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.

Friday, February 27, 2009

REFI done!

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We closed on our refinance today!! We have locked in a great rate and gone from a 30 year fixed loan to a 25 year fixed loan and in the pro...

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Stock

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You may have seen the article in CNN.Money.com that according to Warren Buffet's magic metric, now is a good time to buy stock. Buffet, ...

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

REFI appraisal

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We had the property inspection part of the appraisal completed yesterday. This is probably the 5 th appraisal I have been present for and ...

Saturday, January 31, 2009

REFI

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We have our appraisal on Monday which is the last step to qualify for our refinance on our primary home. We have a great low interest rate ...

Friday, January 30, 2009

1/30/09 numbers

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We are kind of off to a slow start in 2009. (1) Max out 401ks - $33,000 (2) Max out 2009 IRAs - $10,000 (3) House project and furniture - $1...

Monday, January 19, 2009

2009 Saving/Investing goals

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It is that time of year again, time to plan out our saving/investing goals for 2009. We sat down and talked about what we want to accomplis...

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Mortgage Refi

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We have locked in a REFI for our home (the one we live in). We locked in a 4.78% fixed rate, no points on a 25 year loan (we are currently...

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year

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Wishing you and yours a healthy, happy and successful 2009. Have you made any interesting New Year's resolutions??

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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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