Make Money Simple Again – Achieve financial peace in less than 10 minutes a month!

Life has become so fast-paced and complicated. Through technological innovation, we’re connected 24/7, we’re busier than ever before and finding it hard to balance all aspects of our lives – not least the family budget!

Best-selling authors Bryce Holdaway and Ben Kingsley’s new book offers a simple, proven approach that will make money simple again, helping you to spend less than you earn so that you can save and invest for your financial future.

History leaves clues; back in the day our grandparents would receive cash (remember that?) in a paper pay-packet (I kid you not), then they would physically set aside the dollars for ‘rent/mortgage’, ‘food and bills’ and ‘savings’ – often in those old-fashioned flour jars – one for each area of expense. It was simple, and it worked.

Bryce and Ben’s teachings draw on this proven logic of allocating income to various financial commitments, both short and longer term, ensuring you have the right amount of money for today, but just as importantly for tomorrow.

Of course, in our grandparents’ days, there was no ‘tap and go’, no credit cards, store cards or one-click purchasing, all geared to take our money from us. The authors recognise that all these options challenge our financial willpower, but their experience, from working with thousands of people, in all stages of life, over almost two decades prove that their system works.

The MoneySMARTS money management system outlined in this amazing new book cuts through today’s challenges of digital (invisible) money, to showcase a proven, rules-based approach to ensure you are in complete control of your finances.

What’s the BEST prequel of all time?

Star Wars, Terminator, Harry Potter or… Make Money Simple Again?

December 2015 was when we published our first book: The Armchair Guide to Property Investing – How to Retire on $2,000 a Week.

It was our first book and truth be told, our focus at that point in time was simply to raise awareness on building a property portfolio and, more importantly, how to build it right, so our readers would avoid making silly mistakes in property.

At the time, we had started our podcast The Property Couch and realised there were many people out there who were misinformed and making bad investment decisions — even financially crippling ones — so we made the decision to write a book in the hopes that we could reach a bigger audience.

The Armchair Guide to Property Investing is all about the process of building a property portfolio — the psychology of investing, risk assessment, asset selection tips, location research, the buyer’s decision quadrant for success, and much more. It gives readers a full toolkit to be a successful property investor.

We also shared a whopping 18 investment strategies that have worked for hundreds of our clients – and ourselves – over the years. Plus there are six insightful case studies that target very different investors – a young single person, a couple who started investing early, a couple who left it a bit later, a single parent, and a couple with no kids. We built them all unique portfolios, which will deliver $2,000 a week in retirement income!

Fast-forward to 2018 and we realised that we missed a crucial element in the first book… Something we assumed everyone would know. Something we’ve implemented so often that “second nature” meant we overlooked it. Something most Australians aren’t great at…but really should be.

And that something is good ol’ money management.

That brings us to this page.

Our new book Make Money Simple Again – How to Achieve Financial Peace in Less than 10 Minutes a Month is really a prequel to our first book.

It looks at the foundations of good money management habits. Because, at the end of the day, there is no point in building a multimillion dollar portfolio if you don’t know where your money is going.

If you listen to our podcast, you’ve probably heard us talk about it before…we call it The Property Couch’s MoneySMARTS system. And in the book, we take a deeper dive into this highly effective, rules-based system and the 7 steps to achieving financial peace.

 

What We Talk About In This Book

• What is the real problem most of us are facing?
• What’s at stake here?
• The 7 key steps to implementing our highly effective MoneySMARTS system
• Case Study 1: Credit card debt disaster – How to recover quickly from a debt hole
• Case Study 2: Rapid home deposit-builder – How to get your own home sooner
• Case Study 3: Mortgage and debt free – How to slash and burn your mortgage
• Case Study 4: Wealth-builder – How to super-charge your surplus money
• Useful tools to help you implement this system right away

Remember, knowledge is empowering…but only if you act on it!