After announcing my intention to to start saving for a home on Monday, I've been doing a lot of digging about mortgages and down payments and PMI (oh my!). In the process I came across this cool infographic about how various down payment sizes and the length of the mortgage (15 ... Read more...
2013 Goals Do-Over: Taking A Big Leap
When I posted my 2013 goals last week, I got a comment on them from one of my all-time favorite personal finance bloggers, Frugal Zeitgeist. I started reading her blog five years ago and I can honestly say it changed my financial life. Her commitment to frugality was one of the ... Read more...
For Me, Homeownership Isn’t a Dream…Per Se
A few weeks ago, my good pal Andrea at So Over Debt wrote a response to a very rude commenter on a post of hers that has been rolling around in my brain ever since. I won't rehash the whole exchange (you can read it for yourself here if you want to ) but part of her comment back ... Read more...
Sometimes I REALLY Love Renting
It's my opinion that one of the biggest financial divides between my generation and my parents' generation our respective opinions on the value of homeownership. To my parents, the question of renting versus buying is a no-brainer. Buying a home is the obvious choice. While ... Read more...
"I Decided I’m Going to Buy a House"
Don't worry, that statement was not mine.But I was still really surprised to hear it from this particular person. It actually came from one of my colleagues, a new science teacher who I really like and respect. She's smart and spunky, and she's one of the tutors in the ... Read more...