MONEY JOURNEYS
When Julian and Sophie met in 1999 they each had a car, a very small amount in savings and no debt. Just 21 ‘short’ years later they have an approximate net worth of $1,500,000. So, how did they do it?
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52. I don’t want a student debt hangover!
MONEY JOURNEYS
Bella shares the realities of student loan debt in New Zealand and how you can meander your way into $85,000 of debt, but it’s far harder to meander your way out again.
51. Family first, live within your means, always have an emergency fund.
MONEY JOURNEYS
Aria and her husband Dave didn’t grow up with much so once they got together they knew they didn’t want to live paycheque to paycheque. When asked what financial independence means to them they said it means “we don’t have to worry about money” and that is a sentiment that they want for everyone.
50. An investor with military precision!
MONEY JOURNEYS
I first heard from Hamish when he sent me an email in late 2020 telling me that back in 2018, at the age of just 24 he had saved up and bought a $379,00 house in Palmerston North with a big deposit of $125,000. No surprises I was pretty keen to hear more from Hamish about the how and the why of this.
49. Everything I thought I knew about money was wrong
MONEY JOURNEYS
“Well this is awkward” I thought when some guy called Chris started secretly emailing me without his partner’s knowledge! Big long emails with tonnes of questions about personal finance, my favourite topic for sure! That is how I came to sit on the sidelines of the transformation of not just Chris but of his partner Rosemary’s financial life.