Happy Memorial Day! You all spending some quality time w/ the friends and fam? Well, if not (or if you’re bored and/or just sneaking away…
Browsing Category Home Ownership
Ahhhhhh!! We Can’t Refinance Our 1st Mortgage :(
Yep, not even my beloved USAA can save us from this one. Apparently we’re TOO under water to refinance. Since when is $60k in the…
It’s Official: Our house is upside down – Lost $60k in 2 years.
Yep, I have finally confirmed it. After almost two years of purchasing it, our house is now worth around $300k, down from the $360k we…
Does the financial crisis have a silver lining? (Q&A)
Yeah, for sure! It may not override the ugly situation out there, but they do exist – they always do, it’s just a matter of…
Renters are BAD for your home value? Are you cereal?
That’s the word on the street from some communities out there. They’d rather have your house empty and foreclosed upon than rented out and occupied!…
PS: Tell me I’m not the only bitter one in this crap economy!!!
Oh how i love me some reader mail! This one comes from a fellow budgets lover who just wanted to know that she’s not the…
Another foreclosure on our street…Is it time to get positive?
That’s now 2 foreclosures in 2 months :( And, just like the other one, i can literally see the place right outside our living room…
Sure we financed our house 100%, but ya know what? It works
UPDATE: Our house has since tumbled by $60k at least, and we’ve recently refinanced (Woo!). In fact, we actually paid $0.00 at closing! Looking back…
Genius! Man Raffles off Millon-Dollar House for $50 a Pop!
Now THAT’s what i call getting creative! And these days, i don’t blame him – it sure is one way to sell a house (you…
So last night i hear that a neighbor was just foreclosed upon.
NOT. GOOD. AT ALL. Especially since i was hearing this while watching my ‘Skins drop their lead and lose it against our rival Cowboys last…