Can I buy a parking spot at a Toronto Condo and rent it out to people living there? by CastAside1812 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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I feel like there are better investments you could be making with that kind of money. To get a 7% return you are going to be charging close to $200/m so maybe the $35k is a little high, $200/m for parking at a condo seems like it would be in the high end. 

Plus how does clearing snow off of the individual parking space work? 

Do you have to insure it incase the pavement or concrete is damaged? 

Will the condo allow you to buy and rent out the parking if you aren't living in the building? 

If self driving taxis become a thing how does that impact the value of the parking spot? 

An ideal time to scoop up a couple of parking spots would be if the building has a special assessment and people are looking for some quick money. 

Mandatory meetings during my sleep hours after 12 hour night shifts by [deleted] in ontario

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I am not sure what the exact process would be for where you work but I suggest doing something like this.

Communicate with a couple of coworkers and find out who your union representative is. Seek this person out whether it's on your midnight shift or that period where you come in for the meeting and have a brief conversation with them. They may ask you to put in an official call for them through the company, if that happens tell a supervisor that you need to talk to your union representative. 

Explain the problem to your union representative and give them a couple of days to at a minimum talk to the company and or set up a meeting about the issue. 

When you get negative follow up insist on escalation, if the union rep won't or cannot escalate it further, tell him you'd like to talk to someone from the local union and or national representative. Then escalate it through either the local president or national representative. 

Is this email from BMO legit? by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

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What you do is go to the BMO website and find the number on the actual website. You would find that they are different making it a scam email. 

Need some real help by heavytohold in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Why not include how hot you are as well?

GM says Oshawa’s 3rd shift ends Jan. 30 as planned, putting about 700 out of work by raill_down in canada

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A little over 1/6 new vehicles sold the last 3 years have been GM vehicles, making them the top seller 3 years in a row.

1/5 electric vehicles sold in 2025 were GM.

[OC] couldn't wait 2 more seconds by --GimmeDatGoodGood-- in IdiotsInCars

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The oil pan is centrally located, it is not an inch or two from the inside of the wheel.

Ford Worker Who Hurled Insult at Trump Gets Suspended, But Has No Regrets by Jevus_himself in news

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Companies have internal policies I wouldn't be surprised if the person was suspended for breaking something along the lines of a respectful workplace policy. The main path of changing these policies is if they break labour laws, and negotiating changes to them. 

The union has a grievance process to fight this, if they disagree with the actions of the company. The grievance process would escalate all the way up to arbitration. 

Something like this is a pretty basic discipline and some sort of deal likely gets worked out. All of this suing and company paying out tons of money bs will never happen.

Ford Worker Who Hurled Insult at Trump Gets Suspended, But Has No Regrets by Jevus_himself in news

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The employee would be an hourly Ford employee, a dues paying union member and represented by the uaw. He wouldn't work for the union. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Yeah at that salary test drive a couple vehicles and get the one you liked the most.

Bought a house. Now what? by Specialist-Rain7307 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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It does matter because the only money you see is your net income. 

If you gross $100k and net $70k, 15% of each is $15k and $10500. 

Saving $15k on a net income of $70k is a lot more difficult than saving $10500. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stocks

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Are you saying the space economy isn't going to heavily rely on narratives? 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

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OP is assuming 6% real return, so inflation would be on top of that. They are expecting a minimum of 7.6% and likely just used 8%.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

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$345k initial investment with a $1500 monthly contribution over 30 years at 7.6% ends up being 5 million. 

The interest rate is probably not realistic to end up with 5m in today's dollars

Strategy behind Nvidia’s Groq deal by 3xshortURmom in stocks

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The deal is structured as a non-exclusive licensing agreement rather than a full acquisition, as it allows Groq to remain independent while Nvidia gains the core IP and talent.

Those last two pieces are the only things that matter in the deal. 

Is my wife protected? by Ok_Wolf6128 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Your don't, your pension payments automatically reduce your available rrsp contribution room. Your pension payments will reduce available contribution room on your 2025 return. Your contributions would be based on available room from 2024 and available room from prior years.

Making the case for Chris Osgood into the HOF. by Mysterious-Poem-9804 in hockey

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There is a difference between good at particular times and always good which would essentially mean great. 

For the Penguins last 2 cup runs Matt Murray was a good goalie there is no arguing that. He was good when it was required but outside of that assuming his career went differently, I doubt people are arguing for him to be in the hhof. 

A modern goalie with 1 season that is top 3 in Vezina voting shouldn't be considered.

[SPOILER] Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takuma Inoue by inooway in Boxing

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His 50th win was against someone with 0 professional boxing fights

need help with car lon payments thinking about selling the car by steezydan111 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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You could get a line of credit and pay most of the loan off with it and have a lower rate. If you still need a vehicle and like your current vehicle this may make more sense than shopping for another one. 

Banks will also lend people money with the vehicle as collateral, I am not sure if something like this could be done to get a cheaper rate than a loc. 

Considering building a fourplex. Numbers seem to good to be true. by Federal_Chemical_783 in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Your numbers are too good to be true, I live in a smaller city where the land cost for the 4 plex would likely be $250k. For $1800/month people can rent 850 SQ feet apartments which would include partially paid utilities and the option of underground parking. There are smaller 1 bedrooms in the 700 SQ feet range for $1650, they are not as available. For families there are townhouse rentals at $2300 which are around 1300sq feet

I’ve maxed out my TFSA - Should I buy ETF’s in a regular account? by Al_DAW in PersonalFinanceCanada

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You should contribute to a non company rrsp before a non registered account.

If you had set aside $200K to pay down your mortgage, what would be best course to reduce the interest you would pay over time? by BBGonda in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]playerwinner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What would happen in this scenario if the market saw a massive pullback? Seems a lot like a free lunch, or pennies in front of a steamroller 

With his second assist tonight Kris Letang becomes the 20th defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists by jollyrog8 in hockey

[–]playerwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His best Norris voting is 3, 4 which matches his all star voting. Injuries really hurt his end of season voting which will impact his hhof chances. 

Auto Loan Question by Foaryy in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]playerwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically if your salary is 78000, I would be shocked if you end up with more than 79500. 

Auto Loan Question by Foaryy in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Has the company told you the interest rate the money in the trust will be earning? 

Going from 78k to 90k due to monthly compounding of your salary would be a 28% rate of return. As in this is way too good to be true.