The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: Beat the Bank with Larry Bates

Larry Bates is an independent investor advocate, author of Beat the Bank: The Canadian Guide to Simply Successful Investing, consultant and speaker. Larry enjoyed a 35-year banking career with several major financial institutions in both Canada and the U.K. including as Global Head of Debt Capital Markets for RBC. Over the course of his career, Larry both collaborated with and advised many of the world’s most sophisticated investors and financial institutions.

Larry is currently on the board of FAIR Canada and is an Ambassador of the Transparency Task Force. He is a graduate of Dalhousie University.

In my interview with Larry, we discuss:

1. The high cost of investment fees
2. How to better investment your down payment and keep more of your hard earned money
3. The RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan
4. The First Home Savings Account (FHSA)