Despite an apparent turnaround in the economy, in the first half of this year one in five Australian families have still had difficulties paying their bills and many have been forced to seek help from family and friends during the economic crisis. A new Australian Government report released yesterday, reveals that a frightening number of […]

We love to hear feedback from our site visitors and particularly our members.  The good feedback reinforces that we are doing at least some things right – but we especially like to hear what we are doing wrong as it gives us an opportunity to improve.  Here is a small selection of some of the […]

In September, Channel Nine will be broadcasting a brand new television series called “Money for Jam”  that’s all about ideas on how to put more money back in your pocket. As you are probably aware the saying “money for jam”  means easy money. Your “bread and butter” relates to your regular income and “the jam”, […]

Often we are asked what type of people use SpaceOut and for some of the reasons why people use us.  We are getting in touch with members and will be relating some of their “stories” on this blog in the future, but in the interim, I’ve outlined below a selection from some of the many […]

I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of days with some Empty Nesters at a 70th birthday on the weekend. I was amazed at their feedback on the Spaceout idea. It seems they had seen the article in the local paper and had a heap of ideas of how they could make money from […]

Queenslanders spent $8 Billion renovating their homes last year – and coming up the end of this month (24-26 July) in Brisbane is the HIA Renovate & Build Expo – which is undoubtedly going to trigger the start of a whole new batch of renovation projects. Although it’s been quite a few years since I […]

We are VERY excited to announce that as of 22 May 2009 we have made all SpaceOut Listings FREE for everyone!  So right now, you can create your own Space for Rent or Space Wanted listing for absolutely nothing – and it will remain active for up to 3 months. We’ve decided to offer free […]