• Build Renovate House
    Construction,  Home Improvement,  Real Estate

    Buying Versus Building a Home

    Buying vs. building a home can feel like a very personal decision, and it’s one that requires a lot of consideration. After all, there are pros and cons to both options. Buying a home might sound easier on paper, but there are still some “fine print” rules to think about. Building your own home gives you the freedom to create your dream house, but it can take a long time and you might run into some construction headaches along the way.

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    Finance

    5 Top Swing Trade Strategies

    Some investors don’t want to subject themselves to the volatility of intraday trading but want to still take advantage of short-term price movements. Such investors would benefit from swing trading where they can hold an instrument for a day or a few weeks. With this kind of investment, you take smaller gains, cut losses quicker, and hold stocks for shorter time frames. For swing trading to work for you, you use technical analysis to get a picture of the trends in the market. When you dive into swing trading, there are strategies that can increase your success rates. From our expert view, we’ve highlighted simple but effective swing trading strategies…

  • Achievement Entrepreneur Money
    Finance,  Online Business

    Ways to Finance a Home-Based Business

    Before starting a home-based business or a small startup, you must have sufficient capital on hand to purchase anything essential you need to start offering your products or services to the consumers. Things like physical office location, necessary equipment, business website, and other office supplies are the basic business overheads that a business needs to pay on a regular basis in order to streamline business processes and operations. Home-based businesses usually have fewer financing choices because most don’t have enough to qualify for a loan from the bank. Fortunately, there is a variety of small business financing options out there that small startups and home-based businesses can assume to meet…

  • Condominium
    Real Estate

    How to Be Smart When Investing in a Condo

    If you’re thinking about investing in a condominium, potentially renting it out to earn some residual income and/or capitalize on appreciation rates, you’re not alone. In many cities throughout North America, condos are owned by people who don’t live in them, typically using them as traditional rentals or vacation properties. In fact, in Toronto, a recent report revealed that over a third of condos there are not owner occupied. Of course, there are many factors to consider when investing in a condo to make the smartest decision possible for your financial future. Funding Your Purchase While rent to own homes are slowly making a comeback, if you plan to purchase…

  • Startup Companies
    Finance

    7 Companies to Keep on Your Radar This Year

    Startup companies are nothing new. Dozens (if not hundreds) of startups announce themselves every day, but hardly any make it more than a year. Whether you're an investor looking for the next big thing, wanting to keep an eye on the competition, or simply interested in learning more about up-and-coming companies, it can be difficult to determine which ones have staying power and which ones to skip.

  • Retirement Money
    Finance

    How to Plan for Your Retirement the Right Way

    Our working lives leads to one point: Retirement. That’s the time when we can finally put our feet up and do the things we enjoy the most. But without proper retirement planning, your dreams can quickly shatter. We’ll discuss a few proven strategies to put yourself in a position to not only retire comfortably but to have more money than you ever thought was possible.

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    Accounting,  Finance

    Planning Ahead – 5 Tips to Help You Create a Financially Secure Retirement

    Most people imagine retirement will be an endless holiday, filled with visits to see friends and family, overseas holidays, and leisurely games of golf. However, many have little to no savings and no plan to build a retirement nest egg that will allow them to make this dream a reality. With life expectancy higher than ever, most Americans should have two decades to enjoy life without work. This means it’s worth starting your retirement fund planning now so you can comfortably achieve all the goals you have in mind. Here are five tips to get you started. Consider a Self-Managed Super Fund Switching over to a self-managed super fund (SMSF)…