It’s been a few weeks since I checked in with you guys, and I apologize for the delay. When I wrote the piece on Closing Nightmares, I never imagined I’d have one of my own. Our home purchase was subject to one of the problems that we discussed in that piece and another that I… Continue Reading
If you’re in the housing market for the first time, the mounting cost of everything can get pretty overwhelming, even if you’ve been saving carefully. After all, everybody knows to save five to 10 percent of our dream home’s cost for a down payment, but fewer people know that we need to be saving another… Continue Reading
Buying a house can be a confusing hurricane of paperwork, with lots of indecipherable legal documents and technical terms being tossed around. By the time you get to closing, you’re holding on by your fingernails, and just thankful that it’s almost over. You’re exhausted, emotionally and physically, but there’s just a little bit more to… Continue Reading