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Posted in Carnivals on Aug 16th, 2010
Welcome to the August 16, 2010 edition of the Carnival of Money Stories! There’s no better way to learn new ways of saving or making money than by hearing how other regular people like ourselves are doing them. Think about it: business schools are obsessed with case studies and lawyers use previous “stories” to cite [...]
Posted in Real Estate on Mar 12th, 2010
This is part II of a series on buying our first home. Part I dealt with the initial search for a broker and a property. Today I’ll take a look at the next phase of our search: this is when things started to get serious. As winter started to fade and the weather got nicer [...]
Posted in Real Estate on Oct 20th, 2009
That’s the question I’m asking in my latest post over on Wisebread. The gist is this: with so much information available on the Internet, can’t we do most of the things real-estate agents claim to do ourselves? I like the analogy of the travel agent—are any of those still around? If so, business is probably [...]
Posted in Real Estate on Oct 12th, 2009
I know that sounds kinda harsh, but after last week I think it’s pretty clear that I need to fire my real estate guy. Here is the timeline: We start going out to see places earlier this year. Everything feels fine, except for the fact that he’s obviously used to showing more upscale homes. Upscale [...]
