In the early days, we as humans developed a system of bartering where if I had one chicken and chickens were plentiful I maybe get a little salt or flour for it, and if chickens and meat sources became scarce, maybe I could then trade it for 3, 4, 5 times the value. I think […]
Continue ReadingHow to fund your retirement – FIRE made easy.
Today we’re going to run over a few of the key components to any retirement but especially that of someone looking to quit the rat race early and sustain their lifestyle from some sort of investment portfolio. Now when I say “investment portfolio” this doesn’t have to mean stocks or bonds it can mean rental […]
Continue ReadingNet Worth Update – August 2019
Welcome to the FindependenceCanada August 2019 Net Worth Update. This is where we track our monthly updates on our quest to a One Million dollar net worth and beyond. We have worked diligently over the last few years to go from having a negative net worth to the position we are in here today, and we hope […]
Continue ReadingWhy you can retire earlier than you think.
Greetings, today we’re going to talk about a topic that has conflicting views – if our personal interactions with other people has any bearing on the general populations outlook. This topic is why you can (or might be able to) retire earlier than you think. To get us started we’re going to use a picture […]
Continue ReadingThe tax free retirement… dream or reality?
So i’ll start this one of with a couple of disclaimers, first off that neither one of us are professional financial planners – so before making any decisions contact your tax professional/planner. The second is that we will use some generalizations in this post for simplicity, if you have extraordinarily high expenses or some other […]
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