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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you willing to invest in oil company stocks if you had the money? A new poll commissioned by Edward Jones revealed only 23% of Canadians would! Whereas Calgarians were most likely to invest in oil at 40%, Quebecers were the least likely group at 10%. Why? Why are 77% of Canadians not interested in [...]
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In this post I’m trying to get my arms around some VERY BIG concepts. Feel free to comment and disagree, but please realize that with 1,000 words to work with I can’t cover every perspective to the depth I might otherwise wish to. I’ll also acknowledge my bias towards formal education: I have 9 years [...]
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A while ago I reviewed Rob Carrick’s excellent book – new book “Rob Carricks’s Guide to What’s Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today“. I managed to get a copy of his previous book, “How to Pay Less and Keep More For Yourself: The Essential Consumer Guide to Canadian Banking and Investing” out [...]
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So your little darling is going to a post-secondary educational facility once they finish high school. Hopefully you’ve already verified that their school is eligible for RESPs. The big question now is how to access some of those dollars that you have saved up in an RESP account for them. RESP Withdrawal Kindle eBook I’ve [...]
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This post is part of a five-part series about tenants leaving a condo and finding and screening the new tenants: How to screen tenants Screening Tenants – Advertising and Showings Screening Tenants – Filling Out Applications Screening Tenants – Credit Check Screening Tenants – Lease Agreement And Repairs Repairs Alexandra and Rachelle had more good [...]
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With the hot weather we’ve been in enjoying in Toronto, it’s hard to believe that September is only a few weeks away. September will bring changes to the temperature as well as school for younger folks. It will also bring my announcement of the big project I’ve been working on, and big changes for this [...]
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This post is part of a five-part series about tenants leaving a condo and finding and screening the new tenants: How to screen tenants Screening Tenants – Advertising and Showings Screening Tenants – Filling Out Applications Screening Tenants – Credit Check Screening Tenants – Lease Agreement And Repairs Credit Check Check out Rachelle‘s excellent post [...]
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This post has been written by Mike from Green Panda Treehouse. He is a financial planner and run several finance blogs within his online company. If you like this post, make sure to stop by Green Panda Treehouse and subscribe to his RSS feed. When I contacted Mike to write a guest post at Money [...]
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This post is part of a five-part series about tenants leaving a condo and finding and screening the new tenants: How to screen tenants Screening Tenants – Advertising and Showings Screening Tenants – Filling Out Applications Screening Tenants – Credit Check Screening Tenants – Lease Agreement And Repairs Application After showing the apartment to potential [...]
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Jay wrote in with an interesting RESP strategy that I thought I would share; He writes Our child has a (roughly) $25,000 RESP and will begin attending post-secondary in September. From what I’ve read, we don’t have to provide receipts for expenses, we just have to provide proof of enrollment to begin removing funds from [...]
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Hope you had a great “holiday” week. I managed to get my home office setup. I’ve been blogging from a laptop on my couch for the past 3 years and I decided that having a proper workspace would help with productivity. I’m also hoping it will allow me to set “office hours” so I can [...]
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The RESP Book: The Simple Guide to Registered Education Savings Plans
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America is still hurting from the recession. Unemployment is high and the economy is not doing well. The country is just not growing fast enough to handle the large numbers of unemployed people. People who don’t have jobs, tend not to have much money. People who don’t have much money, don’t spend much money. The [...]
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