Open houses are your friend. Look them up online and spend a few weekends hitting 3 or 4 a day. Don’t spend more than 30 min in an open house, and only that much if you really like it. Blowing though one you don’t care for in 3 min is fine.
Do this *before* you are offially looking. You are window shopping to try to…
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My wife and I spent a year hitting open houses before we officially started looking for a house. It was a great way to test the water for what is out there in your area and price range. There was always a risk of missing your “dream home” by hitting the open house when you weren’t ready to buy but you have to approach…
It apparently used to be a common problem to have one rich uncle using his money to pay all the down payments for the family. Each relative would take the loan in their name, and then they all basically had two landloards: the bank and their uncle. If something went sideways with the loan repayment the uncle tended to…
I think it depends on the area. I live in the suburbs and my property taxes pay for fire, police, and municipal services. It is one of those “taxes pay for the benefits of civilization” type deals. I for one sleep better knowing if my property caught fire someone would show up with a hose.
If yo don’t get that with…
Agreed. We also had a realtor that actually knew how to use the MLS system. The personal search features are built in, it isn’t like your agent is busting out some web authoring tools. Most agents are just scared of the technology.
Our realtor in 2014 did everything with digital signatures and email. I think it has a lot to do with how wired your realtor is.
The only actual pen I ever used was at the closing
I think there is a good middleground. If you make something once a year, skip the special tool and figure out how to do it with your multi-taskers.
If you make it every week go for the specialty tool. I don’t eat enough egg muffins to justify one of these tools. But I eat a lot of popcorn and you will never tear my…
Ok, Big Pharma is indeed in it for the money. You know what? So are the people that build your dwelling. They are not hanging all those doors for free. Does that make them evil?
How about the people that made their car? or the people who make all that electricity? Or food?
We live in a capitalist society. Capitalism…
Useless trivia fact of the day:
Thanks to what is now sometimes considered the first clinical trial in history a British doctor worked out that lemons or limes would cure skurvy in just a few days. Not having discovered vitamins yet people assumed it was the acid in the citris that did it & started out with lemon juice…
They did better than the worst result, not as good as the best.
I keep reminding myself of all the crazy stories my Grandmother used to tell about our “noble heritage”. The were unsubtatiated and in many cases did not line up with the memories of others who were there at the time.
My Dad used to be irritated with them, then as he got older he started telling them himself. So far,…
The one a lot of Costplay folks seem to agree on is “only” $850
The one a lot of Costplay folks seem to agree on is “only” $850
Don’t worry. The old versions aren’t any harder for them.
My wife is a painter. The patching/sanding/texture/tape/prep is indeed 90% of what people are paying for. Most of her clients have more money than time (or sense).
As an aside: Her most/least favorite thing people keep telling here is “I can’t really picture it until I see it on the wall”. Which isn’t picturing it, it…
My local garage does my oil changes for $35. About what I would spend myself and I don’t have to actually do it. I hang out catching up on my reading for 20 min in the waiting room and go on my way.
You hear some celebrities talking about after they got famous they no longer knew who their friends were. I’d think winning the lottery would be like that. It would get weird.
The DOA movie was a pretty literal translation of the game: Scantily clad woman massaging each other and playing volleyball in between tacked on tournament fights.
It wasn’t high art, but is was a pretty faithful adaptation......
ATM access is a thing with my credit union.
Yeah, I also really like my credit union.
A few years back io9 reported that there were originally female rebel pilots in ROTJ. They did not make the final cut.