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Finance tips and advice that worked decades ago aren’t always relevant in today’s day and age. Still, well-meaning friends and family often recycle the same information for younger generations—only for them to find out the hard way the advice might be inaccurate. 

Financial experts say they encounter myths every day in their line of work. Popular examples are that home ownership is the only way to get rich or budgeting rules that are outdated.

The Canadian Press spoke with Jason Heath, an advice-only certified financial planner at Objective Financial Partners; Jessica Morgan, founder and CEO of blog site Canadianbudget.ca and Reni Odetoyinbo, founder of Reni, The Resource about misunderstanding or dated advice they hear from clients.

Here are a few.

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