based on your income. According to this, I form part of the middle-class. I decided to investigate what the middle class South African’s household budget looks like. Then to compare my budget over the last 3 months to each item. This will help me identify areas where …
When you don’t need to submit your tax return With the deadline for income tax submissions approaching fast, everyone is scrambling to submit their tax returns. Not everyone is required to file their tax return, but today I want to convince you to do it anyway. According to the South African Revenue Service (SARS), you …
My savings rate We all make money from different sources. Most of us are simply earning a salary. A few of us have our own companies from which we also draw a salary. The lucky few, even have their own companies that earn money without their presence. That’s the dream. Irrespective of where your money …
The 4% rule Retiring is easy, all you have to do is save 300 times your monthly expenses. This is until you do the math and see that this isn’t walking around money. The 300-times-your-monthly-salary rule and the 4% rule is one and the same thing. Whip out those calculators if you must. The 4% …
The cellphone cost cycle Every second year, like clockwork, we renew our phone contracts. We go in with a preconceived idea of which phone we want and just renew the contract. Never do we compare phones, we simply buy the latest phone from the brand we love. Two minutes later, we have our brand-new cell …
The future cost impact I want to retire early to travel the world. Yes, I know, you can’t go anywhere without someone telling you they plan to retire early. I’m not giving myself an age that I want to retire. I’m still enjoying my job and will continue working as long as I do. Eventually …
How we save Remember when you were young and really wanted that radio-controlled car? Your parents wanted to teach you the value of saving. They offered to pay for half, if you saved the rest. So diligently you put away your monthly pocket money until three months later, you saved enough to contribute your half. …
This is a follow-up article on the article titled why I’m selling my properties, In this article, we saw that you will accumulate about 20% more money by building an income property portfolio. Here are some of the issues with retiring with property. 1) It is a lot of work The first issue that I touched on in …
