Women and Men – Looking at Money Differently
I was reading some interesting articles the other day, and it seems to point out that women want different things from their money than men. Women, crave things like stability, str
Cash gifts come with strings
All monetary gifts come with strings. That is, the ones given while the giver is still breathing and not as an inheritance. Of course this is not everybody, but I’m always suspic
Even with $1M in net worth, I would have been denied a mortgage
Yep. You read that right. If I wanted to go in today, and get a mortgage for a rental property or something, they wouldn’t give it to me. Why? Because banks look at your EARN
Canada Estate Planning for Tax Efficiency Rough Guide
This is a general guide. I came up with this out of some general rules from reading and researching and they are this. RULES There is no inheritance or estate tax upon death Upon d
Money Talk: How many money accounts do you have?
How many accounts (money-related) accounts do you own? I am going to exclude Little Bun accounts because they are under my name but they are his accounts. For my business accounts:
What is the average net worth of Canadians without their house?
I went over the average net worth of a Canadian by each province and major city, but here is the provincial net worth broken down WITHOUT their houses! Houses are a huge part of an
Money Talk: What is your first money memory?
.... surprise surprise the second one had everything to do with candy.
Do you really still need to keep an emergency fund?
Do you really need an emergency fund? Why not just use your credit card in a pinch, and in the meantime, maximize that money by clearing your high interest credit cards ASAP?
I’ll just pay cash.
Banks frustrate the #$&@#( out of me.