Monthly Archives: July 2011

Canadian Finance Carnival #47

Debt and Credit Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents 5 strategies to manage your debt levels, saying “Managing debt can be tricky. What would it take for you to dramatically reduce your debt or be debt-free? “ Heidi at Bromwich & Smith Blog presents Student Loans and Credit Problems A Canada Bankruptcy Trustee Can…

Friday Links

Finance Fox points out why it’s never been a better time to be a Canadian. Frugal Dad has 10 ways to skip the expensive gym membership and make your own home gym on the cheap. Financial Highway discovers which home improvements offer the best ROI. Free From Broke tells us how to make more money,…

Hate Winter? Here’s How To Avoid It Forever

Tropical Island Paradise

Canadian summers are altogether too short. It seems like all I have time for is a couple rounds of golf and a few drinks on the patio before the weather starts turning crappy again. With a couple of snow days common in both April and October, that means summer really only lasts 5 months. I’m…

Unexpected Moving Expenses

Moving Van

Sometimes things cost more than you expected. Sometimes, you know that things are going to cost more, you’re just not sure where and how it is going to hit you. We moved over this last weekend, and we ran across a couple of unexpected moving expenses. Thankfully, they were only unexpected in the sense that…

Back To The Basics Of Personal Finance

Personal Finance Income Spending

Lately it seems like more and more people are turning to the internet to obtain their financial advice, and the growth in the number of personal finance blogs can certainly attest to that. Most personal finance blogs have defined their own niche, from sharing different ways to save money, or learning how to invest your…

Acquiring an Affordable Mortgage

Mortgage Word Cloud

The trick to staying in a home is being able to afford its mortgage to start with.  Here are a few tips that you can use to acquire an affordable mortgage for you and your family. Buy a Home that you can Afford According to Realtor, one of the mistakes that a lot of people…

Canadian Finance Carnival #46

Budgeting The Family Wallet at The Family Wallet presents Can You Really Go to a Cash Only System?, saying “Many personal finance experts tout the benefits of going to a “cash only” spending system. They say that making this switch will provide all types of benefits to your financial life from helping you budget more…