Perhaps I should start calling this a "remo for a refi." It has a nice ring, no? Okay, so when last I left you we'd nearly drywalled and gardened ourselves to death, and we were less than half finished with the project to "awesome-iffy" our house. The next day, Friday, we both took the day off and spent that entire day ... Read More »

As I mentioned in my prior blog, we're refinancing our house, and to do so means that it will be reappraised. I'd hoped that we'd land one of those appraisers who looks at a bunch of charts and graphs and then guesses at our value. No such luck, we have an appointment for him/her to do a walk through in two days. In the ... Read More »

Well it took us long enough, but Errek and I are finally getting off our duffs and looking to take advantage of the incredibly low interest rates (along with pretty much everyone else in the country). As it turns out, despite the down economy and the burst housing bubble, our neighborhood is still valued pretty well -- far ... Read More »