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Considering a short term loan

Money, short term loan, borrow money, loan

Guest / November 9th, 2012 / 8 Comments

This is a guest post. Considering a short term loan? More and more people are considering taking out a short term loan, and if you listen to reports it looks like the number of loans being accepted is going up every day. There are a number of socio-economic aspects that can account for the rise in the popularity of fast personal loans, though there are two factors that seem to stand out above the rest....

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Estimating income and bills

Estimating income, expenses, emergency expenses, bills, budgeting, budgeting income, make a budget that works, budgeting 101, Family and finances, dealing with the family, Making money, extra income, quick cash, side job

CF / July 5th, 2012 / 6 Comments

I’m a little annoyed because I over-estimated my paycheque at my new job. As a result, I’ve had to do some last-minute adjustments to my budget. Part of it was due to uncertainty – not all of my deductions and benefits were processed until recently, for example, so my very first paycheque was inflated. Part of it was due to optimism on my part – I had apparently forgotten...

Posted in: Money Tagged with: budgeting, debt, estimating bills

Family and finances

CF / September 8th, 2011 / 3 Comments

I have a cousin in Ontario who is a year younger than me. She’s always been lucky. I remember that as children, I used to visit her family’s house a lot. She always had the most toys and the latest gadgets. I used to be quite jealous. Then as young adults, her parents paid for her to go to university while I struggled to navigate living on my own, student loans, and credit card...

Posted in: Family, Money Tagged with: debt, family, money

Update: Aug 28 – Sept 3

CF / September 3rd, 2011 / No Comments

Brian and I are moving in a month so this is sort of the lull before the storm. We’ve packed up most of our crap already so we’re hoping so a smooth move. Meanwhile, my siblings and mother were just recently in Toronto visiting relatives. They reported that my cousin (who is a year younger than me) is apparently claiming to be in school 7 days a week for upwards of 12 hours a day. ...

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