As mortgage professionals, we are sometimes asked to solve problems slightly outside the scope of our mandate. Naturally, we must take care not to position ourselves as tax experts, accountants or lawyers.
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Ross Taylor has been in the financial services sector for more than 30 years and is acknowledged as a leading expert in the Canadian mortgage industry. Ross has been a finalist on five separate occasions for national awards in the Canadian Mortgage Industry, and was the recipient of the Mortgage Professionals Canada Financial Literacy Leadership Award in 2017 and was a winner at the Mortgage Awards of Excellence in 2021. He writes an extensive blog at www.askross.ca/articles
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