by Joseph Francis | Jul 23, 2018 | Bank Fees, Bankruptcy, Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Investing, Joseph James Francis, Lines of Credit, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Saving, Saving Money, Student Debt, Student Loan, Student Loan Debt, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Monday, July 23, 2018 Are You Addicted to Debt? Debt is a big business. The average Canadian household has over 20K in consumer debt. That doesn’t include mortgages, where the number owed by Canadians is over 2.1 Trillion dollars. Kind of scary isn’t it. The question,... 
by Joseph Francis | May 11, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Debt Consolidation, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Joseph James Francis, Lines of Credit, Money, Money Coach, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Friday, May 11, 2018 10 Ways Having Bad Credit Affects You We all know that we need to keep our credit as squeaky clean as possible. What we don’t know is how having bad credit can impact us negatively in the future. Right when we are getting out of high school, banks... 
by Joseph Francis | May 9, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Debt Consolidation, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Insurability, Insurance, Joseph James Francis, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7 Terrible Forms of Insurance There are many forms are terrible insurance products out there. There is a hard-fast rule when it comes to insurance: If it is offered by the bank, it is usually garbage. I always recommend saving your money and... 
by Joseph Francis | May 7, 2018 | Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Dave Ramsey, Debt, Debt Consolidation, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Joseph James Francis, Lines of Credit, Money, Money Coach, Saving, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending
Monday, May 7, 2018 10 Tips for Paying Down Credit Card Debt Credit Card debt has become the bane of our generations existence. I remember my first credit card. I was 19 years old and the bank was more than happy to give me a card with a $1000 limit even though that... 
by Joseph Francis | Apr 16, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Credit, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Insurance, Investing, Investments, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Minimalism, Money, Saving, Saving Money, Tax, Taxes, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Monday, April 16, 2018 Start Your Financial Spring Cleaning We are now entering the third week of April and although Spring has officially been here for almost a month, in Canada, winter is trying to hold on. Despite this, warm weather will be here soon and with that... 
by Joseph Francis | Mar 16, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Dave Ramsey, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Investing, Joseph James Francis, Money, Saving, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Friday, March 16, 2018 The Real Reasons for a Rainy-Day Fund I speak about it all the time but there is a reason for it. Before I got into the financial industry I saw the effects first hand. Not having money for a rainy-day was a bad place to be. It wasn’t a big deal... 