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, August 31, 2012

Tax Time

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It is that time of the year and we have just received the notice of proposed property taxes for our various properties in Florida. Florida...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Financial Poker Face

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I recently ran into my former assistant out and about.  This is a sweet woman, single mom, about my age.  Because we worked closely for a fe...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Lease Break

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Ugh, one of our tenants has decided to break her lease.  Our tenant has a job opportunity that is requiring her to move and its an opportuni...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Refinance - Part 8

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We finally heard from the mortgage broker.  Our loan application has made it through underwriting and we have been approved. Hooray!! We...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

2012 Goals - Mid August Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $25,347 (75%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $5123 (51%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $6400 (64%)(...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Other Homework

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In addition to  working on getting term life insurance , we are also FINALLY working on getting our car insurance consolidated.  We have bee...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

How Charitable?

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This morning I caught an NPR segment on the geography of giving. Very interesting to learn that lower income folks actually give awa...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Recycling Bandits

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Today, Friday, is recycling day in my small City.  We utilize a  single stream collection system.  Which means that all our recycling, pape...
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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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