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Home Ownership

Operation Mortgage Payoff is Starting to BLOW…

May 21, 2012
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That’s right, I said it – it sucks paying $2,000 extra every month to an underwater home :( The results have been sexy as hell so far – we’ve already  nixed $16,000 in 8 months which is incredible!! – but man, I’m starting to run out of steam… especially as our house starts to crumble [...]

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The Moldy Bathroom and Super Wife

May 14, 2012
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Yup. It’s official – our shower area has black mold in it! Just when we think we’re in the clear for a bit, something else in this house jacks up. Reason #3,001 to set aside money for stupid house stuff! Arghhh… But as much as I’d love to blame the previous homeowners on this one, [...]

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ACK! Our Water Heater Went Bust!

April 30, 2012
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Remember that post not so long ago on how homes can be ticking time bombs? Well, ours just went off and it came totally out of nowhere.  Which always seems to happen w/home ownership, doesn’t it?  One minute all is well, and the next you’re freakin’ out cuz $hit has hit the fan and you [...]

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To Solar, or Not to Solar?

March 5, 2012
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Oh man, I just got off the phone with a rep from Solar City, and I am sooooooo tempted right now to grab some solar panels for the roof!!!  I can’t believe how easy and SIMPLE it all seems, and they even have a $0 down deal too! (No, this is not an ad, haha…) [...]

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The J. Money Library Has Been Completed!

February 13, 2012
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BAM!  11 hours and 9 bookshelves later, we finally have ourselves a “built-in” library ;)  Complete with fireplace and all!  Not too shabby for a person lacking any construction skills, right? (I literally put everything together and then attached it to the wall – nothing fancy at all, haha…) If you’ve been following me on [...]

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Are You Happy w/ The Low Interest Rates Right Now?

February 6, 2012
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It just occurred to me that I haven’t made much money at ALL on any of my savings or money market accounts I have… Or even checking accts for that matter, though that one is *always* in the $hitter. In fact, I haven’t really blogged about the Fed or its affects on the interest rates [...]

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The Shale of a Lifetime!

January 30, 2012
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I just got done reading this awesome article in Kiplinger, and it turns out there’s a Shale Boom going on right now beneath us!  Literally! (Well, if you happen to live in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Ohio or New York, haha…) It gets me so excited that I kinda sorta but not really wanna [...]

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An Epiphany on Home Ownership! (D’uh)

January 11, 2012

If we pay our entire house off, not only will we NOT have any more mortgage debt to pay off every month, but we’ll also have a nice stash of cash if we ever sell! Dannnnnnng, never thought about that before! Haha… how dense am I? ;) What that means is just insane to me. [...]

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Stuff New Home Owners Never Think About…

January 9, 2012
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My boy Clever Dude threw out a whopper of a post the other day, pretty much summarizing my biggest fears of home ownership ;)  (Besides getting stuck and not being able to move whenever you want to).  And I think it’s VERY important for people to know because a lot of us NEVER think about [...]

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A Perk of The Crap Economy?

January 3, 2012
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Remember when we found out our house was de-valued by like 30% the other month by our county?  And because of it we owe LESS taxes on our house now?  Well, somehow I hadn’t put two and two together, and when I grabbed the mail the other day I noticed a fat new check there [...]

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