Comments on: Cool Off Your House Fever With a Long-Term Financial Plan

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:29:47 +0000

Such a sensible approach to house ownership! I think I’ll be checking out the Financial university (and the others) to pass onto my website’s visitors so thanks for the links to the resources
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By: Tsh

Tsh — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:53:05 +0000

Good for him for paying 100% cash, as he preaches.

By: Franklin in Cool Springs

Franklin in Cool Springs — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:57:12 +0000

Have you seen Dave Ramsey’s new mansion in Nashville? It looks like quite a palace!

http://www.coolsprings.com/news/dave-ramseys-house/

By: The Silver Lining on This Dark Economic Cloud

The Silver Lining on This Dark Economic Cloud — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:20:18 +0000

[...] have been all about keeping up the the Joneses and keeping up appearances. They’ve been about gargantuan homes, flashy rides, and billion dollar IPO’s. But all those things are now just hollow reminders [...]

By: jj

jj — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:41:42 +0000

WOW. I am very thankful for this article. We are currently staying in 1 room (kitchen inc, bathroom apart) apartment above a garage. Since the baby is born. It was very tough in the beginning and now that he is going to crawl – will be very hard too. My hubby’s friends are all very well off, big houses and so on. Now that we want to live overseas so that we can have a better lifestyle, they say we are leaving friends and family. I have been very jealous on their homes and have a tremendous need to settle down. Thank you for the encouragement. We keep on reminding ourselves that a whole family could have lived in our flat

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Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:50:13 +0000

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By: MB

MB — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:50:56 +0000

We bought a house we knew we could afford on one income, even though we had two at the time. It’s also a duplex that came with a built in renter. Not bad as he pays half our mortgage. It’s an old house in a historic neighborhood. Full of arches and character and beautiful wood floors. BUT, I will never buy a house this old (1930) again unless I have stacks of money to buy one that has been completely gutted and renovated. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. There is always something with an old house. Then, when you go to repair something…get ready, because they might find something else that needs to be totally replaced too.

I am always telling my friends, particularly the ones who are cash strapped, to wait. Wait until you are really ready to take on the repairs and the costs of maintaining a house and yard. So many people forget about those costs, especially when shows on HGTV make it all so wonderfully appealing to own. I know I did.

Now, I’m not saying I don’t enjoy owning my home. I do, most days. But then there are also those days when I really wish I didn’t have to plunk down more of my cash, that I could be saving for our bigger ‘plan’, on repairs or whatever.

And, it would also be nice to move to a home that was a bit more suited to our lifestyle and laid out better. If we were renting, it would be a heck of a lot easier to just look for something else and go. But, when you are owning…a much more involved decision.

Anyway…got off on a bit of a rant there…sorry.

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By: James Miles

James Miles — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:02 +0000

Are there subscriber only forums? I know that there are forums you can get to without the subscription. I go there occasionally. Don't know if you can post, although you can read them all. Also, you can catch the whole three hours live if you can listen 2-5 eastern. James Miles´s last blog post...Conversations with Will

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:28:45 +0000

This is my first time @ Simple Mom and an amazing coincidence! A friend of mine and a huge fan of yours (Emma from http://baby-log.com) always goes on and on about your blog, so I decided to check it out and landed straight on this post – when I run a blog named Home I Own myself
Your post means a lot to me – it actually describes a lot of my thoughts a couple of years ago. My partner and I moved to Australia and rented there for a while, until we finally saved up for a deposit and bought a house.
I must say that buying a house is such a learning curve! So when we were only beginners in that house-buying thing I decided to share everything I learned about houses in Australia in my blog http://www.homeiown.com.
When you have just arrived to a new country, everything is so different and you don’t really know what is the right way to do something – but there’s no one to ask. And sometimes people are ashamed to be asking about stuff everyone else seems to know so well.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell everybody here, don’t give up on your dream to own a house – we arrived to Australia with only 2 suitcases and a dog 2 years ago and now we own a house. So I’d say – anything is possible if you want it badly enough, just do your best and pray for success.
Cheers!
Chris

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By: Christine @ Live to Learn

Christine @ Live to Learn — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:09:41 +0000

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your article and all the comments. We bought our house 6 years ago and following Dave's principals, we bought less than what the banks thought we could afford. When we bought we had 2 kids 3 and under and now we have 5 plus one on the way! We curbed the house fever this year by saving up $20,000 cash and adding on two rooms to our house. We added a huge laundry/craft/family closet and a sunroom/dining room. It has made a tremendous difference in our comfort level in our home. We figured moving, selling, and buying would be more of a hassle than paying cash for an addition in a house we loved, with great neighbors in a wonderful homeschooling environment. We hope to stay here several more years until we truly outgrow our home. Christine @ Live to Learn´s last blog post...I would be kidding myself if . . . .