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Posted in Real Estate on Feb 22nd, 2010
It’s funny going back in time to read the posts I wrote while we were looking for a place to buy. Not that we’ve bought our first condo, it puts things into perspective. First of all, there was a lot of pressure to buy something. Not just from our broker, but hearing the phrase over [...]
Posted in Real Estate on Feb 17th, 2010
So we are buying our first place—very exciting. But now we have to decide between a few options of how we’re going to finance it. Only one lender is offering the so-called “piggyback” loan, while the rest only offer a conventional loan with PMI. Huh? Here’s the deal: when you don’t have 20% to put [...]
Posted in Books on Feb 16th, 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the Kindle lately, but it’s not because I want to buy one. Since Amazon (AMZN) is my stock pick for 2010, I’m trying to figure out how the country (and the world) is seeing their latest gadget: is it a window into the future or is it [...]
Posted in Psychology, Real Estate on Feb 16th, 2010
Last night M and I were anxiously awaiting to hear the phone ring. We were expecting to hear back from the sellers to see if they would accept our latest counter offer. The phone sat there on the table, quietly, not ringing. For the last couple of days, we had all kinds of thoughts swirling [...]
