Rent or buy my house? – the property investor test

It’s an age old debate – rent or buy your house.

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The great Australian dream says buying is always better – it is the key to financial freedom. However, over the course of 2013, we’ve seen property prices skyrocket, particularly in Sydney. Median house prices have now reached $700,000, while average rental prices have stayed relatively steady at $500 per week.

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Pocketbook picks Melbourne Cup winner

Tomorrow is the race that stops the Australian nation, and every Australian and their dog will have a way of picking who the winner is.

Every year, I tend to either get an autopick or follow what the top pundits say in the paper. Needless-to-say, I never ever win.

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This year, I’ve done something different. In an attempt to be fact based, I looked back at the history of the race to get better at picking the winner. Here’s what I found…

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Developing Pocketbook for Android

Since launching Pocketbook 12 months ago – there was always a huge calling for Pocketbook to be on mobile. We knew we had to be on mobile – but when we did we wanted to make sure we got it right. First impressions count!

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Our decision to launch on iPhone first was based on stats. We could see more of our users coming to the Pocketbook website from the iOS platform versus Android.

I wanted to give you some background to our Android development process.

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