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There is a lot to know when it comes to buying a home. I remember when my husband and I first started talking seriously about it over two years ago. I spent months researching online, reading [...]

In this episode, I share my experience moving away from my hometown and starting over in a new city to jump start my career.

Since my husband and I recently marked our 2 year anniversary of leaving our hometown of Vancouver for the hustle and bustle of Toronto, it got me thinking a lot about that tough first year as [...]

This July 1st — Canada Day — marked 2 years since Josh and I moved from Vancouver to Toronto to start a new life together. 2 years! I honestly didn’t think I could make it to the 2 year [...]

Remember all those months ago when I was so gung-ho about buying a house in Toronto? My HB and I got pre-approved for a mortgage, we got ourselves a realtor, and we dedicated what seemed like all [...]

In the short time my husband and I have been shopping for a house (or condo, or townhouse, god we’ll take anything we can actually afford in this ridiculous market!), we’ve learned a [...]

It’s been about a month since my HB and I started house hunting in Toronto and calling it a whirlwind 4 weeks would be an understatement. We came into it thinking that we’d just see [...]

Last week was a pretty intense week including a home inspection and my first bidding war in Toronto. But let me start from the beginning. Two weeks ago my HB and I went on our third round of [...]

It’s been about 3 weeks since my HB and I’s first round of house hunting and already I’ve learned a lot. Even though I did my homework beforehand (I read books, blog posts and [...]

Last week my HB and I had our first experience house hunting in Toronto. If you aren’t familiar with Toronto’s current real estate market, in short it’s full-on bananas! Houses [...]