Looking back through some old files I had laying around on the computer I found something of interest to myself. I found the very first time I took the time to calculate my net worth all the way back in October of 2017! Back then I didn’t know that I would start a blog writing […]
Continue ReadingFree Hobbies! A crucial part of any savings plan.
I don’t think we’re alone in this when we say that we spend – or have spent a great deal of money out of boredom. You may not realize it at the point of doing so but if you think about it, why is it you go out for drinks with your friends several nights […]
Continue ReadingBudget Time! – December 2019 Budget
Welcome back everyone! Today we’re going to be looking at a different side of the personal finance equation. This side of personal finance is the budgeting side, which according to a lot of people in the personal finance and F.I.R.E. community would consider this to be one of the absolute must do’s if you’re out […]
Continue ReadingA rare sell – Making 40% returns
So today we have a bit of a rare occurrence over at the Findependence ranch. We’ve actually made a sale on one of our dividend stocks! This isn’t something that happens very often as our favourite holding period is “forever” similar to one Mr. Buffett, but we also like to adhere to our rule of if […]
Continue ReadingPassive Income Report – November 2019
Throughout these updates we will go over the previous month’s dividend income, as well as our rolling 12 month projected dividend income and our progress towards our goal of having $50,000 in annual passive income. (More on our goals and the tax advantages of Canadian dividends in future posts). For reference, I received my first […]
Continue ReadingWhere your car is driving your financial future! (Hint: it’s not good)
So I’ve been wanting to make a post about this topic for quite some time but have been unable to find the exact numbers that I wanted to in order to run the math correctly. My problem? There doesn’t seem to be consistent numbers for what the actual average car payment is in Canada but […]
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