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Common costs of buying property in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK

Purchasing property involves much more than the hammer price or your deposit. Here's every upfront and hidden cost buyers in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK actually pay.

·8 min read

How I used a kanban board to buy my first home

A public Trello board from 2014 that still works: three lists for the process, one for the shortlist.

·5 min read

How I used a kanban board to shortlist and choose my first home

Four columns turned an open-ended house hunt into a decision. Here is the exact setup.

·5 min read

Ditch Excel: what actually breaks when your portfolio grows past two properties

The specific ways a spreadsheet portfolio fails as it scales, and what a structured model does instead.

·6 min read

Stamp duty across AU, NZ, and UK: what actually changes your number

Why the same purchase price produces wildly different stamp duty bills, plus a quick estimator.

·7 min read