by That One Caveman on May 30, 2008
For a short week, a lot of great things have really happened to me in little time! First, our net worth shot through the roof when we got back our home appraisal. Then, we convinced our credit union to release our tax and insurance escrow so we could manage it ourselves. That [...]
by That One Caveman on May 29, 2008
One of the major keys to a good personal financial plan is commitment. If you aren’t committed and dedicated to achieving your goal, you will likely fail.
But sometimes it’s hard to stay committed. A frugal lifestyle is difficult to maintain, especially if you are new to it. You know what you need to do [...]
by That One Caveman on May 28, 2008
Yesterday, I mentioned that we hired an appraiser to come and give us a full appraisal of our house for property tax purposes. When the appraisal came in much higher than expected – $15,000 over our purchase price 2 years ago – I wondered if we could benefit from this dramatic change.
I remembered reading [...]
by That One Caveman on May 27, 2008
Way back in January, I wrote that I was challenging our very unfair property tax assessment. Finally, last month, we received the review board’s reassessment. They dropped the assessor’s valuation of our property by $25,000, but it was still $29,000 more than our purchase price from just 2 years ago. My wife [...]
by That One Caveman on May 23, 2008
Over the last two weeks, I’ve had the pleasure to write about my beginning experiences with vermicomposting. Yesterday, everything got started “for real” when my red wigglers arrived in the mail. I promptly put them in their new home, spread them out, and watched them burrow in. This morning when I went [...]
by The Cavewife on May 22, 2008
The following is a guest post written by my wife, The Cavewife. She regularly writes here about what’s on her heart as a frugal stay-at-home mom.
At the end of April, I found out that I am pregnant with our second child. All sorts of things have been running through my mind: How are we going [...]