This is the best day of my life!

This is the best day of my life!

“So, how’s things?” I asked Shane when I met him at the start of the conference last weekend. I hadn’t seen him since last year’s conference. “This is the best day of my life,” he said, enthusiastically. Whoa! I wasn’t...
How the new mortgage rules affect us

How the new mortgage rules affect us

Yesterday, new mortgage rules went into effect that are intended to influence the housing market. The most significant of these, at least for purposes of rent to own programs, is that borrowers now need to qualify for a mortgage at both the negotiated rate with the...
Thanksgiving, when you’re not there

Thanksgiving, when you’re not there

Thanksgiving isn’t as big a deal in Canada as the U.S., where they deliberately planned that Thanksgiving should be the biggest holiday of the year. I think it had something to do with their measure of thankfulness for escaping their English masters....

Travel pushes me to be a better version of myself

Three Aussies, two Germans and I sat at the roof-top bar discussing the differences of nationality. Specifically, the nuances of language. Aussies have their own language, sort of like our English. They abbreviate everything. Not really a bad idea, but when...