Greetings friends! I have to apologize for my rather sporadic posting schedule over the last few weeks. Not only am I a new momma (Baby CMF is coming up on 3 months old!), but my own mother recently had surgery and moved in with us for a while as she recuperates. She is much better […]
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One of the single biggest financial decisions that most of us will ever make is the choice of home that we buy. I would argue that this is actually the MOST important financial decision you will ever make, but not for the reasons you are probably thinking. Note: This post may contain affiliate links. […]
READ MORE >>Adventures (and Lessons Learned!) in Buying an Out-of-State Rental Property
So many of us in the personal finance world are chasing the dream of passive income. One way that a lot of people achieve this is through rental properties. I have to admit, I’m a big fan of both passive income AND rental properties. However, a few years ago the hubs and I bit off […]
READ MORE >>Mortgage debt: good, bad, or ugly?
On any given day when we peruse the blogosphere, we can read articles about nearly any aspect of personal finance: spending, saving, investing, retirement, and the list goes on and on. Many of us are on what I like to call the Debt Annihilation Track- out to kill debt of any kind at any cost. […]
READ MORE >>Learning from Money Mistakes #2: Buying a home to live in short-term
Hello everyone! Welcome to the second post in my new series, Learning from Money Mistakes. The idea behind this series is simple: I have certainly made my fair share of money mistakes along the way, and luckily I have learned from all of them! So I am sharing my money mistakes with you all with […]
READ MORE >>How to Let Your Neighbors Save You Money
As an avid personal finance blog reader, I have read many blog posts about aspects of personal finance both big and small. Big financial decisions are the major decisions that most of us make in life that can have a huge impact on the bottom line. A couple of examples of big life decisions that […]
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