House Updates

5 Questions to Ask As a First-Time Home Buyer

first-time home buyers

Happy Wednesday. I’m answering the top five questions that I had as a first-time home buyer. But first, some housekeeping. If you haven’t read (or watched) The Bachelor, you can read my recap here. This is my second week back to work after a glorious week-long hiatus during Christmas week. And I’m hitting the ground running. This week, I’m prepping…

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House Update: Dining Room

Dining room update

I’m here today with a house update. I mentioned in yesterday’s post that our dining room table finally arrived. This table had been on back order since September. Here is what our dining room looked like with the prior owner’s furniture. Now, we have a similar rug, which is a couple of years old. It used to be in our…

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I bought a house, now what? 4 best moving tips

moving

When Aaron and I bought our house, we weren’t quite sure when our exact closing date would be. Your lender won’t give you the “clear to close” until a couple of days prior to the actual closing date. As soon as we received the good news from our lender, we put in our 30-days notice with our current landlord. Knowing…

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Weekend Recap: New House Edition

Happy Monday, ya’ll! Hope your week is off to a nice and productive start. The weather is beautiful here in Houston. I think it’s a bit too warm to call it official “Fall weather,” but I guess it will have to do. This weekend was all about assembling furniture, welcoming a houseguest and a really interesting turn of events in…

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New Home Office

As I mentioned in my introduction post, Aaron and I just moved from one of those three-story townhomes near downtown Houston. Aside from wanting to actually start building equity in a home (hello, adulting), part of the reason we bought a new home was for my 12-year-old golden retriever. He was having a really hard time going up and down…

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