How to know when you’re financially ready to buy a home
1. You have done the math between renting versus buying If you are blindly assuming that you are ‘throwing your money away on rent when you could be building equity’ without having done the math of...
View ArticleThings to ask a Potential Landlord
These things to ask a potential landlord all hinge on a key fact: you have to have some choice as a tenant. If you are living in London, England, you are probably begging and pleading and brown nosing...
View ArticleThings to ask a Potential Tenant
Last week we looked at Things to ask a Landlord, from the point of view of the tenant. If you are a landlord, go take a look and offer up that sort of information. As a landlord, if you do not know the...
View ArticleNever Lock Yourself Out Again With This Easy Solution
I live in a condo building. All of the front doors in the building are auto-locking. That seems like kind of a handy feature, especially in a town where half the residents never lock their houses,...
View ArticleHow to Do Housework More Efficiently
Scrubbing toilets, vacuuming floors, sorting through the pile of mail, these are all chores. Sometimes, I don’t mind chores. Most of the time, I hate them and they always seem to be outstanding, never...
View ArticleThe Cost of Living in Winter – Heating and Such
Last time, I ran through some of the costs of living in winter, on the clothing front. Today we’re going to look at the cost of living in winter for heating and such. You can layer yourself up in...
View ArticleHouses are 353% More Affordable in Halifax than Vancouver
I’m sure that I’ve mentioned it before, but I commute to and from work with a group of people. Lots of chats happen on the van, like the one where we were dreaming of winning the lottery, which was...
View ArticleIn the UK, house prices have started to drop. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
When you hear that prices have started to drop in your area, you might grow nervous. If the cost of houses is dropping, then you may find yourself in trouble if you are planning to put your house on...
View Article5 Ways to Prepare for a Major Renovation
Have you ever considered ripping apart your whole house? Not a rage induced destruction path, but a planned out, on purpose ripping apart of your whole home. A renovation. The cost-conscious of us have...
View ArticleInvesting in Real Estate: 4 Tips for Beginners
Real estate is often the market of choice for many beginner investors. Real estate is a well established market that is accessible to anyone without requiring expert knowledge. As a result, the average...
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