Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Personal Finance

  • Managing Family Finances in 2023

    Managing Family Finances in 2023

    As we come to the end of 2022, many of us are taking a look back at the previous twelve months and are coming up with resolutions for the twelve months ahead. 2023 presents us with a blank page, ready for fresh starts, better habits and a better quality of life in general. There are…

  • 4 Tips You Need To Finance Your New Family

    4 Tips You Need To Finance Your New Family

    The cost of starting a family can be astronomical. Between buying a house, paying for preschool and college, and planning for the future, it’s easy to see how parents can find themselves pinching pennies. However, if you’re looking to start a family in the near future, there are plenty of ways you can save money…

  • Using debt to increase your wealth

    Using debt to increase your wealth

    This post was originally written in April/2016, at that time I was into real estate and I had a lot of real estate debt. I paid it all off and made an acceptable profit on it. Go to the bottom to see updates on following years. I owe a lot I owe more than $500,000.…

  • Free transportation for seniors in Montreal

    Free transportation for seniors in Montreal

    One of the biggest expenses for anyone is transportation. Some people pay up to $1,000/month for transportation, car, insurance, maintenance, gas, parking, etc. I rely a lot on public transportation and for me, I pay about $70 per month between car sharing service and public transportation. But for seniors, transportation is now FREE in the…

  • Tips for saving up enough money to relocate

    Tips for saving up enough money to relocate

    So you’ve seen some luxury villas for sale in Turkey and want to start saving to buy one? We don’t blame you! Saving up enough cash for a big purchase like that isn’t as hard as you may think. Sure, it can take some time, but with the right amount of patience and hard work…

  • I gave up my car because of parking tickets

    I gave up my car because of parking tickets

    There were many reason why I was considering selling my car, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was a parking ticket. I forgot to move my car from one side of the street to the other and when I came back to my car, there it was, a beautiful parking ticket, a request…