Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Attention first-time home buyers! Are you overwhelmed with the idea of buying your first home? Don’t worry, so was I. It was a crazy, confusing time in my life, and I really learned a lot about myself, and the entire process. I just wish I had more information from the beginning. Enter: RateSupermarket.ca’s First Time Home Buyer’s Guide. They just launched a brand new section on their website called LEARN. One really helpful tool is their First Time Home Buyer’s Guide. Think of it as kind of like a two-week bootcamp to get you in shape to buy your first … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you would have probably seen my angry tweets over the past few weeks about how hard it has been to try and find a talented, reliable WordPress designer. After I contacted 7 different designers (and having only 2 of them contact me back), going so far as to search “WordPress designer” in Google, and even posting an ad on Craigslist, I was about to give up. Then, my blog saviour (Mike Smith, @blogdesigner) entered the picture. I guess he had found one of my angry tweets on Twitter, and contacted me to offer … Continue reading →

Monday 5th – Vancouver Island $48.15 Wild Play (with 50% off coupon) $7.18 Starbucks $14.58 Silk Road Tea $77.60 ferry $24.03 groceries Tuesday 6th No Spend Day!  Wednesday 7th No Spend Day!  Thursday 8th $68.14 Pax-Am Records $2.50 Translink $5.18 McDonalds (iced coffee x2) $2.50 Translink Friday 9th + $1,000 freelance/side income $25 SilverCity Theatre (movie tickets x2) Saturday 10th $160.10 IKEA $39.11 gas $11 car wash Sunday 11th $46.10 groceries WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $531.17 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $1,000 TOTAL: + $468.83 Well I killed it with side income this week. I brought in $1,000 and billed out for an additional $1,700. I should … Continue reading →

I don’t recall my first interaction with Nancy Zimmerman (a Canadian money coach), but she has been a wonderful personal finance friend for as long as I can remember being a part of this community. So when it came time for her to launch the It’s Your Money program on her website, Your Money By Design, I was eager to take a look at it so that I can share with you what her program is all about. The It’s Your Money program is for those who need direction with their finances. If you spend more than you earn, are living pay cheque to pay cheque, maxed out … Continue reading →

NOTE: Today’s guest post is provided by Sensei at BankNerd.ca, a finance blog with the goal to inform Canadians on information related to the banking industry. You can follow them on Twitter (@BankGuru). A few months ago we saw Google unveil their Google wallet, which is a digital wallet that allows users to make purchases with nothing but their phone. Now you might be asking yourself, what can a digital wallet really do for me? Realistically, you have gone practically your entire life keeping a wallet on your or purse, and it my have never dawned on you that it … Continue reading →