Same thing happened to us, except it was the AC in July... talk about melting. Totally second the inspection advice, too. We almost skipped ours becau...

I went through something similar—did all the math, thought I'd stay at least 4 years, then life happened and we moved after 2. Still saved a bit, but ...

Good point about verifying independently, but honestly, sometimes it's not worth the hassle. I had a similar issue with my garage being listed as livi...

I went through something similar last year. At first glance, the no-closing-cost option looked great—who doesn't love saving upfront cash, right? But ...

We refinanced from interest-only to fixed-rate a couple years ago, and honestly, best decision we've made. Sure, the monthly payment went up a bit, bu...

Couldn't agree more with this point. When we refinanced, I initially leaned toward a shorter term to pay off debt quicker. But we ended up going with ...

Totally agree with this. We refinanced last year to redo our ancient bathroom (think pink tiles and cracked grout everywhere... charming, right?). It ...