Sometimes it seems people are in the money race to retire, comparing who has more money saved, who’s making the better investments, who has bigger goals and it becomes a whirlwind of dreams and a fixation that many get sucked into. When I was writing my post about pre-paying the mortgage last week I started to…
Further down in this Net Worth post update I talk about our long-term goals one of which is building/buying a final home or purchasing a rental home. I actually fuelled the desire last week when searching the multiple listing services (MLS) outside of our current city in a smaller up and coming town. The house…
Early retirement is simply the process of retiring before the standard retirement age and often refers to retirements that start decades before the typical age. An early retirement aims to provide the maximum free time during our best years of life. After all, what is the point of saving bucket-loads of money for retirement only…
Contributor: Nurse Frugal at Ladies Go First Paying off the Mortgage early, that’s what we’re doing and here’s why. I vividly remember the day when I came home from work and my husband was sitting behind the computer with a perplexed look on his face. He looked up at me and asked “I don’t know,…
ACCOUNTABILITY AND BUDGET RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONAL FINANCE Healthy financial habits including the use of a simple budget are important in every relationship especially since money is the number one reason for divorce in Canada. Perhaps you’re saving up for something special like a wedding or a holiday together and you want to save as much…
