I was talking to a person recently who bought a house that seemed like it was about fifteen years old. It was about $50,000 cheaper than buying a brand new house of the same type and so to her it made more financial sense. The interesting thing was the amount of renovation and equipment she
I was talking to a person the other day who worked in a field that required him to do some pretty far-fetched acrobatics. However, by the sounds of it he was getting paid very minimal for his work. As a result, he had an idea to try and find a different industry where he would
I was reading an article today that mentioned how some predicted that the Canadian dollar can possibly go up to about $1.14 US next year. I was then thinking that I don’t really have anything in place that I would actively pursue in order to take advantage of it. Example, for Forex traders they would
I was working with a tax software today that needed updating as it was still set to bill invoices using a GST rate as opposed to the new HST rate. Of course, my first inclination was to go to the manufacturer’s site and find directions as to how to update the software. It was pretty
Today is Thanksgiving here and of course that means the traditional turkey dinners for many. One person was telling me though how he avoided traditional expectations like that where you are expected to buy particular items as he finds that companies bank on that mentality. Example, I guess like in this case he mentioned that
I always joked about it as a kid where it would be neat if you were able to buy real products with monopoly money as I often found myself with a lot of money after various game matches. 🙂 Just today I was surprised to see that while in the train station there was a