real estate

Finding Inspiration In Tiny Houses

June 18, 2010

Hope you’re all having a great Friday!  My de-cluttering is still going strong… I’ve even progressed to furniture!  Earlier this week I got rid of a desk by using the free section of Craigs List, and I’m hoping to get rid of a dresser today.  We decided that my husband and I can share a [...]

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What Sun Oven Food Looks Like

August 23, 2009

Yesterday I baked a loaf of whole wheat bread in our sun oven.  Then I decided to make eggplant sandwiches.  I had a fresh farmers market eggplant, which I sliced up and drizzled with fresh garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Then I put the eggplant slices in the sun oven and left them there [...]

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In Our New House!

July 7, 2009

Nope, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth.  It’s been a bit crazy around here lately.  We are absolutely thrilled with our new home, but moving is a bit of a drag.  Hopfully we won’t be doing it again! Everything was going smoothly until two days before our move date when I called [...]

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Our New Mortgage

June 24, 2009

We’ve been tying up loose ends all week, getting ready to sell our current house and buy our new home.  Our closing is set for Friday morning, and then the closing on the new house is on Monday.  It feels like we’re never going to get everything packed up and moved out of her by [...]

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Not Paying For Our Buyer’s Low Interest Rate

June 18, 2009

We think we’re finally past most of the speed bumps on the road to selling one house and buying another.  The appraisal was the last hurdle for selling our house, and unfortunately it came in $5000 lower than our asking price.  We knew this was going to be an issue even before we listed our [...]

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One More Hurdle To Jump Before We Sell Our House

June 11, 2009

Our home appraisal is tomorrow.  My husband and I are both on pins and needles about the appraisal.  Our house was listed for $214,900, and got two offers for the asking price, one after three days on the market, and the other after five days.  We had tons of showings in the few days before [...]

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Sailed Through The Inspection

June 9, 2009

We had our inspection today on our house today, and the results are pretty sweet. The only things the buyer is asking us to do is add GFCIs to the kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry room (the new section of the kitchen that we remodeled last year has GFCIs, but the rest of the house was [...]

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Real Estate Nitty Gritty

June 8, 2009

When we bought our current home, we got a 30 year loan with 6% interest for the bulk of the mortgage, plus a HELOC with a variable interest rate (which has ranged between 4.25% and 8.75% over the last six and a half years). The total amount that we borrowed was $180,000. On our new [...]

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Under Contract On Our House… Again.

June 3, 2009

This house selling process is quite the roller coaster.  Last Wednesday, our buyer backed out, and the house went back on the active MLS.  We had a few showings, but nowhere near as many as we had in the first few days it was on the market.  Then on Monday, we had three showings and [...]

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