Generation Y and Mindless Home Buying
With Special Guest Rob Carrick << Seriously!
When people hear “Rob Carrick” they immediately think “Personal Finance” or “Money”. Rob is a (the) personal finance columnist for Globe and Mail and has been writing about his experiences with money at the Globe since 1996.
Rob Carrick is also an author and has a couple books with really long titles: How NOT to move back in with your parents, the young person’s guide to financial empowerment & Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today. You can find a link to these on his personal website.
Most recently Rob has been focusing a lot of his attention on writing about the housing market, the financial challenges that are being faced by Generation Y and how a longer lifespan will impact our retirement savings.
Rob Carrick is joining us for this week’s episode, and we’re excited! We’re talking real estate, how to tell if you can REALLY afford that house, job prospects, and – depending on fast we talk – if Gen Y really does have it worse.
Normally we’d have a few articles and posts to consider, but as we were preparing we decided that the reading list is “everything Rob’s written recently”. Have at ‘er.
As always, your questions, comments, and general observations about life, the universe, and everything are welcome before, during, and after the show, which goes live at 9:30 EDT and is available for your view pleasure anytime after that. Hit us on the twitter at #becausemoney and we will do what we can to make it rain.
