Build Wealth Canada Podcast

Kornel Szrejber: Investor•buildwealthcanada.ca

As one of Canada's youngest retirees at the age of 32, and after becoming mortgage-free at 29, Kornel interviews the top financial experts in Canada to help you optimize your investments, reduce your taxes, and help you accelerate your journey towards financial independence and early retirement. He also shares his own experiences and lessons learned in investing and as an early retiree and member of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement to help you optimize your finances, specifically here in Canada.

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How to Invest in Canada (Part 1)

Today we are going to learn all about how to invest if you’re living here in Canada. For all our non-Canadian listeners, we’re also going to cover best practices when it comes to investing so you can definitely start applying those too and get a lot out of the show. To make this series beneficial to everyone, we’re going to start with answering beginner level questions intended for those just starting out in their investing journey. As the interview goes on, we’re going to progress into more adv...

Apr 23, 2015•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11

How to Retire at 33 Part 2

This is part 2 of the interview with Justin on how he retired at the age of 33. In case you missed it, part 1 is the episode right before this one. In the interview, we talk about everything from how Justin was able to retire at 33, to what he invests in, and we even cover other subjects like how to save money on vacations and how he manages his money so that he never has to work again. Lastly, Justin gives us some great tips that you can start applying today to retire early. Links and Resources...

Apr 05, 2015•43 min•Season 1Ep. 10

How to Retire at 33

Today I’m excited to have Justin on the show who actually retired at the age of 33! This is a huge 2 part interview where we talk about everything from how he was able to retire at 33, to what he invests in, and we even cover other subjects like how to save money on vacations and how he manages his money so that he never has to work again. Lastly, Justin gives us some great tips that you can start applying today to retire early. Links and Resources Top Tools and Resources for Financial Independe...

Apr 05, 2015•53 min•Season 1Ep. 9

The One-Page Financial Plan. Interview with Carl Richards.

Today I’m excited to have financial planning expert Carl Richards on the show. Carl has been in the financial planning industry for over 20 years, has a column in the New York Times, the Morningstar Advisor, and he’s even been featured on Forbes.com and Oprah.com. I thought it would be nice to pick his brain a little bit and pick-up some of that knowledge that he’s gathered over the years. In the interview, Carl shares much of his 20 years of experience, and takes us through the financial planni...

Mar 29, 2015•20 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Part 2: Earning Money-on-the-side With Freelancing (Interview with Matt Inglot)

Welcome to part 2 of the interview with Matt Inglot (owner of Freelance Transformation and Tilted Pixel ). If you missed part 1, it is the episode prior to this one. In this session, Matt covers some critical tips on how to succeed if you want to earn money-on-the-side with Freelancing. Specifically, we discuss: How to differentiate your freelancing business from the competition How to compete with cheap labour overseas offering similar work for less (think China, India, etc.) The 1 HUGE mistake...

Mar 06, 2015•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Earning Money-on-the-side With Freelancing (Interview with Matt Inglot) Part 1

I’m really excited today as we have a very special Canadian entrepreneur on the show who is an expert on earning money-on-the-side with freelancing. In this interview Matt will tell us: How he was able to pay for his university by freelancing on the side and how he turned his company into a high end web development company The top mistakes to avoid when freelancing How to structure your freelance business so that you can work anywhere in the world, setting your own hours What to do if you don’t ...

Oct 31, 2014•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6

The True Costs of Owning a Home (a comprehensive guide)

This is the comprehensive guide to all the ongoing costs you need to know about before purchasing a home. This guide will help you prepare for and budget for all these ongoing expenses. In the guide, I also give you some actual cost figures so that you at least have a ballpark figure on what the different items can cost. Links and Resources Top Tools and Resources for Financial Independence (for Canadians) : Sign up anywhere on www.BuildWealthCanada.ca for a free guide on all the top tools and s...

Oct 17, 2014•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5

How Much are Closing Costs for a Home? (a comprehensive guide)

This is a comprehensive guide to all the costs you need to know about before purchasing a home. This guide will help ensure you don’t get caught off guard by surprise expenses, or get tricked into paying any unnecessary extra fees. Links and Resources Top Tools and Resources for Financial Independence (for Canadians) : Sign up anywhere on www.BuildWealthCanada.ca for a free guide on all the top tools and sites that I’ve personally used to help us achieve financial independence in our early 30s. ...

Sep 22, 2014•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Rent vs Buy – Should You Rent or Buy a House? (a comprehensive guide)

In this session, you’ll learn everything you need to know before deciding to rent or buy a home. Nothing is left out as we dive into the financial and lifestyle factors that you need consider before making the big decision. Links and Resources Top Tools and Resources for Financial Independence (for Canadians) : Sign up anywhere on www.BuildWealthCanada.ca for a free guide on all the top tools and sites that I’ve personally used to help us achieve financial independence in our early 30s. They’re ...

Sep 03, 2014•59 min•Season 1Ep. 3

How to Get Mortgage and Debt Free by 29

This is the audio version of an article that got published on us on how my wife and I became mortgage free just after I turned 29. In it, I share some practical tips that have helped my wife and I achieve debt freedom at such a young age and they’re tips that you can start applying right away in your life too. As this podcast and blog continues, I’m going to share more and more tips and guides to how we did it as well as some best practices from other experts but in the meantime, think of this a...

Aug 13, 2014•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Becoming Debt Free, Investing, and Earning Money-on-the-side

Welcome to the very first episode of the Build Wealth Canada Podcast! This episode is all about what you’ll get out of this podcast series and what you can expect in future episodes. More specifically, the podcast series will focus on: How to become debt free in the quickest time possible (and how I did it becoming mortgage free at 29). How to master money management without spending hours entering receipts, cutting coupons, while still taking vacations, going out and enjoying life. How to inves...

Aug 04, 2014•44 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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