My fiancée and I will be moving south this winter, but we plan on returning to the midwest at the end of the baseball season. This presents an interesting problem for us. We’ve furnished an apartment at our current location, but it’d be difficult to transport all of our belongings. Should we store or sell […]
In the hustle of moving into a new apartment and getting yourself and your stuff settled in, it can be easy to forget about your security deposit. After all, most landlords don’t even give those back. You have enough on your mind, so why worry about a security deposit? Because the security deposit is your […]
My fiance and I are ‘moving’ to Florida in January, but the move may only last through March. This presents a unique opportunity, because we can look for vacation rentals in the area. Apartments can only be rented for a minimum of 7 months in Florida and furnishing would be too expensive for the short […]
This is an attempt to list some of the positives of owning a home. For the opposite point of view, check out the post titled Be Logical and Never Buy a Home. Deciding to buy a home is a major decision that everyone eventually wants to make. If we consider everyone we know, it will […]
As an Economics major in college I am always thinking like a student. I am always trying to save a little cash when shopping and I am constantly observing how my financial decisions affect others. The world moves when money moves. This simple truth has always been fascinating to me. I encountered one of these […]
Signing a lease can be stressful, since many people don’t know how long they will be staying in one place. This makes agreeing to a set time frame difficult. My fiancé signed a 12 month lease earlier this year, but is now second guessing that decision because of a number of reasons that were unknown […]
