Todd Dietrich

Month: August 2011

  • I’m Going To Need Some Stuff

    In case you hadn’t noticed, houses have a lot of stuff in them. Tables, chairs, pots, pans, appliances, computers, towels, vacuum cleaners, curtains, shelves, lamps, picture frames, the lists goes on and on. Over the years I’ve accumulated “stuff” in anticipation of one day buying a house. House shopping has told me one thing if…

  • A Sign

    Were you ever at a point in your life where you were ready to make a big decision but you just needed a signal that things were right? Something to give you that extra little bit of a shove to tell you that it was meant to be? I’m pretty sure I just had one…

  • Shortsighted Reactions

    The big news today was that Steve Jobs was resigning as the CEO of Apple. He’ll still stay on as the chairman of the board, but the new CEO will be Tim Cook, who had been acting CEO while Jobs was dealing with health issues. The news of Jobs’ resignation caused two things to happen…

  • Pre-Approval

    While it seems that the whole country is talking about the earthquake that happened in Virginia today (yes, I felt it while in my office), the big news for me was that I got my mortgage pre-approval from the bank so now I know exactly how much I can spend on a house. I was…

  • About An Hour

    As I mentioned yesterday, I was advised by my Realtor to get a pre-approval from one lender so I would know what dollar amount I’d be working with in my house search and to search for a lender later. I’ve always had a good experience with my bank so I decided to go through them.…