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10 budget-friendly ways to embrace the best of Manitoba this summer Are you ready to get out and about again? Or are you still wanting some armchair experiences? Here are 10 ways for all Manitobans to experience some budget-friendly activities and some of the best our province has to offer. We have all been cooped up for the last 16 months through the pandemic, but with […] Posted in: COVID 19, Family Matters4 min read
New research shows, savings more important when buying a home In the fall of 1997, I moved back home to live with my parents. I had been living on my own since I was 23, attending university, teaching and living abroad. I boomeranged home when I was trying to decide my next career move. While my parents made it easy to live with them, it […] Posted in: Home Ownership4 min read
What Home Buyers Need to Know About Multiple Offers In 1998 my family sold my grandma’s home, a home that she had lived in for 40+ years for $91,500. Back then, there were no multiple offers and we weren’t experiencing a “hot” sellers market. Even so, she would have been astonished at this princely sum. My grandmother had always treated her home with pride, […] Posted in: Home Ownership6 min read
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should: five questions to decide if DIY investing is right for you I am embarrassed to admit that this past holiday season (as well as many before it), I sat and ate an entire box of Toffifee in one sitting. That being said, just because I could, doesn’t mean I should. The same can be said for DIY investing. When I was 18, I got a “hot […] Posted in: Investing
Far away From Family: Three things we can do to protect loved ones from the financial pitfalls of isolation I can remember visiting my grandma well into her 90’s and I always marveled at the phone calls and drop in visitors that she had from family and friends. The phone calls and visits were instrumental in keeping her connected to and safe from the outside world. My grandma had eight children and 46 grandchildren, […] Posted in: COVID 19, Fraud, Helping Seniors4 min read
Couples and Money: Lessons from the Toilet Paper Aisle As a marketer, I rely on the truism of the “two types of people in the world”: for example, there are those who “invest” in a premium brand of toilet paper and those who prefer to save on this necessity with econo-brands. Now follow me – and these two types of people – to the […] Posted in: Family Matters, Guest Blog4 min read