How My War Came Home A reporter thought of his city in the west of Ukraine as a haven from Russian bombs — until a strike hit his street.
Home Improvement Loan Options? Hey everyone! I come here looking for some advice on the best way to finance some home improvements. We moved into our house in 2019, well before it was move in ready. We have been slowly plugging away, but still have a long way to go. Right now, we have a HELOC with a variable interest rate, and it doesn’t seem to be the best option for us. Whe…
S.B.A loan for home repair in disaster zone Is it wise to take advantage of sba loan in disaster zone? They’ve allowed folks with damage to their homes by Helene to take out low interest loans. Would it be wise to get as many large projects done that were even slightly damaged with these low interest loans? Fence, driveway replaced, etc. The loan officer seemed like he was encouraging m…
Is it safe to pay off my car loan im the middle of home search? Just as title states. I have a high interest car loan that I’d like to pay off but wondering if/how it may impact my credit. I’m in the middle of a home search so have been careful to not make any major moves; unfortunately tthat search is taking years and I can’t remain frozen for an indefinite amount of time. Thoughts on what I should do? …
All the Home Maintenance Tasks You Should Tackle in November Keep out the cold and prepare for winter storms.
NASCAR Track Abandoned In 1968 Still Home To Incredible Vintage Racecars NASCAR has been racing across America since the 1940s and has hosted events in states from Oregon to Alabama. If you want to visit one of those tracks to soak up some of the NASCAR atmosphere, you’d normally have to fork out hundreds of dollars for a race day ticket, but you can actually explore a historic NASCAR … Read more…
Should I increase home loan EMI or save/invest? For starters, I am 27(M), single. Having a home loan with 50K INR monthly EMI for 18 years. Total liquid savings would be around 14-15L (including emergency funds, FDs, MFs). Monthly EMIs: Home Loan: 50,000 Car Loan: 23,000 Rent: 18,000Annual expenses: 1 Lakh (insurances)Monthly Income: 2.4 Lakhs Should I be increasing my EMI from 50K to 80K (r…
Homeowners, who watches your home while you are traveling? So I am going to Japan next month for about 3 weeks. I normally solo travel but this time around I have a home and a husband! So before I’ve never had to worry about a house to go back to, because before it was usually my parent’s home lol. So technically no one will be home as my husband and I will both be gone. My dog is going to stay with my…
The New Ways To “Pattern Drench” Your Home Tomorrow, and likely the rest of the week, will have me in a high-stress state. The last few months of this election have given me some hope (she says tentatively) and yet the looming reality that we could be taken … The post The New Ways To “Pattern Drench” Your Home appeared first on Emily Henderson.
My WFH room: Home theater + productivity battlestation (plants included!) submitted by /u/Gragion
HELOC? Home Imp Loan? I have a large 2 family home that I rent, and I’m staring at a huge cost of doing siding. The house has clapboard siding, that if I want done right to replace with vinyl will cost around $40,000 .. I don’t have this money, but the clapboards are getting so bad I have to do something. Do you all recommend a HELOC with these interest rates, or ins…
Trying to buy a home on a single income. My GF and I both 30 are currently renting, my half of the rent is affordable and only 17% of my monthly income. However, this our 3rd year in the apt and it is very small and there are many aspects of our living situation that bother me on the daily and not great (lack of space, sense of safety, laundry, parking, etc) I am currently trying to sa…
LPT Check your home water supply for lead service lines Unfortunately many homes in USA still have lead service lines bringing water from the mains to the house. Children are particularly at risk. An estimated 9.2 million lead service lines (LSLs) serve water to properties in communities across the United States Look up your area at https://leadoutmap.org/map/ Use a certified water filter to remove …
Take out HELOC to pay for unexpected home repair? Long story short, I went to turn on my boiler in my house for the winter and test it out and there was an issue with it. Called local HVAC company and it is shot so I am going to need to replace it. To completely replace it will be around 15 or 16,000. I can do financing through the HVAC company but I also thought about doing a HELOC. I bought t…
I’m newly re-employed, worried about my home I was laid off from my previous job and was unemployed for several months. In that time, I had some debts go unpaid and I was sent to collections. When I got a new job, I started setting up repayment plans but now those are taking up a lot of my budget and I’m behind on my mortgage. I got a letter in the mail saying that I have until Nov 6 to …
Struggling 31 yr old, living at home with parents. Hi everyone, Im a 31 yr male who lives at home with about 3k in savings, and drowning in CC debt. Both my parents own a small business in North Vancouver, Canada but however they are still working their tails off. I do have a career in paramedicine that ive been in for 3 years, work alot of hours and the cash is coming in. However my money mana…
Buy a home or keep renting? I currently have my life savings in a high yield savings account ($335k) that gives me about $1500 a month on interest in return. So basically i see it as if that interest “pays”for my rent and some of my bills, so I am able to save most of my paycheck ( I also live very simple, I don’t overspend and I don’t own a car… that is how i was able to …
1099 Work from Home Deductions I start working from home 3-4 days a week soon for a 1099 part-time job, up to 40 hours a week. Is there anything I can deduct, rent, wifi, etc? Laptop I have purchased in the past? submitted by /u/Buff-Medulla
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