As Mr. Cheap announced yesterday, our blog partnership has come to an end.  It’s been a great three years and I only hope that he continues to write elsewhere, so I can still enjoy his posts. Future direction of Money Smarts Blog My plan for Money Smarts Blog is to make the blog more focused [...]

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Money Smarts Changes

by Mr. Cheap on August 31, 2010

Mike recently hinted at some upcoming changes and got frequent commenters intrigued. In the past, it’s often take us a couple of stabs to clearly convey changes to the blog, so this is my half of the description of what’s happening.  Mike should be providing more details tomorrow. Mike recently called me up, reminded me [...]

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Relatives Battling Over RESP Money – Who Gets It?

by Mike Holman on August 30, 2010

We have an interesting RESP question asked by Bea – who shall henceforth be referred to as “Grandma B”.  Here is her comment: Who supervises how the resp is spent–can a child remove all the funds and not use them for education–I am a grandmother of a family who have resp grants from me–I hold [...]

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The Toronto heat wave is finally over. I think it started sometime in February? Lots of big announcements regarding Money Smarts Blog next week, so make sure you come back and check them out. One announcement on Tuesday and another on Wednesday. My wife sent me a couple of great quotes regarding inactivity this week [...]

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How to Get More Comments on Blog Posts

by Mr. Cheap

One of the best things about blogging is the comments readers leave. Far more than other publishing mediums, blogs allow the writers to get closer to having a dialogue with their readers. On a number of occasions I’ve talked to people about comments, why readers comment and how to get them to do so more. [...]

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Reader Question About Using RESP funds For CEGEP Education

by Mike Holman

Dillon recently left a question about using RESP funds for CEGEP on my RESP withdrawal rules post.  For those of you who don’t know, CEGEP is an education program which students in Quebec must complete before heading to university. Here is his question: Hi, I am 16 years old and going to be attending CEGEP [...]

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A Modest Income Tax Proposal

by Mike Holman

This article was written by Rachelle: a real estate guru who works as a property manager and helps investors find rental properties in Toronto and surrounding areas. She has recently started a very interesting blog called Landlord Rescue. You can subscribe to the RSS feed here. In the wake of Mike pulling the controversial post [...]

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Real Estate Appreciation

by Mr. Cheap

One of the things I find interesting about human cognition is how we handle different intellectual tasks.  Catching a ball is an INCREDIBLY tough task on the surface, the catcher needs to:  estimate the ball’s current location, estimate it’s current direction and speed of travel, apply the force of gravity to it to determine its [...]

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