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No homeowner appreciates unsolicited visits from companies selling door-to-door. In fact, a survey conducted by the Trading Standards Institute (U.K.) found that 96% of the 9,000 people questioned were opposed to uninvited door-to-door sellers. As I write this, home alarm companies, such as Vivint, and energy companies, such as Just Energy and Direct Energy, have…

Loving parents will occasionally help their children in a financial crisis and/or pay outright for certain expenses: University tuition and expenses – either through funding RESPs or directly when they are due. Help with the down payment on their first home. Wedding costs. Provide a place to stay when unemployed, divorced, etc. We also often…