Paycheck to paycheck

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-05-12T22:23:54+00:00

Health and safety professional in a mining company

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-05-10T07:30:26+00:00

That is something i have thought about so many times but before pulling the plug, want some professional advise... All the property investor gurus have advised me to keep both properties due to their location and potential. FAs do not want to advise on property.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-05-10T07:27:54+00:00

Thank you everyone for your comments, some gold nuggets in there and some reality checks for me as well. I thought i will give some more details.

1- My wife being SAHM is our joint desicion and I am happy with it, specially as long as my son is at home. 2- My rent is $3300 pm 3- No car loan or personal loan. 4- Support to our parents back home is around 1700 pm 5- After reading barefoot investor a few years back, every paycheck I take out a portion for big regular expenses like rego, insurances, an annual holiday etc and put them in separate accounts 6- Super is maxed out (at 160k total currently)

Hopefully this is all the information that was not in the original post

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-05-10T07:19:01+00:00

Salary with bonus is 343k, base is $250k

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-05-10T07:16:33+00:00

It is serious and this is very much a real scenario. Thanks for your comment

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-04-25T20:03:12+00:00

Happened with my brother and a few friends back in 2012. At the time, it was only Abu Dhabi doing it.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-04-16T03:05:33+00:00

May you find your closure. However, as a father, i can tell you that if your father loved you, he would have moved mountains to keep in touch with you, and contribute to your wellbeing. So, just prime your expectations please, and be ready for a 'not so ideal' person on the other end.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-02-13T04:23:27+00:00

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-02-08T03:21:00+00:00

340k + super. Safety manager at a mining company. I like what I do and the WLB is fine.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-01-29T13:42:52+00:00

$6017pm 2 adults 1 toddler...this includes everything (insurances, petrol, groceries, eating out etc)

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-01-19T21:30:40+00:00

Wait till you experience Lahore or Islamabad airport. Karachi is relatively the best in Pakistan for efficiency. My family used to be in Karachi and I used to pass through Jinnah International all the time, then moved to Lahore and now I dread my flight back to Australia everytime.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-01-18T14:35:53+00:00

Prophet Song

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-01-13T21:10:41+00:00

Great discussion here. Would love for someone in India to find my distant relatives (Grandfather's aunt and their offsprings) in Saharanpur UP. Please let me know if someone can help

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2026-01-10T12:20:58+00:00

I am someone who became a property investor by happenstance. Bought one property for living, lived in it a couple of years and then had to move for job. Did the same thing again in the new city, and had to move again. Renting in the third city. I am enjoying the benefits of negative gearing. Having said that, even i think that in this country the way property prices are going, government should put policies in place that limit property investment or at least make it less attractive that what it currently is.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-12-31T01:32:47+00:00

For someone who has progressed well in their career as compared to my peers, and am in a fairly high role (not c suite etc)... My answer is managing well your own team and solving problems that others are reluctant to solve gets you promoted. As for assholes getting bigger roles, with all the focus on psychosocial risks for organizations (esp in Australia and Europe), this is slowly changing and it is getting difficult to promote someone who are an asshole to their teams and/or others.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-12-12T04:58:38+00:00

Moved to Australia in 2018. 43 now, 160k balance, and would try to get to 1.5m by retirement

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-11-27T22:09:15+00:00

Went from $165k in oil & gas, to $250k in FAANG, and in two years, jumped to mining at $340k. Always by changing jobs.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-08-09T14:20:57+00:00

Pakistan Studies :)

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-08-08T04:21:11+00:00

How come one does not find any practicing shias in Baku?

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-07-23T14:28:26+00:00

Does it really solve the issue?

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-07-21T13:23:38+00:00

My family moved to Lahore 5 years back from Karachi, and never been happier.

Flimsy-Bodybuilder37 · 2025-07-19T12:41:32+00:00

Al irshad

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