WA has the WSHFC downpayment assistance which lends you the downpayment at 0% interest on a conventional loan if your combined income is under 98k (thats what it was 2 years ago).

What we did, registry office > lunch with some fiends at a steak house down the street > a trip to the beach for a swim > dinner with some friends. Done.

Nicely done!

I spend about 45 minutes twice a day on a commuter train with bi-level cars, from the top deck you get some good viewing.

Gees I hope you read the small print on the FHA loan, they have a number of limitations when it comes to refinancing, selling/buying another house, buying a second house etc.

I almost never use 100% power on microwaves. Typically I’ll double the recommended cooking time and lower it to 40%, get much much better results with everything.

Enough with the bouncy graphics, they’re giving me cancer just looking at them.

I always question how secure is this smart home stuff? So far no one has convinced me its secure. I think you’ll find that its convenience/gimmick factor/impress your friends, but not necessary.

I always question how secure is this smart home stuff? So far no one has convinced me its secure. I think you’ll…

Reminds me of the “good old days” in New Zealand, where everyone’s water heaters were on a “ripple controller”, this allowed the power co’s to turn off water heaters during evening peak residential demand, and turn them back on again later in the evening. Since the water heater was on its own separate meter, some…

By making them even more lazy and incompetent at actually driving? Then when in a situation of having to actually drive they’ve forgotten how.

Apple isn’t being hostile, its more likely a quality control issue where Apple doesn’t support trim on 3rd party SSD modules. Yes you can enable it, at your own risk.

Yes, great if you buy a lot at Costco (Our local Costco gets so busy you cant move, we started going to Sam’s Club, Costco is closer and I’ll only go get gas there early in the morning if I need it) and eat out often. We don’t so much, if you stop and do the math on a lot of these cash backs and rewards systems you…

Every other card except my Lowe’s card is a Visa. Wife has an IHG Mastercard she uses to get the discounts on IHG hotels and free upgrades, and other perks, which she likes and seems to be worth it.

You can return Comcast equipment to any UPS store for $0.

No, no they don’t. Windows 10 would be ok if it wasn’t spying on you, and doing all kinds of crazy stuff you didn’t ask for like sharing wifi passwords. Personally I dislike the “searches internet” by default, and the live tiles for things I don’t care about all over the start menu. Windows 7 in terms of an OS that is…

Not to mention cables wrapped around the outside of your house doesn’t look that great.

That’s easier said than done.

That has been my experience also, most employers I have worked for stiffed everyone on yearly raises, even to match inflation - so technically each year we were getting a pay cut. The usual excuse was “we cant pass this cost this onto our customers (in fear of losing a few, probably the ones that suck and no one will…

Much the same in Seattle where I work, anything near Seattle in King County is pretty expensive, start at 500k and go up. Head south into Pierce County and houses are half the price or twice as nice. Fortunately there is a commuter rail service between Seattle and Tacoma. We found a place in a small town with a…

Renovating an old place should be treated as a hobby where the costs are not so important and you’re happy to spend your weekends for the next 5 years tearing stuff apart and putting it back together again, it’ll take longer and cost more than you think it will. Sure put effort into it and you can end up with…