The Outlier Model

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Updates: Feb 24 – March 2 (and an awesome giveaway!)

Brian / March 2nd, 2013 / 12 Comments

We took a bit of a break on the giveaways, but couldn’t resist the prize offered up by our latest contest – a Canon Rebel Ti DSLR Camera! I’m not a camera geek, but I really wish that I had something of this quality to bring on trips around the world. We wouldn’t need to spend anything on art or wall hangings, you can just use photos! We’re also running a dedicate Facebook-only...

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Quit Smoking, Become a Millionaire

Guest / March 1st, 2013 / 7 Comments

This is a guest post. If you’re interested in guest posting with us, read our policy. Investment and finance author Paul Claireaux DipPFS has produced figures estimating how much a smoker could save if they quit at a young age. The projections originally produced in the Investors Chronicle, show that a 20-year-old quitter, who invested the average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes (£7.60) in to...

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Owning and refinancing a rental property in the US

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CF / February 27th, 2013 / 17 Comments

While working in academia in the past, I have had the chance to work with people from many different parts of the world. At my previous position as a software developer at a university, I had the opportunity to meet a young graduate student from Arizona. She was appalled at the cost and quality of rental units in Vancouver and regaled me with stories of cheap property and rental possibilities...

Posted in: Real Estate Tagged with: Arizona, Flagstaff, landlord tips, owning foreign property, Rental income, Rental propery, renting vs buying, university rentals, US rental property

How much will a cruise cost?

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Guest / February 26th, 2013 / 6 Comments

This is a guest post. If you’re interested in guest posting with us, read our policy. Cruise holidays are many people’s idea of the dream holiday and it isn’t unusual for individuals to save their hard earned money to be able to afford to go on a cruise holiday. Photo credit: quinet via Fickr However, once you have paid up and booked your cruise of a lifetime, the spending, unfortunately, doesn’t end...

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