Tag: <span>buying a home</span>

Reflections On “The Road-Less-Traveled” Challenge, Seven Years Later

Back in 2016, we had just started on our journey to destroy our debt, while mapping out a plan to achieve financial semi-independence.  A lot has changed since then, including the addition of twins and moving to a forever homestead.  Have our goals or strategies changed too?  What can we …

Monday Medley: Summer Update From The Homestead

Happy Summer!  It’s time for a little update on our family’s journey to build a homestead that will support our dream of financial semi-independence, and all the things we enjoy along the way.   Family The kids have been out of school for a couple of weeks now, and they …

Spring Update From Our Kaleidoscope Homestead

Greetings from Our Kaleidoscope Homestead.  While it has been a eventful winter that kept us busy, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the next season at our new home.  Here is your update on what’s been happening and what’s to come, as we build our financially semi-independent, family homestead. Our Home Older …

Maintaining Momentum After Achieving Big Goals

It can be tempting at times, to focus on your accomplishments, and decide that you’ve done enough.  We have been working so hard for the past decade.  After paying off our debt and moving to the forever homestead, it’s been difficult to resist the lure of celebration, relaxing, and letting …

Finally, We Found Our Forever Homestead

Just one month ago, we were making adjustments and accepting that it may take a bit longer than expected to move to our forever homestead.  My most recent blog post was even about this acquiescence.  But, it wasn’t time to give up yet.  Exciting news: We found a wonderful property …

Things To Do While Waiting For Your Dream Home

After years of hard work, and surviving pandemic quarantine with five kids in a 1,300 square foot home . . . We are finally ready to move into our forever homestead!  There is a down payment in the bank and we have our mortgage preapproval letters.  The next step is …

When Is It Smarter To Rent, Instead Of Buying A Home?

I’ve got a huge reveal coming tomorrow, but for today let’s talk about buying property.  Owning a home is one of those standard expectations that goes along with being an adult.  We’re taught that renting is for college kids or people who can’t afford to buy a home.  Investing in …