The Finance Diaries

How do you handle finances in relationships? Who pays what? How do you split the bills? Should you have a joint account? PRENUPS??

It isn't necessarily an easy topic to first approach, but I promise it's not as bad as you think!

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In this episode, we see it all come together. Interviewing Melanie Chabot of (@extensionsMTL on Instagram) who turned her lifelong passion for hair into her full time job.

Leaving the corporate world behind, Melanie has been consistently growing and expanding her business. In today's episode, she shares her tips and secrets to how she got to where she is today, and how you can grow your side hustle as well!

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Now that everything is in place for your new income idea(s), how do you grow it?

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Okay now that you have the passion, the idea and the plan....I want you to make it happen!

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Now that you have your skills and potential skills list with each having a passive and active income, we do the fun part! 

Planning!

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The first step we need to take in making more money is to find something that we will actually enjoy working on. That step is slightly easier said than done!

How do you figure out what exactly to do that can make you more money?
The first step is here!

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The month of May is going to focus on generating additional income!

Making more money is important because you can have unlimited income, while there is only so much of our expenses that we can realistically cut back on! 

Tune in to hear more about how to find new ways to make more money!

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Have you thought about an income property? Like a duplex or a triplex or a multi-family? 
Here we are talking about what exactly you will need to consider before you become the landlord of one of these:

- The Qualities You Need
- The Considerations for Purchase Price
- The Costs and Expenses To Consider

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How often have you compared yourself to others, or even compared yourself to what you could have been if you made different decisions?

Every day we see people: on social media, on the news, in movies, around us, etc. that made different decisions at different times in their lives.  Does comparing ourselves to them, or what we could have been benefit us in any way? No, it doesn't.

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Unless you haven't been keeping up with events in the last six months, you've probably seen some real estate markets become actual insanity. 

Properties are selling for insane prices. But does that mean you should buy the hype?

A look into the dangers of overpaying for properties!

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