A little over a year ago my wife quit her job to focus on her home-based business. This move was incredibly beneficial for our family life, freed up tons of spare time, while also being financially solid. In this three-part series, I’ll relate how we got started on the path to building the business, the […]
Today is the day you become a better negotiator
I regularly save thousands of dollars on big ticket purchases because of lessons learned from a 10-week negotiation course. In this post I’ll give you the basics so that you don’t have to sit through long classes like I did. I also learned a lot just from life experience, so you get that benefit as […]
Life Insurance. As a dad, you need it—here’s how to make the process relatively painless.
During the euphoria of expecting your first child, it’s bound to hit you—the realization that you now actually need life insurance. Once this realization hits you, all manner of frightful worst-case scenarios blow through your mind: You get hit by a bus tomorrow and leave your pregnant wife without a husband. The bus hits you […]
How to have a simple wedding
When I got married in a simple wedding two-and-a-half years ago it was the happiest day of my life, only to be later eclipsed by the birth of my daughter, Victoria. My wedding was simple, elegant, and memorable. We got married at a Catholic church and had our reception in the Old Mill in Toronto, […]
Part 2: Rent Vs Buy? The Real Reasons to Buy a House
This is Part 2 in the “Rent vs Buy” series. You can find Part 1 here. When reading one of these “rent vs buy” articles, there is usually an offhand remark about how there are “intangible benefits” when you own a home. I realize that by “intangible”, these finance writers are referring to “non-economic” reasons […]