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Planning To Have Kids? Don’t Buy That Minivan Just Yet

September 9, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  During the phase of my life where I was wooing my wife to marry me, several of my friends were already in the family-building phase. When your first child comes along there’s an incredible sense of excitement, anticipation, and discovery. I saw it in their lives firsthand, and now that I have a couple […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: enough, house, lifestyle, mortgage, story

Imagine The Freedom Of Owning A House With No Mortgage

September 3, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  If you hang out at this site for any length of time, you’ll find that I write quite a bit about housing, mortgages, and lifestyles. I believe that we can very easily set ourselves up for financial failure simply by setting unrealistic expectations, and then using debt to fund those expectations. Mortgages, for most […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Stories Tagged With: earlypaymentcalc, house, mortgage, story

Considerations When Waging A War On STUFF

August 28, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  As a follow-up to my post from earlier this week, I want to explain one of the main downsides to having a smaller house (storage space) and how we’re dealing with it. Because when your family is growing, and your space is shrinking… that can present a challenge. However, what we’ve discovered is that […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: fulfillment, house, journey, lifestyle, story

Smaller House, Larger Life!

August 25, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  In the summer of 2010 I finally came to my senses. My first child was a year old. My wife, daughter and I lived in a good-sized suburban home in a nice neighborhood, about 15 minutes from downtown where my office is (even in rush hour traffic). Our house was fairly “nice” since we’d […]

Filed Under: Journey Progress, Stories Tagged With: financial independence, house, journey, mortgage, personal, story

Help Me Advise My Parents: Home Pricing Strategy

August 17, 2013 by Justin Weinger

Dear readers, I spent this morning helping my parents with some last-minute interior painting, since they are going to be listing their home of 15 years “for sale” on Monday. As my dad and talked about the current value and his home pricing strategy, we got into a lively discussion over what typical home-buyers expect […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: house, personal

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