Todd Dietrich

Mortgage Mess Managed

Back on October 1 I posted that my mortgage guy had put a contingency on my loan stating that I had to keep at least $15,000 in the bank or my interest rate would go up by 0.125%. It turns out this wasn’t completely accurate. It turns out that I had to keep at least…

November 3, 2011
Is The Term Terrorism Overused?

Today the big news is that a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US was thwarted. There are apparent ties to Iran and while that’s a big deal and should not be taken lightly, I believe that the headlines calling it terrorism are inappropriate. Dictionary.com defines terrorism as: the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting agovernment.…

October 11, 2011
Almost There

This past week I was able to get a lot done on the house. The asbestos remediation was completed on Thursday and came in on budget and even though I had a bit of a freak out moment when watching Holmes Inspection about possible hidden asbestos in my attic, I checked in a few places…

October 10, 2011
Change Of Address

I knew that when I bought my new house I’d have to change my address all over the place, but how to go about doing that wasn’t always very clear, so hopefully this post will help someone else who is moving one day. The first thing I did was to make a list of all…

October 5, 2011
The Fun Begins

Yesterday I signed the paperwork and bought my first house! To say that I’m excited would be an understatement. By all accounts the settlement went very well. The seller was a very sweet old lady who was 96 years young and while she was sad to be selling the house she said she felt good…

October 1, 2011