Tag: Maya Fisher-French
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How to hunt down the home of your dreams
The problem is the concept of a perfect house in the first place. Even if you build your own home, as I learnt from experience, cost limits are always going to mean compromise. So how do you find your nearly perfect home at the perfect price?
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The cool secret of my office love affair
I am in love, a love that I never thought possible. After all who in their right mind could fall in love with their office?
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Ten ways to keep your money promises to yourself this year
Aiming to be debt-free by the end of the year or to make your first million will probably be off the rails by March. My strategy is to select a few easy to implement financial changes which still have an impact.
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It Takes a Couple of Million to Raise a Child
According to financial planner Sydney Sekese, it costs around R90 000 a year to raise a child, with the bulk of those costs involving education, clothing and extramurals such as ballet and soccer.
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Why I’m Not Sending My Smelly Son to Boarding School
When my 11-year-old son announced that he wanted to go to boarding school, my friends were aghast. I suspect images of the Spud movies were racing through their minds.
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Love, Money, and the Cinderella Complex
Considering that money is the biggest reason for divorce, how you handle money as a dating couple could be a predicator of how you will manage money as a committed couple.
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How You Can Avoid Financial Armageddon This Year
I would love to find the household whose living expenses only increased 6.3% over the last year. What I do know is that our household expenses have increased on average by at least 10%, if I take into account the rise in the price of petrol, electricity, school fees, medical aid contributions and our monthly…
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The High Cost of Tying the Knot
Marriage is a contract between parties, and few parties are as significant as the one you hold on the day you get married. “For richer or for poorer,” runs the pledge, the latter being the likelier option once you’ve tallied up the bill.
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Don’t Miss David O’Sullivan’s Iris Session About Wedding Budgets!
Big Days cost Big Money. That’s why planning a wedding is one of the first, financial challenges most couples tend to face once they decide to tie the knot – especially if they’re planning the wedding of their dreams.
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The financial Armageddon we call ‘the festive season’
Remember those days when you looked forward to Christmas, waking up to gifts under the tree and the family feast? When did that all change? Probably when you started paying for it, writes Maya Fisher-French