When I purchased the railroad property behind my house last year one of the major problems I encountered was the high property tax assessment. The property was assessed at $7,600 which is half the projected market value of the property. Since the township believes the property to be worth $15,200 …
A couple months ago I published an article on How I bought a house at age 20. Since then, I have been asked if it would be possible to buy a house directly out of high school. I know I wasn’t ready for home ownership when I bought my first …
Moments ago I made the first large step towards accelerating our mortgage. I transferred $5,000 to our loan, dropping our balance to below $100,000 and taking over 2 years off the back end of the mortgage. I originally wanted to throw closer to $10,000 at the house, but fell short …
Mrs C. and I bought our first home in August of 2006, 3 months after I turned 20. At the time most people thought I was either lying about buying a house or was getting a really run down unliveable house, neither of these were the case. I bought my …