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$5 Breakfast, or Mortgage Payoff?
You might be surprised how much that $5 breakfast could save if you put it toward your mortgage instead. And you might be even more surprised to see what happens when you make small extra payments over and over again. Welcome to Homes in Order. Amazing Homes. Smarter Money.
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8 things boomers still do that prove they’re completely out of touch with modern life
I ran across this article by Lachlan Brown. I don’t know Lachlan, but this is a great article that got me thinking. Particularly when he started talking about personal finance and housing. Lachlan brings up 8…
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Cost of Housing, How Much Do You Need to Make?
After COVID, housing prices have surged. According to this article on Realtor.com, housing prices are shown for each state, and how much you need to make. I immediately looked up these states: Utah. Holy cow! My…
Car Wash Subscription
When I was a kid, we used to was our cars in the driveway. Today? Nope, it’s drive-thru car washes and vacuums. And of course, it’s a monthly subscription. When I drove thru today, the first…
How much can you afford each month for housing?
Here’s a great article from cnbc.com about how much of a monthly payment you can afford to stay within guidelines for buying a home. According to the author, if you keep your housing costs under 30%,…
Storage on Geneva
For monthly revenue streams, it’s hard to beat a good old fashioned Storage Facility.
4 Ways to Hit Your Family Savings Goals in 2025
Here is a great article from NerdWallet about hitting family savings goals. This has some tried and true steps to help in the personal finance journey. Executive summary: Plan a date to assess finances Replenish your…
Meet Don and Lynn, $92,000+ savers
Don and Lynn just purchased their first home. Don is a small business owner and Lynn stays home with their three small children. This is Don and Lynn’s first home, and with nearly 3500 square feet,…
New blog, new format, new life
OK, so you think you want to write a blog, huh? Well, let’s see just how successful you can be, dude! I think this is a pretty hot looking blog! I hope that it will bring…
Small savings don’t just add up. They multiply up!
I was talking with a mortgage lender today, Brad Bailey from First Colony Mortgage. I showed him how my formulas work: $1=$5, and $2=$1,000. If the typical homeowner were to pay just $1 extra towards their…