Buying Your First Home

Most people my age get so overwhelmed with the money they earn and the things they can buy with it. Ask any young office worker, and he or she will probably say that the first place they go to after payday is either the mall or the nearest watering hole. I used to spend my money wantonly on clothes and stuff, but lately I realized the practicality of saving at least half of my paycheck for my own place. Read more

Buying A Second Home

When I started scouring around for my second home, I wanted a condominium to simplify my lifestyle. When I told my two college kids, they protested that a condominium doesn’t feel like a house. I soon relented to their idea because it is not forever that the kids will live with us. Maybe as they leave our home one day, I can buy a condominium, a smaller place for my husband and I to enjoy. I often say our future “Love Nest” because it will just be the two of us.

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