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The Cost of Looking Successful
When income is not where you want it to be, the logical move is simple: cut back. Protect cash. Adjust. But if
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Canadian tax for owner-managers — the practical, plain-English take, read with a coffee.
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The Weight of Knowing Better
The heaviest financial shame I see doesn't come from a lack of knowledge. It comes from knowing too much. I
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The Financial Confessional
Over the last three weeks, we've talked about how our money stories make us hide our wealth from ourselves. This
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Amit Parmar
In today’s Saturday Spotlight, I asked Amit Parmar — Commercial Realtor, Multi-Industry Operator, Investor and CMHC Multi-Family Mortgage Broker — to
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Structuring for Peace
All week, we have been looking at the spreadsheet. We’ve unpacked how high-achievers play “Financial Hide and Seek” — trapping cash
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The Equity Bridge
Yesterday, we talked about how traditional business owners go broke waiting on Accounts Receivable. But for the heavy real estate investors I
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The Timing Trap
When a new client comes to my firm, the first thing they usually do is slide their last year-end financial statement
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Asset Rich, Cash Poor
I’ll call him Bobby. He’s a composite of several brilliant entrepreneurs I work with, but his story is very real
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The False Bottom
In the first year of building Compass CPA, besides repaying my capital investment, I didn’t draw personally until the end of
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