Podcast appearances and mentions of christopher zinn

As local businesses plan to increase surcharges this long weekend, consumer campaigner, Christopher Zinn, discusses the fine line between fair charges and excessive fees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether it's eating organically grown food, avoiding fast fashion or divesting your financial investments from fossil fuels, tobacco or companies with a track record of modern slavery, conscious consumers and investors have long voted with their money and changed the world in the process. Investing your money can be complex at the best of times. Investing your money ethically can be even more complicated, with social washing* and greenwashing* rife. In this Eco Chat episode I'm joined by Christopher Zinn. Christopher is a personal finance expert and consumer campaigner at Life Sherpa. He is passionate about ethical investing and believes that empowering consumers with reliable and understandable advice and information they can implement now makes life's goals more achievable. Christopher will share the difference between ethical and conventional investing, how to get started with ethical investing and what to look for in an ESG superannuation fund. *Social washing = a company making misleading claims about the social responsibility of its products or services to position itself in a better light for economic gains and public image. *Greenwashing = a company making misleading claims about the sustainability credentials of its products or services to position itself in a better light for economic gains and public image.   Resources: Follow Christopher Zinn on LinkedIn Life Sherpa

As housing prices continue to skyrocket across Australia the idea of owning your own home continues to remain a pipe dream for many Australian's.  With renting being the only alternative, it begs the question "Is renting a viable lifestyle option?" Christopher Zinn, our guest on episode 3 of The Room Xchange Podcast, believes renting can be a viable lifestyle option is it is well considered and you have a good plan in place.Connect with us: Website | Facebook | Instagram | TwitterAbout Christopher ZinnChristopher Zinn is a consumer campaigner at Life Sherpa, Australia's first online financial advice provider. Christopher's work at Life Sherpa is about replacing the myths and mysteries we can all feel around money with more constructive beliefs.What we discussed in this episode1:20 - Introducing Christopher Zinn2:32 - Christopher talks about how we're all consumers and how the consumer is the most important person in the party whether it's a renter or a house buyer."The consumer is the basic driver of so much of our economy and they need to be recognised as such and that could be a renter or a house buyer."3:17 - One of the first things was renting a home 4:30 - Your rental is your home.  5:00 - How can we negotiate a long term lease in Australia?7:19 - Can renting be a viable financial way to live?7:38 - last year rents went up 8.2% an regional areas went up no longer being able to provide a refuge for cheaper rents.8:25 - In the short to medium term is can actually be cheaper to rent than to buy."Buying comes with considerable costs up front, and you have to maintain it. It does all add up. Whereas with renting you pay the rent and that's it."9:47 - How to create a plan to financially benefit from renting.12:46 - Pros and cons of Rent vesting 15:05 - The future of housing and how it might change with more and more people working from home.19:08 - With more people working from home and using their spare room as an office, it can have an impact on the available occupancy rates for tenants looking for somewhere to live. 20:16 - If you're working from home there should be some compensation for the additional costs.23:45 - Let's remove the stigma of renting."If you make the right kind of investment with the money you save in renting, then the savvy renter can do as well as the householder."24:20 - Renting has got to be more viable because for some people there will literally be no choice. We have to have some tenancy reform. 26:13 - We don't hear the good stories about good tenants and landlords. Only the horror stories on the news.27:40 - Our rental payments Contact The Room Xchange Tweet us at @theroomxchange and @LudwinaDautovic Share a story on instagram @theroomxchange Email us at admin@theroomxchange.com Please leave us a reviewClick here for Apple reviewsConnect on our socialsYoutube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Linkedin Sign up on our websitewww.theroomxchange.com

In this episode we talk with Chuck Schretzman and his wife Stacy about his diagnosis of ALS, also known  as Lou Gehrig's Disease. After playing football at West Point, serving in the Army for 26 years, and raising three kids, Chuck thought his toughest battles were behind him. He and Stacy were ready to step into the next chapter of their civilian lives. His story is the portrait of a true hero and will make you rethink ever uttering the words, "I can't."  Christopher Zinn, one of Chuck's therapists at CORA, will also join the discussion to highlight the role physical therapy has played in helping Chuck beat the odds of ALS and the upcoming 5K our community program, CORAUnites is hosting in October to raise money and awareness for the charity I AM ALS in Chuck's honor.

The cutoff date has passed for private health funds to ask for permission to whack up their prices way above the rate of inflation, so prepare to pay more for health insurance, again. FiftyUp Club ambassador Christopher Zinn joins Nick Bennett.

New research shows that retirees in Sydney aren't selling up and moving out of the city like previous generations did. FiftyUp Club ambassador Christopher Zinn talks about why that might be the case.

Listen to the full show podcast with Ian rogerson and Kayley Harris This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Parkes Elvis Festival. We speak to Cathy Treasure, the Festival Director. We discuss why baby boomers are staying put in Sydney with Christopher Zinn, FiftyUp Club Ambassador. There's a new African safari style experience at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. It's director, Matthew Fuller, explains.

We talk to Christopher Zinn, FiftyUp Club Ambassador, about the Boxing Day sales.

0:00:00IntroductionRichard Saunders0:02:00Dr Rachael Dunlop & Richard Saunders interview Christopher Zinn from Choice Magazinehttp://www.choice.com.au0:36:18James Randi talks about Facilitated Communication041:18THE THINK TANK - Dr Rachael Dunlop, Joanne Benhamu,Eran Segev and Richard Saunders