An often overlooked cost associated with buying real estate is the transactional cost. As a first-time homebuyers purchasing a home with the minimum 5 percent down payment, it’s easy to forget to put enough money aside to cover closing costs. Here’s a fact that may shock you – closing costs can amount to anywhere between […]

Beau Humphreys is a Personal Finance Coach and Blogger and host of the Personal Finance Show Podcast. He also runs financialaccounting.ca, a website all about helping small businesses understand the value of bookkeeping and accounting. Beau has quite unique and inspirational story. He was addicted to gambling for most of his life. In fact, gambling […]

If you’re a longtime reader of my blog, you know that high mortgage penalties are the bane of my existence. Well, in  close second are high investment fees. So, when Larry Bates invited me out for coffee and asked me if I’d be willing to endorse his book, I didn’t take me long to answer […]

Judith Cane is Canada’s Money Coach and has worked in the financial services industry for 27 years.  She has worked with hundreds of clients to create a clear picture of their financial situation. She helps her clients build a realistic spending and savings plan through her “Get Out of Debt and Stay There” strategy. In […]

  Kyle Prevost is the founder of the Canadian Financial Summit, co-author of More Money for Beer and Textbooks and blogs regularly on Young and Thrifty, a site dedicated to everything finance related for young adults. Kyle is also a school teacher in Manitoba and has a real passion for financial literacy. In my interview […]

Kate Morantz is a creative entrepreneur and blogger. After graduating from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in 2008, Kate worked in various marketing-and strategy-based roles at large organizations. In parallel, she developed a lifestyle blog as well as a handmade sticker shop on the Etsy platform. In early 2017, she left her […]

I’m thrilled to announce that the FREE Canadian Financial Summit is BACK! More than 25 Canadian personal finance experts will be gathered in one place to share their insights, tips, and secret hacks with us in an online setting. It’s also completely, 100% FREE – and you don’t have to get out of your pyjamas to check […]

One of my least favourite parts of being a homeowner is dealing with wasp nests. For some reason the wasps seem to love my house. Each year like clockwork wasps, hornets and bees seem to find a new place to build their nest on my property. I’ve found nests in my garage and hedge, under […]

Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a bestselling author, renowned professional speaker, educator and popular columnist and television personality. She owns and operates MeVest.ca, a money school for Canadians offering one-on-one money coaching and employer programs. In addition to being a guest of Oprah, Lesley-Anne has made numerous television appearances including CBC, Breakfast Television, The Social, Montel Williams, and […]

You’ve asked, so we’ve delivered! I’m thrilled to announce the release of my bestselling book as an Audiobook. Burn Your Mortgage is now available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Burn Your Mortgage is perfect for listening to while you’re tanning at the beach, jogging, on your way to work or cooking at home. Special Offer – Download the Burn Your Mortgage Audiobook for FREE As a way to thank you for […]