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How to Help Your Adult Child Buy a Home PART 1
Can You Help Your Adult Child Buy a Home?
Shameless Spender
May 31, 20242 min read
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Treat Yourself and Be Wise
The tips below are standard reminders EXCEPT I suggest you take 5-10% and treat yourself or your family. It's easier to make wise...
Shameless Spender
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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How to Avoid Tax Induced Crocodile Tears
To avoid income tax surprises, at the end of each year review how much income you made versus the tax you paid in that year (these...
Shameless Spender
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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New WFH Employee Tax Form T2200 Required
The flat-rate method for employees who worked from home is not available for 2023. You did not need to get a form from your employer. If...
Shameless Spender
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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Families get a break on dental for under 12 children.
Apply for the Canada Dental Benefit (CDB) The Canada Dental Benefit is designed to help lower dental costs for eligible families earning...
Shameless Spender
Jan 15, 20241 min read
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Become Retirement Ready!
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of life with all that’s going on - work, relationships, and raising kids - it is very...
Shameless Spender
Jan 10, 20241 min read
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Time to Dig into Your 2024 Paycheck Changes
YOUR 2024 CANADA PENSION PLAN CHANGES Maximum pensionable earnings will be $68,500 (up from $66,600 in 2023) 2024 employee and employer...
Shameless Spender
Jan 3, 20241 min read
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Build Healthy Money Habits: Reduce Impulse Spending
We all experience a little dopamine rush when we buy something that makes us happy. You can learn and practice healthy habits to be wise,...
Shameless Spender
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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Terminology: Tax-loss Selling
There is a lot of terminology to learn in the "money world" so I have decided to occasionally provide little snippets regarding...
Shameless Spender
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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Gift Your Adult Kids: Money Management for Couples
Buy a gift certificate for your couples who are "STARTING OUT" and help them build their life together without saying a word! A strong...
Shameless Spender
Nov 29, 20231 min read
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$7000 More Room to Save
The TFSA contribution limit for 2024 has been officially released. That limit is $7,000, up from $6,500 in 2023 and $6,000 in 2022. The...
Shameless Spender
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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A 40 year Mortgage Could Be Your Ticket
Those of you who are looking to buy a home and obtain a mortgage in the next little while need to know there's a NEW option: a 40-year...
Shameless Spender
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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How did a pandemic impact living options for those 60+?
Many of you would prefer to stay in your own home and “Age in Place”, as we call it. Let’s talk about your choices.
Shameless Spender
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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To Downsize or Not to Downsize? That is the Question.
Retirement is more than just a date - it's a new stage of life. There are many questions to answer while retirement planning and where...
Shameless Spender
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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How to Grow Money Without Gambling!
Which destructive money management habit can you change to a helpful one? We all have money management habits that are damaging. Here are...
Shameless Spender
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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Not Perfect Money Choices? That's OKAY!
Are you ashamed or afraid to ask questions about your money management? You don't need to have done all the right things or made the...
Shameless Spender
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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Let's get to Maui without going in debt!
It is a great feeling to have found "your person". Can you keep that bliss and go on vacation or will your triggers keep you home? "I...
Shameless Spender
Nov 11, 20222 min read
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Will they thank you for the "Starting Out" gift? YES!
Now that your son or daughter found "their person" help the couple learn—as a team—how to make sound financial decisions to build their...
Shameless Spender
Nov 1, 20221 min read
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Steps to Sharing the Load: Fight-Flight-Freeze
When money challenges pop up how do your react? Some of you might get angry then blame an institution, a spouse, the government, a...
Shameless Spender
Oct 28, 20221 min read
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Child Birthday Party Reset, Has It Happened?
Post-Covid we are marching into new frontiers in all areas so can we revamp birthday parties? We often do things because we're afraid to...
Shameless Spender
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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