Adventures of Sam

Musings about personal finance, real estate investing, life in South Florida, historic house projects, Snarfle the dog and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Zillow Zestimates - Zact or Ziction?

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If you invest or even follow real estate you likely have heard of the web site Zillow . Zillow calculates a Zestimate ® home valuation as a...

Risks of Cotton

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I bought new place-mats at Pottery Barn this past weekend (in advance of a small dinner party on Saturday night and a visit from Mr. Sam...

Sunday, April 27, 2008

How we paid off $55,500 in debt - 1 of 6

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In December 2006, shortly after I married Mr. Sam, I started shopping for a new/ nused car. I wanted a new car (I was and continue to drive...

Net Worth

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I have posted a link to our net worth entry for April 2008. If you click on the link you can review our net worth entries dating back to J...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Habits

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If you do something every day for 30 days it becomes routine. Happy Friday!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Cooling Off Period

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I really like this idea from No Credit Needed: For every $100 that I want to spend on the purchase of a new product, I must wait one day b...

Hooray - Full House

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Mr. Sam has rented the crack shack before the first of the month. We are back up to full house with tenants in all our rental units. Hooray!...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Rent-O-Meter

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Check out this handy tool. You can plug in your rental unit address, current monthly rent, number of bedrooms and units in building (i.e. ap...

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Sam: I live in South Florida with my husband, Mr. Sam, and our dog Snarfle. Mr. Sam and I both slave away in the salt mines by day and manage real estate investments by night.

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