Episode 19 | The One Where Erica Ditches Renting

We’re often sold the idea that buying a home is the ‘American Dream’ — but for Erica, it never seemed to be her primary focus. Instead, she was happy with renting, having flexibility and focusing her financial efforts elsewhere.

Then, everything changed when she realized that renting in North America is much different than renting elsewhere. We’ve all had a loud neighbour with a barking dog or crying baby, but for Erica, the decision was more so about the disillusionment of renting and the lack of policies to make renting feel safer for Canadians.

Erica Alini is a personal finance reporter at Globe and Mail. At Global News, she wrote the wildly popular newsletter Money123 and was the face and creator of the network’s Money123 personal finance series, which aired on Global National every Saturday evening for nearly two years.

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