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, March 27, 2009

Let's do the numbers

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(1) Max out 401ks - $33,000 (2) Max out 2009 IRAs - $10,000 (3) House project and furniture - $10,000 (4) Add to baby fund - $5,000 (5) Lasi...

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Taxes are done!

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Our taxes are done The bad news, we took a pretty big loss on our real estate investments this year. While all of our units are rented we h...

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Lucky Friday the 13th

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Between the expense of the mortgage refi and the car accident (rental car for a month), we've made little progress on our goals. (1) Ma...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

2009 IRA

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One down and one to go. We have fully funded my 2009 IRA, we will now turn our attention to Mr. Sam's 2009 IRA.

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 ...

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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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