April 29, 2006
- New spreadsheet: Mortgage Loan Calculator
Just announcing a new, (hopefully) useful free Excel spreadsheet:
If you've already got a mortgage, it's too late to try to save money by getting a better rate or better terms. (…)
April 26, 2006
- Home Mortgage Refinance Calculator
How much will refinancing your home cost you? Will you actually save money? Does it make financial sense for you to refinance at this time? (…)
April 25, 2006
- Multiple Streams of Income
About four or five years ago, I read a great book titled Multiple Streams of Income by Robert G. Allen. (…)
April 23, 2006
- The Bubble Pops, and the Madness of the Crowd
It's been going around the personal finance blogging community: "The real estate bubble has finally popped." When I read an article about this earlier today, it immediately brought to my mind the image of people in Holland paying the price of a house for tulip bulbs, just because "everybody else is doing it". (…)
April 18, 2006
- Mortgage Decisions from a Renter
First off, I'll admit that I'm a renter, at least for the moment. I have no personal, hands-on experience with mortgages, mortgage paperwork, refinancing, and so on. (…)
April 17, 2006
- Home-buying tips from my financial advisor
I was helping move a family in our church last Friday, and my financial advisor happened to be helping out there, so we got to talk a lot about "best practices" when it comes to buying a home. (…)