Self-Employed

How do you pay bills and put away some money for retirement when your income fluctuates? It takes planning and a little math, but you won’t be surprised by those big bills.

Every year it’s the same thing: I go through my box of receipts, separate work-related items from the personal, and then give it to my accountant to sort out for my taxes. This year, I made … Read More

Flickr: conversely As you probably gathered from Alyssa’s post last week, 2013 was another big year for Ratehub.ca – especially on the content side of things. On top of producing new education centres – including one for investment … Read More

Flickr: fleecircus The following post is by Jake Abramowicz, a mortgage agent with Mortgage Edge in Toronto. People are turning to self-employment in increasing numbers, perhaps not by choice but by force. In fact, as we try to exit … Read More

Flickr: fleecircus Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, it’s been tougher and tougher to qualify for a mortgage in Canada. With the maximum amortization period now capped at 25 years, and housing prices reaching unaffordable … Read More