Aussie Firebug

Financial Independence Retire Early

 

A lot to cover for August.

 

We finally had price movement in our properties with one going up $16K?, one dropping by $22K ? and one not changing at all.

 

It feels like it’s been forever since there was a price change. But in reality, the last price fluctuation was 7 months ago in January which isn’t that long really.

 

Property is like a big cruise ship. When the price goes up or down it takes a while for the ship to change direction. You’re not going to see prices zip up and down quickly. It usually takes a few months for a significant wave to build up and change the course of the ship.

 

The sharemarket, on the other hand, is a ballet dancer. Jumping, bounding and leaping up, down and sideways with no warning.

BalletBull

 

We had another influx of cash into our account from an event which I have hinted to in past posts. I still can’t give away details yet but there is a post coming in the future which will go into detail about ?.

 

We are so close to hitting the $100K in our ETFs. We’re currently at $99,705 and it feels like the sharemarket is just toying with us.

 

We set a goal last year around July that we wanted to get to $100K worth of ETF’s and then reassess what we wanted to invest in next. Pretty stoked to have achieved this goal ($300 off but c’mon) within 13 months.

 

We’ve already had the chat about what we’re going to do next and we both agreed that pouring more $$$ into ETF’s made sense.

 

I love real estate, but when I look at the current climate in Australia there are very few places where I think we could make money without a lot of risk and hard work.  I’m a buy and hold investor. I don’t have the skillset, experience or desire needed to flip, renovate or subdivide in this market and come out ahead majority of the time. There’s too much at play right now for us to put so much capital into property especially when there is such a great alternative for us which requires no skill or experience to make money.

 

I’m talking ETF’s of course.

 

Don’t get me wrong, you can still make money in the current climate but you better know exactly what you’re doing. Because the yields just aren’t there for me in the capital cities and I don’t want to put in the work required for sweat equity.

 

If Australia does have a property crash and the yields get back up towards 6-7% in the capitals (especially Syd and Melb) I hope that we have enough spare cash to grab a bargain. If the banks are lending money that is…

 

Net Worth Update

 

$16k from an IP and -$22k from another. About $1.7k added to Super accounts. $5k into ETFs as per usual with ETFs adding an extra $500 through capital gains. We also had an additional $7k from another source which I’ll write about in due time. We saved well this month too but the majority went into ETFs.

 

On a side note. We broke our $10k streak which lasted 7 months!

 

That’s 7 months in a row where we managed to add at least $10k or more (sometimes a lot more) to our networth.

 

Sad the streaks over but I knew we couldn’t keep it up forever…for now at least ?

 

Properties

 

Finally some change in our properties!

 

One IP went up by $16k, one went down by $22k and one stayed the same.

 

 

*DISCLAIMER*
Various data sources (RP data, Domain.com etc.) are used in combination of what similar surrounding properties were sold for to calculate an estimate. This is an official Commonwealth bank estimate and one which they use to approve loans.

ETFs

ETFs moved about $500 upwards. Pretty good months.

Networth

 

Download My Networth Sheet

Download my personal spreadsheet I use to calculate my net worth each month

GET IT 
Australian FIRE Calculator
Send it!
close-link
Get Calculator!
Get FREE Aussie Firebug updates, tips and tricks, and exclusive content!
Subscribe
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
close-link
Download My Networth Sheet

Download my personal spreadsheet I use to calculate my net worth each month

GET IT 
close-link
Subscribe
Subscribe

Stay Connected!

Join others who get FREE Aussie Firebug updates, tips and tricks, and exclusive content!
SUBSCRIBE
close-link