This afternoon I had a home inspection done on the house I’m looking to buy and for the most part things checked out fine. There are two areas of concern that I’m consulting with professionals on as they could turn into a can of worms, depending on how bad they really are. The first thing…

After getting worried about how I was going to get a bank check cut without transferring money to my checking account yesterday, it apparently bothered me so badly that I ended up waking up at 2:40 am. I tried reading a bit, watching some TV, and no matter what, I couldn’t fall back to sleep.…

Today I met with my Realtor to initial the changes the seller and I agreed to and to discuss the timeline from now until closing on the house. There isn’t a ton of stuff that needs to get done, but all of it is important. Luckily my Realtor is very organized and is going to…

Even though I’ve only been working with a Realtor for a short time, I’ve been preparing to buy a house for YEARS. It started back in 2008 when I got on a written budget and began paying off my debt. While all of that was going on I was lucky enough to meet with a…

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…