Sabrina’s Money Madness

And how bad is bad? I haven’t spent a lot of money but every time I go into a store that sells home decor products, I’ll look and try to decide if it fits into the scheme that I’ve already imagined my house to have. When I move in, I won’t need a lot of […]

It’s part of my home buyer’s training course. It’s a requirement that I take these classes in order to receive any type of assistance like a low interest rate loan. The loan is for my local county and it’s backed by a bond fund. However if you don’t take the home buyer’s course you don’t […]

There’s a good reason for that. I just joined a program to save for my house. One of the requirements is to save a certain amount, which is pretty close to the goal that I have. However, I have to pay down my debt to as certain level as well. That means that a portion […]

Before I start throwing out numbers remember that I live in Pittsburgh where the price of real estate is crazy cheap. The house had a market value of $70k, the assessed value is $56k and the sale price was $33k. The house is in a middle class area with 3 bedrooms, a game room, a […]

It’s a really cute house in a decent neighborhood. It’s larger than I want because it’s a single family home whereas I’m looking for a townhouse but because of the price I was seriously considering it.
I called the first realtor who was just gungho on having me get pre-approved and showing me properties. I explained […]

I’m not even in the market yet but I was just browsing this website and saw the cutest house. It needs some work but it looks structurally sound, is in a good neighborhood and is pretty attractively priced. When I went to schedule an appointment I was told that there may be some issues with […]

I saw a cute 2 bedroom and an ever cuter 3 bedroom condo recently. I did a unofficial tour since I’m technically not in the market to buy yet. Luckily the realtor is a friend of a friend and didn’t mind taking me out. Of course, she’s hoping that I’ll sign with her when the […]

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John and I will be moving south sooner rather than later. We had originally planned to move in 2010. We’ve decided that as soon as I’m done with school that we’re going to move. No pressure right? Believe me I’m worried about the undue stress that I’m going to face trying to get done with […]

You don’t agree? Oh, you’re probably thinking about the sub-prime credit loan mess. But that’s the beauty of it. That’s what’s making the real estate sector so attractive right now. Did you know that foreign investors are snapping up U.S. real estate because of the devaluation of the dollar? European and Asian investors are snapping […]