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Today on the show, we are talking, it's actually a bit, I don't know, when I put these things together, sometimes I'll see a question and then the next question is like, oh, there's a bit of a theme here. But we're talking mat leave. What are we doing with our financial goals on mat leave? Couples and money. How are we managing money? What if there is a couple with a relationship age gap, which is common, it's out there, and investing brokerage accounts. And there was a bit of a scandal in the Facebook group for the community segment of the week. And we'll get to that very soon. But I am joined today by Rach Kroon, host of the This Is Property podcast and my co-author of the book, The Quick Start Guide to Your First Property.
Rach, welcome back to the pod studio. Thank you. You ready to have a crack at this? I'm really ready. All right. Well, do you want to have a look at Anonymous and we'll get the ball rolling?
Okay, Anonymous is 36, currently on maternity leave and receiving 12 weeks of paid parental leave plus a pro rata bonus. I'm planning to return to full-time work in February next year. I earn $140,000 a year plus bonus, share portfolio $50,000, super portfolio $160,000, a joint mortgage of $600,000, the property's valued at $850,000. a joint offset with $350,000 in it. We're planning to sell our current home and buy another property for around $1.5 million. If you were in my position, would you, one, salary sacrifice into super to reach the 32,500 concessional contributions cap? Two, invest extra funds into ETFs? Three, keep the additional money in the offset account, especially with a larger mortgage on the horizon?
For context, I'm a long-term investor and generally don't sell my shares once I've bought them. Keen to hear what others would do and the reasoning behind it. Thanks.
Lots going on here and I'm going to talk everyone through my process of thinking about questions when they come in, more from a financial advisor type vibe or what will Glenn do type vibe. Then I'll get Rach's view. The first thing is when people put questions in the Facebook group and we love it, there is just so much context that isn't missing. So for example – What's the partner earn? What's the partner's age? We want to know, we talk about salary sacrificing the super to the concessional cap. Well, what amount is there between your current 12% SG and the cap? I've just kind of had to assume around 15 grand based on 140K income. And even on that, we don't know if that 140K is a package or base plus super plus bonus.
So lots going on here. I don't know if it's the first child or the second child or the fifth. We don't know that. We also want to know how this 350 of cash got in the joint offset account. Was it an inheritance? Was it saved? Was it – who knows? I'm assuming it was just saved over the years because clearly they're crushing it.
They are crushing it.
I remember commenting on this in the Facebook group and I pretty much wrote along the lines of, what about we pause for five minutes, get you back to work, then we'll put a strategy in place. Like we're literally on mat leave. This episode is up at the end of July. We're recording at mid-July. We record within two weeks of things going up.
You've never been a high-performing woman on maternity leave. Our heads go 100 miles an hour.
I know, and this is why I want to get your view on this because – Number one, our show, the listeners, have a skew towards being high-performing financial people, right?
Yeah.
I get that. I love that. But-
How should you manage extra cash on maternity leave: super, ETFs or offset?
Why – like just in my mind, take the foot off the gas for 10 minutes, just accrue cash for the next six months against your offset like on the mortgage. Then when you're back to work, then when the budget resettles because we've got another child, we're on mat leave, what's the actual figures look like? And they might know the answer to that. But my thoughts, this is what others would do in the reasoning, would be absolutely nothing – We build cash. We enjoy being a mom for the second time or the fifth time or first time.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:06–4:03
2
How should you manage extra cash on maternity leave: super, ETFs or offset?
4:03–9:06
3
What questions should you ask before salary sacrificing into super while on mat leave?
9:06–16:02
4
When is it better to keep funds in offset for an upcoming home purchase?
16:02–49:30
5
How can couples divide money responsibilities when one partner isn’t engaged?
49:30–1:01:53
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What practical tactics prevent resentment when one partner manages the household money?
1:01:53–1:12:32
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