If we have learned anything from the housing crisis of the last 2 years, it is that the notion that we “deserve” a certain home or a certain lifestyle is ill conceived. It only takes talking to an elderly relative that lived through the depression and World War II to realize that we probably have…
It has been a wild couple of years, hasn’t it? I am not going to say I predicted it, by any means, but it seemed a little odd to me back in 2005 when an acquaintance with a 500-ish credit score and very modest income was able to qualify for a brand new $130,000 home. …
A great resolution for the new year is to READ MORE BOOKS and WATCH LESS TV. It’s on my family’s list, to be sure. A great book to start off with is Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. I read this one a few years ago, and it totally changed my…
