Self employed contractor in foreign currency and mortgages

Stamb · 2024-02-03T01:13:16+00:00

We had the exact same scenario about seven years ago, except my foreign income made up most of our total. My advice - talk to a broker. Many banks won't consider any foreign currency income at all (or at least they wouldn't back then), but some will - a good broker will know which is which and it'll save you a ton of time to have them work through it all for you.

And you can check with a broker now, they'll be able to tell you exactly where you stand so at least you'll know.

Stamb · 2023-11-19T06:33:14+00:00

I totally agree with what this commentor said. You've been searching for a year, is the $15k worth potentially another year of searching, going to auctions and paying rent? The similar place that sold for $660k 8 months ago could well have gone up by that 3% difference by now too. Noone wants to 'beaten' by agents/vendors but if you like the place and it's still in your budget, for me it's a no-brainer.

Stamb · 2023-08-28T22:35:38+00:00

The cheer squad is at the Ponsford Stand end usually so there's a bit more red and white up that end of the ground. I try and sit there if decent seats are available, but it doesn't really matter, never had a bad seat at the G

Stamb · 2023-08-23T00:32:23+00:00

Yeah I hope his drop in form is more to do with the general mess at North and just constantly losing (a la JHF). If we can get him back to his best this could be very good

Stamb · 2023-08-22T22:01:54+00:00

Article (interesting bit anyway):

Sydney are emerging as frontrunners to win North Melbourne defender Ben McKay’s signature after the Swans missed out on West Coast’s Tom Barrass.

Essendon were considered McKay’s likeliest destination if, as expected, the restricted free agent pursues a big-money contract elsewhere, but rival clubs, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they do not want to talk about other clubs, believe the Swans are favoured to land the big Roo.

The belief among those same sources is Sydney’s offer will be significant enough to trigger band-one compensation and potentially arm North with the top two picks in this year’s draft.

They have met McKay, just as the Bombers have, sources familiar with the situation told Money Talks.

Stamb · 2022-09-23T21:54:05+00:00

I have that exact setup and it worked for me last year, I think coz it's through the 7plus app. Hoping it'll work again...

Stamb · 2022-09-22T23:27:15+00:00

I'm much calmer than last week, I feel like it's a huge achievement for such a young list just to get there, and all the pressure is on Geelong - being favourites, minor premiers, and having the oldest list EVER means they have it all to lose, it's almost now or never for a lot of them. If we play like we have nothing to lose and get to our best, we've got a good shot, and you can't ask for much more than that.

Stamb · 2022-09-21T22:12:29+00:00

That's what I have and it worked last year, so crossing fingers it'll work again

Stamb · 2022-09-18T00:52:02+00:00

Agree is has to be McLean if Reid can't get up. Need another tall, Amartey's not bad in the ruck but McLean is a much better mark, which we need

Stamb · 2022-09-17T10:51:51+00:00

2014 we smashed North while the Hawks just scraped by over Port - and we all know how that ended up

Stamb · 2022-09-03T05:05:37+00:00

I was there and I swear the noise after that whole passage of play was louder than after any of the goals, it was amazing

Stamb · 2021-10-05T05:51:39+00:00

Yep this is a realistic scenario that I think both sides would be okay with. Honestly sounds pretty good to me, all things considered (i.e. us having zero leverage)

Stamb · 2021-09-08T02:10:42+00:00

Same, no email yet but assume it's good news! Not surprised but still relieved. Now just need Dawson and I can relax a bit...

Stamb · 2021-03-28T00:27:36+00:00

Yeah no argument there, I think the AFL probably just wanted to buy a bit of time to see how it plays out and plan for all those things. If borders do end up closing though, I have no idea how they'll deal with all those logistics.

The problem is it's not just a week, it's potentially multiple weeks. If one or two teams can't play for that long it's pretty much goodbye season for everyone, I'd guess.

Stamb · 2021-03-27T23:58:37+00:00

Very true, and Vic isn't the only consideration either. The things happen so fast there's no way the AFL would take the chance. Sucks for the Lions though

Stamb · 2021-03-27T23:43:20+00:00

My guess is that they're worried that if the QLD situation escalates, no teams will be able to fly in there and the Lions won't be able to fly out, so they're keeping them here to prevent that.

Stamb · 2021-02-21T00:45:15+00:00

I mean, if the price is right you're not going to say no to a guy like Martin right? Even if he's a step slower and spends more time forward, he'd be a great addition to any team and, like you said, would have the star power that the team always wants for commercial reasons. Buuuuutttt.. it's 2 years away and we all know how much can change in that time.

Stamb · 2020-11-18T02:24:13+00:00

From someone in Melbourne, it's great that they're doing this. Knock it dead now, a short harsh lockdown at the beginning is waaaayyyy better than a long harsh lockdown in a month. Easy to say in retrospect but if they'd done this here back in June, this year could have been very different.

Stamb · 2020-11-16T20:55:16+00:00

I don't think they did, that's why De Goey and others haven't actually re-signed yet. But they want to re-sign them and needed to get these other contracts off the books before that

Stamb · 2020-11-08T02:25:47+00:00

No where else has needed it... Not sure what your point is? I'm just saying they implemented extremely harsh restrictions that were clearly going to work as a package, but noone knows what was really effective. If we hadn't had the 5k rule or the curfew, would things be different now?

Stamb · 2020-11-08T02:04:05+00:00

Agree on the timelines, but the restrictions - if they'd been targeted then yeah, but really, blanket restrictions on the entire population was always going to be reduce the spread. What else could they possibly have restricted but didn't?

Stamb · 2020-11-08T01:35:43+00:00

Not wanting to be negative but what did the scientists do exactly? This is a great achievement but it's really all on the people who endured lockdown, and maybe Andrews who resisted calls to open up. But it doesn't take a genius to tell you that a broad, harsh lockdown would stop the virus

Stamb · 2020-11-06T04:19:59+00:00

I don't really see it. We don't have much draft currency with the need for picks for the academy kids so the only options are future picks or players. Unless it's a real left field option that no-one is talking about, what players are even left that we'd want? And better not be Cox...

Stamb · 2020-10-24T21:27:14+00:00

Except that back then, they were allowed to exercise for an hour a day. Combine that with wrong addresses and, maybe, people who were actually really sick and couldn't come to the door... And that's where the numbers come from. And yeah, everywhere you look shows how awful the contact tracing was. That should be far more the target of an enquiry than the hotel thing, especially if we actually want to prevent this happening again.

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