Everyone talks about mortgages as either a 30 year or a 15 year fixed rate mortgage. The 30 year mortgage is for those who see mortgage debt as “good debt” and are fans of the mortgage interest tax deduction. The 30 year mortgage also allows for the smallest payments. A 15 …
In 2011 our family moved from our starter home into our dream home. We had saved up enough money for a 20% down payment and had planned to not buy a new house until our first house sold. We spent months looking at houses and the perfect house came up …
When Mrs C. and I bought our first house we were super excited, but had no idea what we were in for. We bought a house that we could afford, because it wasn’t much the house was a fixer upper with several issues that required us to learn new skills …
It’s that time of the year again, when houses, land and businesses are sold by the county for back taxes owed. I am not getting into the politics of the county tax auction system, but I will mention that there are some people who have reservations about the concept of …