Yeah, those occupancy rules can be a real headache. When I was looking into grants, I found one that seemed perfect at first—until I realized I'd have...

Yeah, I totally relate to feeling like rewards are slowing down your progress, especially when you're deep in the debt payoff grind. I used to feel gu...

Totally agree, especially on this point: We refinanced last year, and those upfront fees caught us off guard too...worth it now, but definitely cru...

Totally get where you're coming from on this. When we bought our first rental property a couple years back, it felt like the lender was determined to ...

I feel your pain... when I refinanced last year, it dragged on way longer than I expected. My lender kept asking for updated docs every few weeks, dro...

We did something similar last winter—our windows aren't exactly ancient, but they're definitely not top-of-the-line either. I was tempted by the idea ...

I've been wondering about this too, especially since we just replaced our old deck. I assumed it was an upgrade, but then someone mentioned it might j...

Totally relate to this. We jumped into a kitchen remodel a couple years back, thinking we'd easily write off a chunk of it since we used a home equity...