Heating your home with corn can be a way to save money this year. You have to buy a corn burning stove, have it installed, and load the hopper – Then it’s go to go, right? Not so fast. Corn burning can save you money, BUT it is not without its hassle. I am all […]
Owning a Home
500 Reasons To Not Be a Home Owner
500 reasons or more specifically – $500 that I am now out because of being a home owner. I had two dead trees in my back yard that had to be removed and I had a follow up trip to home depot that combined racked up $500 of my hard earned cash. The tree removal […]
I Do Not Think I Should Be a Landlord
A while ago I wrote an article taking a look at purchasing single family homes as rentals (a very popular article for this site). I put some hypothetical numbers up, and I came to the conclusion that being a landlord is simply not worth it. I revisit this topic today and I’m certain this will […]
School Levies and How They Hurt You Financially
It’s that time of year, school levies. Throughout the nation, cash-strapped schools are begging their community for more support and in many parts of America, communities are not ponying up for their schools. My home is located in West Chester, OH – which is home to Lakota High School, one of the better school districts […]
Will the Baby Boomers Destroy the Housing Market?
According to US census data, there are 131,704,730 “housing units” in the United States (as of 2010) and there are 112,611,029 “Households.” If those numbers aren’t scary, let me add more concern by foreshadowing another starling danger about the US real estate market. The baby boomer generation is reaching retirement age. In fact, many estimates […]
Buy a Very Cheap Condo or Townhouse Instead of Renting?
If you are a real estate junkie like myself, you might commonly see cheap condos in your area for sale. When I say cheap, I mean virtually giving them away. I thought about buying a condo, but ultimately decided to avoid them. Let me tell you the appeal to condos and what ultimately scared me […]