We’ve had a condo (the one I used to live in) on the market for six months now.  Our contract just ran out yesterday with our real estate agent, and last night we began interviewing new agents.  We, and by that I mean “I”, made the mistake of listing the property with a friend.  I [...]

Unfortunately, we have a home up for sale right now.  We’re lucky that the mortgage is very affordable and we have lots of equity, so we can wait it out to get the price we want if need be.  Renting it is also an option, and it would be cash flow positive.  But, man oh [...]

I had a conversation with a friend last night who is interested in starting a business, a private practice of sorts.  Her idea is to buy a small house, establish her practice in part of it, and rent the rest of the house out to others commercially.  The problem is, she was thinking of getting [...]

This poor, neglected blog.  I haven’t been writing here much recently, mostly due to the fact that we’ve been working like crazy lately to get my old condo renovated and ready to sell.  We did most of the hard work early on–new wood floors, new tile in the kitchen, painting every single room.  When all [...]

On my way to work this morning I heard a commercial for people to call and make appointments to look at some other lake lots in the area.  The commercial said there were only 50 appointments available, and there were only 29 lots for sale.  In some ways I have to admire their moxy in [...]

I heard a call on Dave Ramsey’s show the other day asking about setting up an appointment to look at a lake lot on Norris Lake.  The company who was showing the lots was charging $1,000 for the privelage of looking at the lots during the morning, while appointments to look at the lots in [...]