Like many CPAs, I use Excel at work excessively. I also use it (or Google Sheets) whenever I can for everything and anything in my personal life. Information about my own finances including budgets, net worth and investments all sit…
If you want to start from the beginning, go HERE. For more trip reports, go HERE. Since I postponed our rental car pick up to noon (or I thought I did, more on that later), Eric and I decided to have a pool…
If you want to start from the beginning, go HERE. For more trip reports, go HERE. There is always something so special about waking up in Vegas – even if my sleep could have been longer and better! Eric and I decided to…
If you want more trip reports, go HERE. Bellingham to Vegas, Check In @ Delano To avoid having to wake up in the middle of the night, I booked the 1 PM instead of 6 AM flight out of Bellingham this…
With one month left to Sep 2022 CFE, I asked on Instagram what questions you have about the 3-day exam. Here are my answers to the most common ones. If you are already freaking out and/or feeling unprepared, know that…
One of the most common CFE questions I get is this: should I pay for any CFE prep? On top of that, the same person would usually ask which CFE prep to get. There is no one answer fits all…
Three companies, five years and seven titles. Since I started as an AR/AP clerk in 2017, I have been learning and growing as a finance professional. Along the way, I have both made mistakes and exceeded expectations. I have also…
I want to start this post by sharing that in the last five years of my accounting career, I have worked very few overtime. I have worked in two industries – heavy machinery and software. I started as an AR/AP…
Early 2015, I was 22 and graduated from one of the best universities in Canada with a major in Psychology. I was not sure about a lot then, but I was sure I did not want to pursue a career…
In case you didn’t already know, I am not a qualified real estate expert. I am an accountant who has taken an interest in real estate since I bought my first home few years ago. I have done several real…