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Posted in Finance on Apr 28th, 2010
I watched a couple hours of the Goldman hearing held yesterday in Washington, DC that featured US Senators grilling Goldman Sachs executives. I’ve never really paid attention to hearings like these, but after watching yesterday I have to say that this stuff is fascinating. There were so many things happening at the same time, it [...]
Posted in Real Estate on Apr 26th, 2010
In case you’ve been frozen for the past 36 years, you probably know about the first-time home buyer credit. The government started it to give home buying (and the economy in general) a boost by offering a credit to certain buyers in exchange for buying a home. Since home buying had stagnated after the mortgage crisis collapsed, [...]
Posted in Psychology, Real Estate on Apr 23rd, 2010
Yesterday I wrote out my first check to make my first payment on the mortgage to our new place. It’s a big check—bigger than any rent check I’ve ever had to write. And I started to think about whether or not it was a little too much higher than my rent used to be. Doesn’t [...]
Posted in alternative income, Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2010
A few weeks ago I stumbled onto Chris Guillebeau’s site, The Art of Non-Conformity. Chris is an interesting guy—he’s an entrepreneur that has set a goal of visiting every country in the world. And guess what? He’s out there doing it. When I visited his site he was in the midst of promoting a new [...]
