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Why Some Home-Owning Couples Miss Apartment Living
Source: Adene Sanchez / Getty Buying your first home together as a couple is a very exciting move. You feel like you’re not only making a smart financial decision, but you’re also finally building a...
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Three College Degrees and Two Jobs Later I Wonder, Was I Too Ambitious?
Source: LumiNola / Getty Growing up, I planned what my path to success would look like. I was determined to go to a historically black college outside out of my hometown of New York City. Since I chose...
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Ways House Hunting Will Test Your Relationship
Source: andresr / Getty House hunting with your partner: sounds exciting, right? It’s a new chapter in your lives. You’re finally going to be homeowners. Gone will be the days of sharing walls with...
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The Benefits Of Living In A Condo Vs A House
Source: NickyLloyd / Getty Are you finally ready to make the leap from renter to homeowner? That is very exciting, and congratulations to you for being financially prosperous and responsible enough to...
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Is Buying A Home The American Dream Or Nightmare?
Source: kate_sept2004 / Getty I’m not quite sure who coined the term “The American Dream,” but something tells me the banks were behind it. That old, red, white, and blue dream often involves a house...
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The Very Unexpected Costs Of Buying A House
Source: kate_sept2004 / Getty Buying a house is very, very expensive. I specifically use the words “buying a house” to indicate that it is an active, ongoing process. You don’t just see a house you...
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Why We’re Buying Property Before Getting Married
Source: Shannon Fagan / Getty This past week, two of our very good couple friends got engaged. It’s been a very happy week in our social circle. The funny thing is that, we’ve been together longer than...
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Terms And Phrases To Learn Before House Hunting
Source: sturti / Getty Unless you already work in finances or real estate, then when you start looking to buy your first home, it will be one of the biggest learning experiences of your adult life. My...
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Buying A Home Should Bring You Closer, But Could Drive You Apart
Source: vitapix / Getty There are several things that a couple will pursue together throughout their life that are meant to bring them closer together, but that the process of pursuing could actually...
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Expenses To Budget For After Buying A Home
Source: valentinrussanov / Getty After you’ve purchased a home, you want the spending to be over. You may have just scraped together all of your savings, and pulled some favors from family members,...
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15 Things First-Time Home Buyers Don’t Want Realtors To Do
Source: Adene Sanchez / Getty I was recently a first-time homebuyer and it quickly became clear to me that there is an entire language that is only really known between realtors and those buying a...
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Why People Want To Buy A House After This Pandemic
Source: gilaxia / Getty It may seem like a strange time to talk about buying a home, what with so many people having recently been laid off or furloughed, or having to shut down their own businesses...
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Funny Ways Homeownership Changes You
Source: FG Trade / Getty I really relate to the new batch of Geico commercials about how people turn into their parents the second they buy a home. We bought our place just before the COVID-19 economic...
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Spam To Prepare For After Buying A Home
Source: FG Trade / Getty Once you buy a home, you know there will be a lot of correspondence to handle. The title paperwork will show up. You’ll have insurance policies to store. If you have an HOA,...
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Should You Buy A House Before You Find A Partner?
Source: fstop123 / Getty When my husband and I were house hunting, we ran into an acquaintance looking at the same townhouse we were interested in. I didn’t know at the time if she was single or not....
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How To Choose The Right Real-Estate Agent For You
Source: kate_sept2004 / Getty If you’ve purchased property in the past, then you know the second you so much as whisper to a friend that you’re in the market, it seems every realtor in town hears it....
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Red Flags First-Time Home Buyers Should Look For
Source: kali9 / Getty When you’re ready to buy your first home, the excitement of finally owning a place and “nesting” in a property you can truly call your own can be a bit blinding. Those shopping...
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How To Find A Home That Will Likely Appreciate
Source: Moyo Studio / Getty Home buying trends have been unpredictable in recent decades. There was a drastic increase in people buying homes between the years 1990 and 2004. Then, the 2007 to 2009...
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How To Write A Great Offer Letter To Get Your Dream Home
Source: FG Trade / Getty In April of 2020, housing prices actually increased slightly compared to April of 2019. At that point, it wasn’t quite clear how coronavirus would impact the housing market....
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How House Hunting Nearly Ruined My Marriage
Source: valentinrussanov / Getty The late summer of 2020 saw 43 percent more home sales than the same time period in 2019. A pandemic certainly didn’t stop people from wanting to put down roots and...
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