One of the questions I’ve seen a few people ask about my home search is something to the effect of “how did you decide to buy in Everett?” In today’s post I’ll answer the question a little more broadly by describing our general method for deciding what was important to us, what wasn’t, and how […]
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Knife-Catcher: The Tim’s Home Search Timeline
As promised, I’ll be taking up some space on these pages over the next few weeks to share some of the nitty gritty details of my personal home search. To kick things off, I thought I’d just give you a rough timeline of the whole process. Let me know in the comments on this post […]
I’d like to thank the academy…
I was curious how many people were clicking through yesterday’s post to look at my home on Redfin, so I ran a quick database query at work to find out the most-viewed homes on all of Redfin for Friday. Here are the resulting top three homes on Redfin for Friday (#4 and lower all had
Guess What
Pictured at right: The Tim posing in his new kitchen, complete with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. And by “his new kitchen” I mean the kitchen in this house, which he closed on one week ago today. Bubble bloggers buying: it’s sweeping the nation. Feel free to use this thread to comment on what […]
Buy Low, Sell High. Is it possible to buy low today?
Buy low, sell high. It’s the #1 rule of investing. While buying a home is more than just an investment, it is the largest purchase most people will make in their lives, and even if you aren’t hoping to make a pile of easy money buying real estate, it’s still good to follow basic investment […]