Archive for November, 2007

Buying a House – The Remedy Phase

Now that you have the report from the home inspector, it is time to request the remedies.  You will need to go through the inspection report and figure out what you think needs to be fixed.  You could ask for everything to be fixed, but there is little chance that that will be accepted.  The [...]

Buying a House – The House Inspection

First off, you NEED to get a home inspection before you complete the sale of a house.  Even if everything looks in good working order you need to get one.  This will save you tons of headaches and keep you from getting into something that you are completely unprepared for.
Your agent should be able to [...]

Ruhlman on Cooking

I’ve recently started reading Micheal Ruhlman’s blog.  I first saw Ruhlman on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations on the Travel Channel.  Being a Cleveland boy who spends too much time with a New Yorker myself, I immediately took a shine to him.  He has recently published a new sort of “meta-cookbook” called Elements of Cooking that [...]

Buying a House – Acceptance

Now that everyone has agreed on the major terms you are pretty well on the way to owning a home.  What you need to do now is get ahold of your lender with the final terms and price and sign the paperwork. Your lender will be able to explain pretty much everything.  Some of the [...]

Buying a House – Making an Offer

So now you’ve looked at a bunch of houses and you’ve found one you really like.  Now comes the money part.  You’ve already got your preaproval from the bank, so you know the maximum limit you CAN spend.  What you need to do do now is sit down and figure out what you will be [...]

Setting Up a Kitchen

When I first started cooking, I was kind of overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I thought you had to have. But as I got more into it, there are really just a few essentials that you need to get going. Two of my culinary heroes talk about this and it is really good [...]

Buying a House – An Introduction

Back when we started to get into the whole house buying process, I attempted to blog the thing as it happened.  Obviously it didn’t work like that.  But I though there was some value in the whole endeavor.  Alot of the questions I had got answered during the process and hopefully sharing some of my [...]

Where I’ve Been

I’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting much at all recently.  I’ve written up several things, but have just been a little to busy to take the time to get them up.  We’ve moved into the new house and it is in somewhat livable condition.  I have been having some trouble the the cable/internet [...]

Sometimes you just don’t feel like working

So you need to do something else: 

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