Trip Preperations

Chris on May 18th, 2009

I have been home for 2 weeks now from my “test” trip in Mexico.  I am still working on the site and trying to add more content.  Hopefully it will all come together soon. So, how did my trip go in general?  It was fan freakin’ tastic!!!  I figured I would either love it or hate it [...]

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Chris on April 21st, 2009

So…..the offer on the house didn’t go through…damn it!  But, the house looks good and I think that one magical offer will come in soon enough.  I am still waiting for the time I can post that I am no longer a homeowner…it will be a fun post to write. Savings I am at my [...]

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Chris on April 3rd, 2009

Okay, so after MANY months on the market, my house had yet to fetch an offer.  So, I started to get annoyed and decided to “stage” my house.  It was hard work and will not be easy to live with the house being staged, but it has already paid off.

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Chris on March 25th, 2009

Well, I just sent out my taxes and in less than 2 weeks $1809 should be deposited in my checking account!!  Adding my tax returns to my total, it brings me to $9300…in about 5 months.  Which comes to $1860 of savings a month! 

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Chris on March 19th, 2009

Okay, so the other day, in my neighborhood a house went “sale pending” (only after being on the market for 3 weeks!!) and I decided to speak with my Realator.  We discussed price, inside of house and outside of the house.  Basically I need to start selling, discarding, or giving away some of my household [...]

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