Comments on: The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: We Found It Edition http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/ Simple, applicable personal finance advice for the modern world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:34:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sfordinarygirl http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26707 sfordinarygirl Fri, 18 May 2007 08:44:17 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/#comment-26707 What kind of breadpan do you use? Do you also use a breadmaker? I'd love if you could post some of your recipes and instructions. Homemade bread is on my list of goals to make this year. What kind of breadpan do you use? Do you also use a breadmaker?

I’d love if you could post some of your recipes and instructions. Homemade bread is on my list of goals to make this year.

]]> By: GeekMan http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26178 GeekMan Wed, 16 May 2007 20:03:12 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/#comment-26178 Congratulations! Buying a home is a wonderful and scary thing to do. A question I've got about your particular situation is, how are you approaching the financing? Are you going to put a large percentage down and get a 15 year mortgage and try to pay it off early, or will you put down the minimum you can for the longest term you can and invest the rest? I'm very curious as to how someone with your financial knowledge will approach this! Congratulations! Buying a home is a wonderful and scary thing to do. A question I’ve got about your particular situation is, how are you approaching the financing? Are you going to put a large percentage down and get a 15 year mortgage and try to pay it off early, or will you put down the minimum you can for the longest term you can and invest the rest? I’m very curious as to how someone with your financial knowledge will approach this!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26156 Michelle Wed, 16 May 2007 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/#comment-26156 So how do you feel now about that house you talked about a month ago -- the one that you loved but was $50,000 to expensive, if I remember right? I'll bet you're glad you waited... So how do you feel now about that house you talked about a month ago — the one that you loved but was $50,000 to expensive, if I remember right?

I’ll bet you’re glad you waited…

]]> By: Todd http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26133 Todd Wed, 16 May 2007 16:26:32 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/#comment-26133 When we bought our house about nine years ago, we had the same sort of thing happen. No checklists, but after looking at about 15 of them, we just felt immediately comfortable in one of them. It wasn't until after we had pretty much decided to make an offer that I realized I knew the owner--he was the owner of a company that was a client of my company. We offered the asking price--which was reasonable--and requested allowances for carpet and some other repair. They accepted without countering. All in all, it was pretty smooth. Knowing the owner personally (and his integrity, etc.) took a lot of the uncertainty out of a purchase like that. (What if the inspector missed something major?) A tip for future homebuyers: rent a house for a year before you buy one. (Not an apartment, a house.) It's a great way to build your checklist for the purchase. We didn't accumulate a lot of musts, but we had quite a list of "must nots". When we bought our house about nine years ago, we had the same sort of thing happen. No checklists, but after looking at about 15 of them, we just felt immediately comfortable in one of them.

It wasn’t until after we had pretty much decided to make an offer that I realized I knew the owner–he was the owner of a company that was a client of my company.

We offered the asking price–which was reasonable–and requested allowances for carpet and some other repair. They accepted without countering.

All in all, it was pretty smooth. Knowing the owner personally (and his integrity, etc.) took a lot of the uncertainty out of a purchase like that. (What if the inspector missed something major?)

A tip for future homebuyers: rent a house for a year before you buy one. (Not an apartment, a house.) It’s a great way to build your checklist for the purchase. We didn’t accumulate a lot of musts, but we had quite a list of “must nots”.

]]> By: Rick http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-26114 Rick Wed, 16 May 2007 14:51:15 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/16/the-simple-dollar-morning-roundup-we-found-it-edition/#comment-26114 Congratulations. I know the feeling, since I bought my first house two months ago. You look at a whole bunch of houses, and many of them seem nice, some more than others. But none of them particularly stands out. And then you find "the one". You know it the moment you see it. Congratulations. I know the feeling, since I bought my first house two months ago. You look at a whole bunch of houses, and many of them seem nice, some more than others. But none of them particularly stands out. And then you find “the one”. You know it the moment you see it.

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