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Family Balance Sheet
JUNE 22, 2020
It was so big that I cried for two days straight– we paid off six figures in non-mortgage debts. How we got to six figures of non-mortgage debt: In the summer of 2012, we found an opportunity to purchase an office building for our small business. Also, the monthly mortgage payment was less than our rent payment.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. Yep, life was good.
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The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
We rented at first, but the rental situation in our new town was poor. While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market. Childhood joy. helping out 7.
The Frugal Girl
MARCH 4, 2024
When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 24, 2023
Sellers still have an edge in many areas, thanks to a continued scarcity of houses, and no one expects a dramatic housing market crash. Would renting for another year or two improve your financial standing? These things can hurt your credit score or impact your debt-to-income ratio, which can imperil your final loan approval.
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