In the house/condo hunt I have continued to look. Did so today in fact. Still looking. The one of the three that was most promising and at a really great affordable price is 1300 sq ft town house with a huge loft master bedroom with no door and a small downstairs bedroom. Tiny kitchen. Enclosed small slab patio 4'x8' so no place to plant anything. ( Read more... )

Well, this is scary as all get out. I have $8K to my name. Put an offer today on a house which will take every dime I own in order to obtain the mortgage and pay all the fees. Going to have to get creative with finding things to sell to help come up with some liquidity ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit defeated. Rent increases as of May 1 to an amount equivalent to one paycheck. Decided to look into purchasing property rather than continuing to rent. I have come to the realisation that is not going to occur during the next couple years at least ( Read more... )

read an article today in the san francisco chronicle discussing "walkaway" borrowers. you know, those people who have decided that they will stop paying their mortgages and send their keys back to their lenders. in many instances it isn't a matter of financial hardship that is inducing them to do this. it is rather the realisation that with the ( Read more... )