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Tips For When Buying a House
I want a lake house. When we bought our first (and current) house, our whole process went by very quickly and smoothly. Our mortgage company and real estate agent both told us that our mortgage was the...
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Should We Rent Our Home or Sell It?
Our patio… Have you ever thought about buying a rental home and becoming a landlord? Maybe you are debating about whether you should sell your current house or rent it out, just like we are. Last month...
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Pay off Your Mortgage Faster, Save Thousands of Dollars
Today’s post is by Monica who is attempting to pay down her 30 mortgage ASAP. You can follow her personal finance blog at MonicaOnMoney. Hi everyone! I always assumed that I would have a mortgage for...
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What percentage is housing in your budget?
via Hey everyone! I’m in currently in New Orleans, but I wanted to bring back my Friday “Ask the Readers” post. Housing has been on my mind lately. As if you all couldn’t tell. I look at real estate...
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Is A House Right For You?
Hey everyone! Happy Monday. I want to say thank you to everyone who left a comment on my post the other day about what percentage housing expenses are relative to your income. I received a lot of...
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Tips for Long-Lasting Home Appliances
By Diana Fishlock Realistically, appliances aren’t exciting, but a dependable refrigerator and an efficient washer and dryer help make a house a home. Choosing the right appliances and maintaining them...
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How To Buy A House At A Young Age
It’s no secret here on Making Sense of Cents that I am a homeowner. However, what some people might not know is that I bought my home at the age of 20. Yes, I was TWENTY YEARS OLD. I know this isn’t...
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Steps To Qualify For a Mortgage When Self-Employed
I’m the type of person who likes to plan things way in advance. So, it only makes sense that I am currently thinking about our mortgage for our next home. As a refresher, we are thinking about buying...
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How Much Money Should I Save Up For A House?
Buying a home is one of the largest purchases a person will ever make. I can’t think of anything that would be more expensive. Since buying a home is such a large part of a person’s life, no one wants...
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Our Home Insurance Shot Up 69% In One Year (Never Filed a Claim)
The other day I received our newest home insurance bill, and I was very shocked when I opened it. Our home insurance rate jumped from just $650 last year to $1,100 this year, which is a 69% jump. Yes,...
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5 Tasks We Need To Complete In Order To Sell Our Home Quickly
We are still debating on when we would like to sell our home, but we are thinking it will be sooner than what we originally thought. This means I would like to start doing stuff to our home now so that...
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How To Not Break Your Budget When Mattress Shopping
When we bought our home together a little over 5 years ago, we were on a strict budget. We bought our home when we were just 20 years old, so we didn’t exactly have a lot of money to spend on...
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Buying a Home as a Minimalist
via As a minimalist, I always want to have less. Less stuff, less space, less bills, less, well, everything. Buying a home as a minimalist is also something I think about. Generally speaking, this has...
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Tips For When Buying a House
I want a lake house. When we bought our first (and current) house, our whole process went by very quickly and smoothly. Our mortgage company and real estate agent both told us that our mortgage was the...
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Home Updates: How We Plan on Selling Our House Quickly
Photo Credit Happy Monday everyone. Today’s post is all about how we want to update our house so that we can enjoy it while we live here, but to also sell our house more quickly when we put it up for...
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Should We Rent Our Home or Sell It?
Our patio… Have you ever thought about buying a rental home and becoming a landlord? Maybe you are debating about whether you should sell your current house or rent it out, just like we are. Last month...
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How Much House Do You Really Need?
Most people, at some point in their lives, want to become homeowners. I’m definitely one of those people. Something to think about is how much house you actually need. Some day I want to get my hands...
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Craigslist Scams I Encountered When Looking For A Rental Plus Real Scam Emails
Over the past few weeks, we have been searching for the perfect rental home for us to move into. We found many great homes, and actually signed a lease the other day on one (more information on that to...
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We’re Moving To Fruita, Colorado! And My Moving Bucket List
We are moving to Fruita, Colorado! Fruita is a small town near the town of Grand Junction (which is small as well), on the western side of Colorado. Even though we came across many Craigslist scams, we...
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Should We Keep Our House Or Sell It?
Over the past few weeks, we have been going back and forth about what we want to do with the home we currently own in Missouri. I realize I say this all the time about everything in my life, but I am...
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