Two key financial steps to get right early plus, a guide to how much you will actually need to save for an early retirement. Attention millennials: the information below is not just about being frugal. After all, life is meant for living, right? Instead, this blog is about having a plan to reduce your debt and build your wealth so that you can work towards retiring in your 30s. Put it this way, if you start taking some simple steps now to get your personal finances in order, th...

Have you heard about asset protection, but don't know where to start? This Q&A will help. If you're a small business owner, protecting your business assets is a smart financial move. We ask Vince Leone, director business advisory at Wilckens Roche Lawyers for his overview of how asset protection works, and why you really need it. Q. What is asset protection? A. The truth is most small business owners don't understand asset protection and can often make decis...

Sick of multiple logs ins? Is keeping track of your personal finance too time consuming? Find out about the finance apps and online money tools that actually work. Mark Attard spoke with My Prosperity CIO Steve Jackel about exactly how to use technology to help track (and grow) your wealth this financial year. Download the transcript below.     P.S. Read our review of Australia's 3 best finance apps and online tools. ...

Preparing your home for sale sounds daunting. So, we've asked Melbourne property stylist, Georgia K from Designs to Inspire, to share the 5 most important tips to help you get the most from your sale. 1. Declutter and depersonalise Have you dreamt of living in a magazine worthy home with it's perfectly pulled together look? If you have paperwork and books spilling over on the dining table and bills stuffed into drawers, now's the time to declutter! Pack the piles of...

Brett Nelson from Forbes has made a modest stab at assembling the most important questions in business. After 14 years at Forbes studying companies young and old, with various business models and in a host of industries, he says, "if you dig deep enough, nearly every strategy, tactic and in-the-trenches decision stems from the answers to these questions." Ben has listed 23 questions and we have picked our top 5 below.  1. How committed am I? 2. Is my product/servi...