Mortgage calculators are a great way to figure out if you can afford a home, but depending on which one you use, some may be more accurate than others. Most calculators, like those from real estate giants Zillow and Redfin, show you a pretty decent estimate of your potential monthly payments, but they don’t exactly …
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As human demands for convenience increase, so too does our appetite for physical space. And space, regardless of how much we think we have, is disappearing at an alarming rate, showing a human appetite that is not only irresponsible, but one that is entirely unsustainable and inherently selfish. Some of our choices, like development and …
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As a general rule of thumb, transportation costs are supposed to be less than 15% of your annual income — that means that for a typical household in the U.S., with an income around $53,889, expenses should come out to about $8,083 a year or $674 a month. However, as outlined with the tools below, …
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So there I was, doing my thing, running some work errands, trying to keep things in order when all of the sudden, I receive a text message from a stranger. Would you sell 111 Pacific Ave or do you want to just keep it? If you’d rather not text, just say END A little taken …
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Move to the city they said, bring your dogs they said! Welp, I did. And while I wouldn’t give up my dogs for anything, I’ve come to the conclusion that city life just doesn’t work for everyone, especially if you’re a dog owner. But let me be clear, it’s not that city life is bad …
As an American millennial, there’s a common “proclamation” that I hear amongst my same-age brethren — it sounds something like, “Oh yeah, I’m a Catholic” or “Yep, been a Baptist my whole life.” But despite what verbally came out of their mouth in that fantastically unadulterated moment, what most of them are really trying to …
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