The Power of Three

April 4, 2011 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Everyone usually gets two paychecks a month. Usually there are two income earners in a household. Two seems to be a pretty standard number when it come to home economics. But what if this was to change to three? What … Continue reading →

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Extra Income Streams

September 29, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

I still have that crazy goal of having a net worth of $1 million by the time I’m 40. I detailed the basics of my plan in this blog post. If you notice in that post I only managed to … Continue reading →

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All Maxed Out

September 27, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

“I’m all maxed out.” Most people would associate that statement with either credit card debt or fatigue. Well I had a great night’s sleep, so I’m not tired. I don’t have any credit card debt, so what in the world … Continue reading →

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Looking At Top Searches

September 7, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

I wanted to have this topic go up on the site on Friday. However, due to work and the fact that I was dead tired from working a 12 hour night shift, things didn’t get scheduled quite right on the … Continue reading →

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Bartering

July 7, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Last nice at the Gail club meeting we attend, the topic of Bartering came up. What is Bartering? Bartering is simply trading one thing for another. Say I have a goat and I want a chicken, if I can find … Continue reading →

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A Pay Raise is Still Great

April 15, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

I found out I got a pay raise. Before taxes it is a 2% increase over the salary I was making. When we factor in the fact that the 2% annual raise is split among all my pay checks it gets … Continue reading →

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Work Without End

April 9, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

That’s it I’m Done. I’m not going to work today. I worked more then enough hours yesterday. I sometimes find that I’m doing too much for the company I work for and not spending enough time at home enjoying life … Continue reading →

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New Mortgage Rules

February 18, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

We’ve all seen the result of too many people over extending themselves into too much credit. I’m not going to try to figure out if this was due to overconsumption or just people using credit to keep the lifestyle they … Continue reading →

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Bonus Tax

February 17, 2010 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Well I look at my pay stub this morning for my pay check on the 19th. Once again I’m going to highlight that I hate taxes. I’ll be bringing home a lot more than I normally do, however with taxes … Continue reading →

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Why I hate Tax reforms

December 16, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Today I want to tackle George Keeming’s comments on my blog post about the HST. I have gone to his website http://sites.google.com/site/thetruthaboutthehst/ I have read through the site. There are pages that are blank on that site. The site does state … Continue reading →

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Getting a Raise? Becareful…

November 16, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Last Friday I spoke about getting a raise. I spoke about how great it was and what it would provide us in a dollar figure amount. $1,500 is pretty good, I could buy some much-needed parts for my car. I could … Continue reading →

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I’m Getting a Raise

November 13, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Today in Pay day and I’ve known about this raise I was going to get for some time. The raise is $1,500/year. When I checked my pay stub I found that no raise was on there. Turns out the system takes … Continue reading →

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Freedom Funds

November 11, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

A few personal finance authors out there talk about freedom funds or a freedom account. I want to explore what my magic number needs to be to quit work and never have to worry about another bill with our family. … Continue reading →

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Another Day Another Dollar

November 9, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Some days it just feels that way. Another day, another dollar. Monday’s can be especially hard on me. So here we are on a Monday and I’m feeling it. No, I wasn’t out drinking last night. But I did have an … Continue reading →

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Income Splitting

October 13, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Today I’m going to get a little political. What is income splitting? This is the act of assigning income earned from one spouse to another, such that combined they pay less tax. Basically if a couple each earned $30,000 they … Continue reading →

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Loans That Like To Give You a Beating

October 8, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Everyone these days has seen them, cash advance stores, payday loan shops. I often wonder how these companies can stay in business. I wonder even more how someone can go to these companies to get a loan. If I jumped … Continue reading →

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Working Through School

October 4, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Many people have done this. They find out that the course load they take allows for some free time during the week and they flip burgers or get a job somewhere to try and make ends meet while in school. … Continue reading →

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The Pay Cheque That Never Was.

October 2, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Currently we are a single income couple with no children. My income is our only source. I currently get paid bi-weekly. We usually only budget 2 pay cheques for a month since that is what we normally have each and … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Living Myth

September 28, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Cost of living allowance, a small raise to keep the average working stiff happy. In my personal opinion if you are going to place your nose to the grind stone you deserve to get so much more than a small, … Continue reading →

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Extra Extra Read all about it!

September 19, 2009 | Posted by Jason Drummond

Working extra time is a great way to increase one’s income. Whether it’s taking a second job, or just working longer hours at your current job. I often wonder why some people are opposed to grabbing extra work. One excuse … Continue reading →

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