July 19th, 2008
A college savings plan doesn’t always have to come in the form of a savings account or a 529. With three kids and another on the way, I’ve been giving some serious thought to how we will be able to support four kiddos as they get through school. We haven’t started any kind of savings strategy as of yet, but I know that we need to.
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February 21st, 2008
Well, we found a renter for our house - the cute little ranch that we may be a tiny bit upside down in because we finished the basement while we were living in it and did a bunch of other upgrades, and then decided to move to a bigger place. I posted a few pics on Craigslist and got over 30 very interested responses! The first lady that cam to see it was fantastic, and she is going to be very happy living there, I know it!
I am so, so glad that we decided to feel out the rental market before selling while prices are low - I honestly was out of the loop as far as rentals were concerned in that area - and we are almost able to cover our mortgage even with the hike in interest rate that we had to take last year with our refi, in order to get my Grandpa, who co-signed on the house for us a few years ago, off the deed so that he would not have to stress over it.
But I have been wondering - should we do another no-cost refi and try to lower the payments even further so that we don’t have any monthly cost to keep the house on top of the rent that we receive? Read the rest of this entry »
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