Weekend Reading – Rich couples, frugalista, let’s get blunt, dogs are optional and more + MORE Sep 11th

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Welcome to some fine Weekend Reading friends.  Seems like the 40 Deg. C heat (with humidity) in Ottawa is now over for the summer but some good weather will remain I think for weeks to come.  Hopefully the weather and other things are just as pleasant in your part of the world.  Earlier this week I shared this retirement essay from a fan of my site, who is really enjoying retirement in style, and I shared my latest dividend income update on our long road to financial freedom.
Enjoy these articles from the week that was and I’ll be back next week with a review of a book I’ve been meaning to write about for some time.
All the best!
The Globe and Mail shared the story of this couple, aged 57 and 60, with over $2 million in assets and about $250,000 in mortgage liabilities.  Should this couple dig away at the mortgage and retire or grow their RRSPs?  If we were in that position killing debt and retiring at age 60 (or sooner) is easily our answer…

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Refugee sponsorship can be a long, complex process – here’s how it works

– theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/rob-carrick/

Finding a group of people to commit to the financial and other responsibilities of private sponsorship is just the start

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