To prepare yourself financially for a divorce, it's crucial to separate your finances from your spouse, understand your financial situation, create a budget, gather financial documents, review your estate plan, and potentially establish a new bank account are also essential steps.

Revenge spending and emotional financial decisions. How emotions drives spending, selling assets or refusing to cooperate financially.

Here’s a breakdown of revenge spending and emotion-driven financial decisions and how they impact financial stability:

Financial infidelity in a marriage—things like hidden debt, secret spending, or undisclosed investments—often comes to light during divorce, and it can have serious emotional and legal consequences. Here’s how these financial secrets are usually uncovered in the divorce process:

In British Columbia, if an inheritance is used to buy a family home, it can become family property and be subject to division during divorce — even though inheritances are typically excluded from division.

Divorce during a midlife crisis hits differently than in other stages of life. It’s not just the end of a marriage—it’s often tied to deeper questions about identity, aging, unmet dreams, and the fear of time running out.

Divorce can be an emotional rollercoaster, often bringing feelings of depression and anxiety. It is important to combat these feelings and regain emotional balance.

In British Columbia, all real estate acquired during the marriage (and sometimes before, depending on contributions) is considered family property under the Family Law Act.

After selling your marital home, it’s important to take several steps to ensure your financial and emotional stability as you move forward.

When going through a divorce, not everyone has the financial means to have two separate living quarters. Some couples choose to live under the same roof while they are preparing for divorce and selling the marital home. While co-living with a soon-to-be ex-spouse can be incredibly challenging, but with the right approach, it is possible to maintain peace and emotional well-being during this transition period. Here are some great strategies to help you survive this challenging living arrangement:

In a divorce there are 3 options available to you and your spouse in regards to the marital home. You can either sell the home, one spouse buys out the other or you continue to co-own the home.

Divorce is never easy and dissolving a marriage can have its challenges. With all the turmoil of a divorce it is easy to neglect your credit score. It is crucial to protect your credit score.

There are many changes that happen after your divorce, and one of the most significant changes is your living situation. Before the separation, you shared a home with your family and spouse. After the divorce, one household turns into two households. The next step to figure out is whether to rent or buy a home after the divorce.

When selling your marital home during a divorce can you list your home with 2 two real estate agents? The answer is, yes you can. When selling your home during a divorce you have two options when it comes to agents. You can either list with one agent or you can use two agents which is called a co-listing agreement.

Nothing says over-whelming as putting your home on the market. You don’t just put a for sale sign in your yard and all of a sudden you have hundreds of buyers knocking down your door. It requires planning, knowing what potential buyers are looking for and how to get your property effectively in from of as many buyers as possible.

When selling a home during a divorce, your number one goal is to get the most money out of your sale. You both might not always get along and you might not always agree with everything but it's crucial to put your emotions aside and focus on the sale.

It is not uncommon to see a couple going through a divorce to sell their marital home. We see it every day. In this case is the real estate agent obligated to tell the buyers that the sellers are going through a divorce?

When a divorcing couple makes the decision to put their marital home on the real estate market the couple has a fiduciary responsibility to the real estate agent to why the sellers are selling the home.

Real Estate Divorce Speciialist play an important role in a divorce sale. They are an agent who specializes in divorce sales. These professionals have a unique skill set and go beyond the typical real estate agent role. They play a multifaceted role during the property sale process and understand the legal and emotional dynamics involved in divorce.

Your home is your biggest asset during a divorce but what if you find out that you and your spouse owe more money on the marital home than the house is worth. We discuss what options are available to us when we have negative equity in your home.

Deciding when to sellDeciding when the right time to sell the house is important and is based off of several factors. Here are some questions to ask when deciding when to list:

How much time is needed to make repairs and prepare the home for sale?

Can we afford to wait for the best season to sell?

Is your mortgage up for renewal soon? How much will the break mortgage penalty be?

When it comes to preparing and staging a home when putting it up for sale, there is no difference if it is a regular sale or a sale because of a divorce. Our goal is the same, where we want a quick sale and for top dollar. The only difference between a regular sale and a divorce sale is; that we have to prepare the home and make it look like it is not a divorce sale. Our goal is still to get top dollar, we don’t want to look desperate and have buyers think we want a quick sale and we will take any price that is offered.