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See How Home Purchasing Power Is Eroding Thanks to Higher Rates and Prices

It’s no secret that residential real estate is expensive right now, at least relative to where it stood just a few short years ago. Home prices have moved higher and higher for about five straight years since bottoming out post-Great Recession, and now prospective buyers have to contend with rising interest rates too. Just over… Read More »See How Home Purchasing Power Is Eroding Thanks to Higher Rates and Prices

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How Appraisals Work

If you haven’t been active in the real estate market in the past few years — buying…

Journal the Journey

Let’s face it. Life is busy and if you don’t take the time to reflect on your victories and the things that matter, they can…

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Tax on Your Life

Show Summary What’s up everybody, welcome back to the show! Today, I want to talk to you about taxation…I’m not talking about financial taxation, it’s about taxation in your life! How much…

Variable Annuities

There are several different types of annuities, each designed to fill a different investment niche among investors. Variable annuities offer all the benefits of annuities in general, but they also enable you to earn investment income for both stocks and bonds. Much like target date funds, they represent something of a “fund of funds” offered […]

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If You Want to Buy a Home, Adjust Your Max Purchase Price Filter a Lot Lower

If you’re a prospective home buyer, you need to prepare for the worst. And by worst, I mean a much higher-than-anticipated asking price. Maybe not everywhere, but in many major metros nationwide, the real estate market remains red hot. And there’s really no sign of abating, even with mortgage rates back above 4% and the… Read More »If You Want to Buy a Home, Adjust Your Max Purchase Price Filter a Lot Lower

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How to be Happy, Rich, and Save the World

With this being the fall of 2016, I just passed the 11-year anniversary of my retirement from real work (Mrs. MM escaped her cubicle a few months earlier than me). Coincidentally, this Mr. Money Mustache gig just had its 5.5th birthday, which means that I’ve been writing about being retired for fully half of the […]

Don’t Be a Dummy: This Texas Mannequin Mansion is Waiting for Y’all

Everything’s bigger in Texas, including one homeowner’s imagination.

Best Ways to Winterize Your Home and Save Money

How much do you pay for heating? Depending on where you live, it’s a good chunk of money during the wintertime. Even though we live in the South (in lovely Raleigh!), we’re not immune to getting some cold weather.   With winter coming up, we’re setting aside time this season (while this fall weather is crisp, yet comfortable)

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