by Michelle Manuel | Sep 14, 2019 | FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
Many years ago I bought a small property as a weekend getaway. I hadn’t caught on to the income generating value of property at that stage and after realising not too many weekend getaways were happening, I decided to rent it out. I wish I could say the property bug...
by Michelle Manuel | Sep 6, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL TALK
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you cannot get more time”. Jim Rohn This is the core philosophy of the Financial Independence Retire Early Movement (“FIRE”). Fire has been the buzzword in the US for a number of...
by Michelle Manuel | Aug 9, 2019 | FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS
If you have money worries and money regrets you are not alone. Most of us love to beat ourselves up about our poor financial choices or we blame the universe, our parents, the government and any other target for the sorry state of our money situation. What we do not...
by Michelle Manuel | Jul 19, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
The most unromantic and unsexy sentence ever written, but one that can add to the foundations of a strong relationship. Much of our romantic lives follow a pretty standard path, first date, the first sleepover, the first vacation and then moving in together. Money...
by Michelle Manuel | Jul 12, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, FINANCIAL TOOLS
As a Gen Xer I grew up in an era that saw the personal computer become a household item, the advent of ATMs and the first forays into creating the brick mobile phone. It is probably an understatement when I say being tech savvy was not my sweet spot. While that was...
by Michelle Manuel | Jul 6, 2019 | FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FINANCIAL MINDSET, FINANCIAL TALK, FINANCIAL TIPS, Uncategorized
I am a real money geek and love all things money, including, sadly, spending it a little too much. If, however, you saw the way I used to treat it you would never have guessed. As soon as it hit my bank account I would do my best to remove it from my life with a...
