In my family, if you’re a guy, it’s just assumed that you’re going to be a truck driver of some sort — each of my uncles on both sides of my family, numerous cousins and my dad are/were all truck drivers (both long and short-haul), shunt…
After taking out a loan, some people do not ask themselves the question: "But what will I do if I will not be able to pay it?". It seems…
Seeing as I was a good little saver when I was a teenager, RBC had no problem giving me a credit card the week I turned 18. I can even remember the first thing that I bought with my credit card — a loaf of freshly baked bread, mmmm. In the months that followed…
Last night I participated in a Twitter chat hosted by Common Cents Mom. One of the questions asked was…
Remember when Tassimo (et al.) coffee machines came out? Remember how great everyone thought they were? You could get a cup of coffee in minutes — no fussing with filters, ground coffee or having to trouble…
Oh man. If there’s anything I love in this world it’s pizza. I know that it’s up there on the list of foods that will kill you buy OH MAN is it ever delicious. I don’t have a favourite chain but I do have a least…
When I was getting towards the end of my Cegep, I thought that it was maybe time to buy a house in Montreal. I had two ok jobs, I had savings and I thought that I wanted to live in my old neighbourhood, close to my parents, forever. Thankfully that didn’t happen because, almost right after…
One of my most popular posts is So You Want to Open a Tim Hortons. This post is from my early days and is a bit more rambling than I hoped it would be but I love the idea of looking at other franchises and how to open them. Today I’m starting with McDonalds, arguably the most popular…
It’s really interesting to me how quickly Canadian consumers embrace new technology. Not even ten years smartphones were non-existent and just slightly more than the majority of people I worked with even had a cell phone. This was my cell phone in 2006, only to be…
Is it cheaper to hunt for meat? 99% of the time, the answer is no. That said, there are a lot of variables affecting how much it will cost. Below, I outline a few different but similar scenarios and give some more reasons as to why someone would want…
For the past few months, I’ve been obsessed with Dealspotr. DealSpotr is a mix between RetailMeNot and Reddit. The coupon site uses its members upvotes (likes) and comments to sort the coupons…
Michael Kitces @ Nerd’s Eye View writes IRS Rules For Paying Investment Fees From Taxable And Retirement Accounts…
For anyone who’s new, I worked in a unionized job counting cash for 5 years ending this past May…
If a loan is intended to improve the quality of life, there is nothing wrong with it. If you want to get a loan with no additional documents, the main…
Those who know me well know that I often get random ideas and become a bit obsessed with them. Today, while walking to lunch, I was thinking about what to do…
The Carnival of Money Pros is brought to you to by the Money Pros Team, and you can submit articles at…
Pauline @ Reach Financial Independence writes 13 money resolutions for 2013: #5 review your expenses! – This post is part…
As you may know, I’ve been a Verified Influencer with Dealspotr for about eight months now. While I haven’t made the kind of money that some users have ($400+ a month!?) I have earned over $200 this year for basically the time I spend browsing the internet while…
Andrea at So Over Debt and Jackie at Money Crush posted what their hypothetical budgets would be on a minimum wage salary so I figured that I would do the exercise as well to give everyone…
Happy Monday! Look, another carnival! Don’t you feel like it’s Carnival time…
I wrote a post over at Chic Darling this afternoon about fake girls. While writing it, I got to thinking about how much time and money these girls must spend on…
TDB @ Tax Deduction Blog writes Before You Say I Do : How will marriage affect your taxes? – Before you…
As a curious person (who should have been an Anthropologist), I’ll often invite myself into certain conversations that interest me. While this practice sometimes backfires, overall I…
Unforeseen expenses can arise in everyday life, for which you do not have money set aside. What are you doing in this case? The logical…
The second lifestyle carnival of the weekend…
We all know the concept of good debt and bad debt:
Good debt = education & housing
Bad debt = consumer debt & cars
Here’s a shocker — good debt and bad debt are highly subjective…
It's Franchise Week on Vanessa's Money! I was in elementary school the first time I had a Subway sandwich and it was absolutely terrible.…