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Scott, Last year on Father’s Day you advised readers to sit down with their father and ask them five questions on…
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Scott, Last year on Father’s Day you advised readers to sit down with their father and ask them five questions on…
Dear Scott, I feel a bit disturbed when a different strategy recently came to my attention. If you don’t have…
What you’re about to read is going to get me into trouble. So I’m going to cut to the chase:…
Hi Scott, My husband has met a new lady friend. We got through Covid without killing each other (or the kids),…
Hi Scott, I’ve known about the Barefoot Investor for years, but I couldn’t buy your book as I was being severely…
Hi Scott, Let me count the ways that ING sucks. Their customer service absolutely sucks. Their security sucks (a four-digit passcode,…
I’ve spoken a lot about how I manage my money … you know, the Barefoot Buckets, the orange cards, and…
Hi Scott, I’d like to learn to do forex cash trading as a side hustle to supplement my income (so eventually…
WHACK! Last week I got the Treasurer to answer readers’ questions, and the verdict was swift and brutal: Old Jimbo may have…
Scott, I struggle to relate to the questions you get. A couple earning $160,000 a year can’t save 20% for…
Scott, Late 2020, hubby and I were renting a granny flat in Sydney for $520 a week. He saw on the…
Scott, Reading Jim Chalmers’ last week set my teeth grinding, but what really made my blood boil and shoot flames from…
Today I’m doing something that I’ve never done before in nearly 20 years of writing this column … I’m letting someone…
Hi Barefoot, My hubby has $85,000 in HECS debt, and I’m wondering what your thoughts are on the HECS-HELP debt saga.…
Dear Scott, We confiscated our 14-year-old son’s phone over a year ago because he was misusing it. It’s been a long…
Scott, I like you. And I like your advice. Which makes me want to give you some of my advice.…
In almost 20 years of writing this column, I’ve never seen anything like it. Just this year, I’ve had the following…
Hi Scott, In your recent column (“Thanks for NOTHING, Barefoot”), I was, like you, shocked when Lisa blatantly decided to stop…
Hi Scott, We had a terrible 2022, starting with listing our apartment for sale in May – right at the time…
Each night I tuck the kids into bed and read them a story. Yet lately … I’ve been cheating. When the kids…
Scott, After becoming Barefoot about five years ago now, my husband and I got our finances in order, saved a nice…
Are we heading for another Global Financial Crisis? That’s the number one question I’m getting right now … and it makes…
Hi Scott, My name is Amira and I’m 10. For Christmas Mum got me Barefoot Kids. Thanks for writing a cool…
Hi Barefoot, Before I read your book I made the mistake of getting a Latitude credit card for a TV. Now…
Hi Scott, My fiancé and I purchased our house in December 2021 and had a fixed rate for two years…
Hi Scott, With another bank failing in the US, it’s starting to feel like 2008/2009 once again. How safe are…
You can’t take my two-year-old anywhere. However, a few Sundays ago I had no choice but to bring him along to…
Hi Scott, Just writing to thank you for your latest book, which I bought for my nine-year-old granddaughter. She has…
Hi Scott, Some years ago my dad was approached by my sister and her ex-husband Larry (they were divorced) to go…
Liz was about to start her first day at a new job, and I wanted to write something encouraging to…