If you’ve decided to take the next step and move in with your partner, you might be wondering how you can protect yourself and your assets. If you aren’t thinking about it, you should be– common-law partners are not treated as though they are married by the law, and...
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Costly (and often avoidable) mistakes Ontario homebuyers make
Between the challenges of finding the right house and figuring out how to pay for it, there is room for making mistakes when buying a home. Some errors are unforeseeable, and others are minor hiccups that do not significantly impact the buying process. However, other...
2022 can be the year you define your legacy
As we enter 2022, you may take the time to reflect on the past and plan for the future. This could mean thinking about your legacy and taking care of what is most important to you. Thus, if you haven't done so already, creating an estate plan can be a step worth...
Different Ways to Invest or Earn Cryptocurrency
In our last cryptocurrency blog post, we examined whether crypto is money and concluded that we weren’t quite there yet. Crypto is not a good substitute for money. Nevertheless, it is proving to be an incredibly interesting investment vehicle, store of value and...
Divorce and Estate Planning: What You Need to Know
There’s just no way around it– separation and divorce are difficult, stressful, and complicated. When you finally get the fresh start that you are looking for after separating from a long-term partner, the last thing you wish to be thinking about is death. And yet, in...
What is A Power of Attorney and Why do I Need One?
Drafting a Final Will and Testament is generally accepted as being an important task in one’s life. We all consider what our wishes are for after we die– but what about while we are still living? There are two types of Powers of Attorney: general and continuing. A...
Is Cryptocurrency Money?
In our last crypto blog post, we asked introduced this new section of our blog dealing with digital currency and all things crypto. Naturally, the first thing most people ask when they think of Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency is whether it is some form of money....
Decoding Cryptocurrency & Blockchain- My Personal Journey Into Digital Currencies
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past few years, you have heard of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and perhaps other cryptocurrencies. It's pretty hard not to have heard of them, particularly in the last year. They are everywhere and everyone seems to have...
To DIY or Not to DIY: Why you should hire a professional to draft your will
We’ve all seen countless do-it-yourself projects on platforms like Youtube, Pinterest and Tik Tok; from home renovation to cooking, wedding decor, “life hacks”, construction projects, and everything in between, the internet has us all believing that we can do just...