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My life is busy but who really cares

Brian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:47:27 +0000

Oh Boy, let me tell you that now I’m on my own my I am normally not this busy doing stuff.

Just last weekend I had Stacey’s parents over and her dad helped me cut out a new shelf for the kitchen as it was sagging. This weekend I’m working on the web newsletter for scouting in what was my local area and then I’m helping my mom with stuff on sunday. And quite posibly I’m going out again with friends.

This for me is a new experience, most weekends I’d just sit around the house and do squat. Now I’m going out, helping people and other things.

I think I like this.

Thanks

Finally made it in…

Brian — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:23:43 +0000

I’ve finally moved all of my big stuff that I needed help with, as you can see with this blog entry I do have internet access. Photos will be up shortly, as most of you won’t be able to make it to the house right away.

I have a few more boxes to go thru, then after that I turn around and celebrate x-mas.

One more day

Brian — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:42:23 +0000

Well, I have one more day before we get the house. I can’t wait to get the keys.

And were in the final stretch

Brian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:06:36 +0000

So were approaching the finish line for the house, All of the electrical has been completed and inspected (another blog entry), were in the process of finalizing our mortgage, the appliances have been ordered, TV and internet have been arranged, We see our lawyer in two weeks and a few days later we close the deal.

Man, talk about a wild ride. Which will be complete when everything is all in the house. Only 4 more weeks, I can’t wait.

So were buying a house (cont) …

Brian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:54:51 +0000

Now this is what’s happened to me this past week

My Girlfriend and I go view a few homes last weekend and had a gut feeling on one of them. Luckily that house has an open house the following day so we both go and view it again. That’s when we made the decision to put an offer in on it. So we got in touch with our broker and was able to put the paperwork together for that evening as our broker presented the offer. When the home owners counter offered with a few minor changes we were happy to accept.

Within the next two days the home inspection was completed and we were happy with the report. We also had our mortgage approved the following day so we went from Saturday to as I type this on Thursday night doing all of this. And I can’t thank My Girlfriend enough for her help in this as well.

We have a few more things to work out and then everything should be final

ah heck with it

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:30:37 +0000

I haven’t been able to think of a very specific thing to talk about so I’ll just write about what I’ve done and anything cool I’ll do or about to do so hello world, I’m back!!!

Auctions are fun – my tips !!!!

Brian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:20:31 +0000

As promised here are some tips that I have for live auctions:

Go to the previews
By going to the preview you get the opportunity to see what is for sale and the condition of the item. This also gives you the opportunity to create a list of what you want to buy and verify if you can take them home after the auction. If the items on the list are to large to take home then ask if they offer delivery or arrange for someone to be available to take back with you any large items.
Stick to the list !!!
By sticking to what you want to buy you’ll have a greater chance of not spending a lot of your budget. If the items on your list are of greater value like a pair of dressers you should limit what you want to buy.
Budget
It’s a word I don’t like but I didn’t want to spend a lot on the pair of dressers that I got. I had set a limit of $250 per dresser before the item was auctioned off. If the bidding price went over $250 I would either stop bidding or adjust my budget for other items in my list.
Patience
Often Auctioneers will start the bid price high and then decrease the bid price to attract any bidders. For the dressers that I got I waited until the price was about $150 per dresser. Others will want to bid higher on the dressers. I was able to be patient and bought the dressers for $240 each and stick to my budget.
Be careful
You have to be careful as to what you do and say. By raising your hand that tells the auctioneer that you’re interested in bidding. I was caught off-guard when I answered a question by saying “yes”, that to tells the auctioneer that you’re interested in bidding.
Have Fun
With this being my first Auction Experience you learn a lot and have a lot of fun as well.

Auctions are fun !!!!

Brian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:28:09 +0000

Went to my first auction today and it was a learning experience. We got some nice pieces of furniture for our place and I’ll share some tips in my next blog entry.

So were buying a house …

Brian — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:44:06 +0000

So, my girlfriend and I have made the decision to buy a home. The thing is that we haven’t done something like this before and are going to need alot of help. The first thing we thought of is to shop around and find a reputable lender and then find someone with knowledge of the local real estate and go from there.

More to follow!