Wow, a quarter of the year had flown by and it just seemed like yesterday that I wrote my first public net worth performance review. As I mentioned in my 2016 year end net worth performance review, every quarter end is an exciting time for me (yeah, I know. I am such a number Read More …
Author: Leo T. Ly
26 Tips To Buy Your Dream Home With Confidence
When I was conducting my research for the “10 passionate Canadian personal finance bloggers to follow in 2017” post, I came across a few interesting/disturbing real estate posts from other blogs related to purchasing properties. As a Realtor, I was curious about how other non-real estate bloggers view the real estate industry and what Read More …
Are You Doing Enough Research When You Purchase Your Property?
For the last couple of years, the housing market in Canada’s major cities had been sizzling hot and there was no shortage of real estate news coming out on a daily basis. Being a Realtor, a homeowner and a real estate investor, I definitely have a vested interest in the real estate market and Read More …
How Far Can You Stretch Your Dollar?
Money, money, money. I feel that I can talk about money with anyone, in any place and at any time. Some people may think that I always have money on my mind and don’t have much to talk about, other than money. Lucky for me, I don’t talk to those people much. I have Read More …
The Final Step To Saving A Million Dollars
It has been more than a month since I started to compose the first step of this million dollars saving guide. Throughout this process, I had not only reflected and learned from my past financial decisions, I had also done a fair amount of research and incorporated new ideas from other personal finance experts Read More …
The Fifth Step To Saving A Million Dollars
In the previous four steps I had covered a few basic topics ranging from pursuing a career with income potential to minimizing consumer debts to harnessing the money growth factors to invest long-term in the financial market. By following the first four steps, it’s sufficient for the average person to develop a good grasp Read More …
The Fourth Step To Saving A Million Dollars
Welcome back! I hope that you enjoyed reading the previous steps and the concepts that I covered. In this step, I’ll be covering more interesting and fun topics than the previous steps (First Step, Second Step and Third Step). Yes, I am going to talk about the financial market and provide insights on how Read More …
The Third Step To Saving A Million Dollars
In the first step to saving a million dollars, I’ve provided insights with regard to maximizing your potential to generate income from your employment. The second step was a little dry (I must admit, not a lot of people like to talk about debt), where I advised my readers to avoid costly loans that Read More …
The Second Step To Saving A Million Dollars
In the first step to save a million dollars, the theme was to research and pursue a suitable career with great earning potentials. For the second step, the central theme will be keeping more of our hard-earned money. In my minimizing your income tax post, I mentioned that “It’s not how much you make. Read More …
The First Step To Saving A Million Dollars
While growing up, I didn’t have the benefit and guidance of a mentor nor a big brother. So I was left to fend for myself and to explore my own career choices when I grew up (I would say that was about the age of 23 or so). Fortunately, I had two things that Read More …