Family, Mortgage

How We Found Our Home

Four years ago, my wife and I decided that the time was right for our family to purchase a new home.  With a down-payment in our savings, we started our search.  Here’s how we found our home – We began our search within a 20 mile radius of my wife’s workplace.  We live in a rural part of our state…

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Resources

Zero Percent Interest For 18 Months

If I dislike anything more than credit card debt – it’s credit card interest. I have searched through the many credit card offers that hit my inbox – and the many offers that I get to promote specific products – and picked out a zero percent credit card offer that I think is worth sharing. If you are looking to…

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Mortgage

Dollar For Dollar Debt Reduction

My wife and I continue to work towards paying off our mortgage.  Each month we make our regular mortgage payment – and then we make an additional, principal-only payment. For those curious, we send the regular mortgage payment on the first day of the month – and the principal-only payment on the second day.  Our mortgage company (actually, the mortgage…

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