The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: Homeownership, the Foundation of Financial Independence with Jonathan Chevreau

Jonathan Chevreau is a veteran financial columnist, blogger and author based in Toronto. 

He was the Financial Post’s personal finance columnist between 1993 and 2012 and editor-in-chief for MoneySense Magazine from 2012 to 2014.  He still writes the Retired Money column for MoneySense.

In 2014, he launched the Financial Independence Hub, which usually publishes four blogs every week.

Jon has authored several books with traditional book publishers like McGraw Hill and Key Porter books, including The Wealthy Boomer, and a series of mutual fund guides called Smart Funds. In 2016, he co-authored Victory Lap Retirement, a Globe & Mail bestseller.

In my interview with Jon, we discuss:

1. Housing affordability
2. His 32-year-old daughter Helen saving in a FHSA
3. General thoughts on Findependence
4. What he’s now doing in semi-retirement now he’s turned 70