housing

Housing is the worst.

by Ninja on January 18, 2012 · 71 comments

I’ve only really had two financial goals since I graduated college. The first was to pay off my student loans. It took me four years to go in to debt and a little over two years to work my way out. As soon as my debts were paid, it was time to shift my focus [...]

A $14,000 raise.

by Ninja on January 3, 2012 · 24 comments

As you are already aware, Girl Ninja and I made the move to Seattle this last summer (We miss all you beautiful peeps in San Diego). We found a great little mother-in-law apartment above a beautiful home in a suburb north of Seattle. It’s the perfect place for us right now; clean, cute, and cheap. [...]

We were out to dinner with some good friends (a married couple) last night and we started talking about life. They will be moving back to Washington this summer, after spending the last three years in Virginia. We naturally discussed where they would live, which then snowballed in to a conversation about housing in general. [...]

Is 30 > 15 or 15 > 30?

by Ninja on December 12, 2011 · 95 comments

Did you know thirty is greater than fifteen? Oh you did? Well, then why do so many people proclaim a 15 year mortgage is better than a 30 year one. I’ll tell you why, because they are wussy faces. Okay, maybe not wussy faces, but they are at minimum narrow-minded. Girl Ninja and I are [...]

The pretenders.

by Ninja on November 21, 2011 · 36 comments

Girl Ninja and I are going to put on our Sunday’s best and pretend to be something we are not. What, you ask? We’ll be pretending to be a couple that is interested in buying a home. That’s right suckers, we are going to attend some open houses over the next few months, even though [...]

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