People have always told me, “it’s better to own because renting is just throwing your money away”, and I’ve always understood the general concept, but never fully understood the exact math of that – UNTIL NOW. As you may know, we bought a house. It was emotional, and scary, but once I got past the… Read more »
Oh man, I did not think I would ever be writing this blog post. And I especially did not think I would be writing it so soon after confessing my ultimate heart break from being out-bid on the first offer we ever put on a house. But last week, we bought a house (and by… Read more »
Last week I shared the very personal (and emotional) story about putting our first offer on a house (and the inevitable heartbreak that came with it). So many wonderful people reached out and shared their house-hunting-war stories with me and I can’t thank those kind souls enough, but then a few friends were like, “what the hell,… Read more »
Not to be over dramatic, but last week I had my heartbroken. By a house. The heartbreak felt as intense as TEEN heartbreak. I cried so hard I couldn’t breathe. All I wanted to eat was pints of ice cream. And I actually felt that I didn’t want to look at other houses in fear… Read more »
A few months ago when I wrote about being a property virgin and looking at our first potential home to buy, I said the two main reasons for wanting to buy a house are the desire for more space (for the million babies we plan on having) and/or for an investment. However, I consciously omitted… Read more »