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Money & Mind

Amit Parmar

In today’s Saturday Spotlight, I asked Amit Parmar — Commercial Realtor, Multi-Industry Operator, Investor and CMHC Multi-Family Mortgage Broker — to

2 min readMar 2026
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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

1 min readFeb 2026
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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

2 min readFeb 2026
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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

2 min readFeb 2026
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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

2 min readFeb 2026
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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

2 min readFeb 2026
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Hiding Money From Yourself

Last week, we talked about the emotional friction of money — why your nervous system might stress when you try to spend. This

2 min readFeb 2026
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