You've heard me complain about the cost of owning a pool before. Well, the problem of being a homeowner is that when something breaks, you're on the hook to fix it. Such was the case with our pool recently when we asked a couple contractors to come … [Read more...] about $7,000 We’ll Never Get Back
Finances & Money • Frugality • Home • Taxes
Clever Dude and the insulation blower machine Our home was built in 1941, long before insulation was commonly used, much less a standard in new home construction. We bought the home in 2004, but didn't know this fact until we really started … [Read more...] about Save Mucho Money by Reinsulating Your Home’s Exterior Walls
Last week, I explained how we're going to save big money on our mortgage when our rate resets. In the article, I thought the rate would reset on the anniversary of our closing, which would be this November. However, I just logged into our lender … [Read more...] about Oops, our mortgage rate resets 2 months later than expected
Banking • Credit • Debt • Finances & Money • Home
Almost five years ago, we financed our first home purchase with a 5/1 ARM interest-only mortgage. If you're not familiar with mortgage lingo, it breaks down into the following, at least in our case: 5/1 ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) means that … [Read more...] about Will our adjustable rate mortgage save us big money?
Debt • Finances & Money • Home
Some of you have been wondering why my posting frequency is down. Well, there's a few reasons, including graduate school (last 2 classes!), work (some major deployments and activities lately), and church (I'm the "deputy grand poobah" in a church … [Read more...] about Where’s Clever Dude?
A while ago, I posted about the sale of Toronto's skinniest house for a hefty $173,000, which we all thought was an outrageous price for such a small house. Turns out it was a steal compared to the $2.7 million price for New York City's skinniest … [Read more...] about NYC “skinniest house” for sale for a fat price
