Homes & Spaces

This is a collaborative post. All opinions are my own. Furnishing a house can be really (really) expensive...but it doesn't have to be. Do you know the secret to finding amazing deals on big things like furniture and mattresses? It's shopping LOCAL. Yep, in the age of Amazon I am actually advising you to get off your screens and look in your own city. You'll find better prices on better […]

This is a collaborative post. All opinions are my own. After taking a break all winter, we are gearing up to host on Airbnb again. We already have two bookings in March and those dates are coming up quiiiickly (yikes!). So we've been working hard on getting the house in shape for guests! Our list includes washing the windows, deep cleaning the appliances, scrubbing the walls, touching up paint, washing […]

Writing always helps me to consolidate my thoughts, so since real estate has been consuming a lot of my brain space lately, and mortgage rates are so low, I decided to write down why we're even looking for an investment property to begin with, what we're hoping to find, and the doubts we have. Real estate investing is something Ben and I have been interested in for years, but we always figured […]

I posted a list of my main 2020 goals a few weeks ago, and we've already been making progress on those. I've started running again for the first time in years (it feels both amazingly good and absolutely miserable). We've talked to a lender and some realtors about our goals for an investment property. And we've decided on a destination for a family trip (Maui!!!). But what was missing from […]