Six Things To Do Before Your House Burns Down
Friday, October 03
What were the things I wish I had done or considered before my house burned? What were the things that I was glad that I had done? Here are six of them. They hold true for investment properties as well as your residence.1. If you do foundation work on your home, make sure it is rated for two ...
Qualifying before Quitting
Thursday, September 18
In 2004 my life plan looked something like this: buy a house while I still had a good salary, leave my career in biotech forever, live out of my truck and rock climb full time while renting out the house. The thought of this plan made me really happy.What I actually did was was this: buy a hou...
Where the Journey Began
Wednesday, September 17
Like most people, I'm guessing, my first "investment" was my own home. Having had the keen foresight to buy in the frenzied, bubble-inflating, sketchy financing days of 2004 just before my then boyfriend and co-owner and I both became unemployed. I got to learn some hard lessons right at home,...