As I stated in my article, “7 Reasons Why I Graduated With 2 Degrees and No Debt” I am very thankful for the fact that my parents decided to start a family RESP for myself and my brother. If it wasn’t for the money my parents earmarked for me (about $4,000) per year...
The first thing to realize about RESPs is that they are taxed in the hands of the student and do not add income of any kind to the subscriber. This is intentionally set up by the government because students usually don’t use all of their tax credit room anyway. RESP...
What many people don’t realize about a RESP (and RRSPs for that matter) is that it is a plan and not an actual investment product that you buy. RESPs were initiated by the government to provide people with a tax free incentive to grow investments that are earmarked...
Utilities in any given apartment can add up to be near the cost of rent in some cases. You need your electricity, your natural gas, and your water/garbage removal, so all you can do with those bills is to try to reduce them. For tips on how to reduce your electric...
“It’s not the hours you put into your work that counts, it’s the work you put into your hours.” -Sam Ewing I received pretty good marks in university. I never won university-wide awards or prestigious medals or anything like that, but I did well enough to...