real estate & design musings - a newsletter for design-minded & architecturally inspired real estate lovers
Welcome to the Better Mondays newsletter, an email series curated for design-minded and architecturally inspired real estate lovers in San Diego. This collection of show-stoppers will include real estate, design, and lifestyle musings from America's Finest City, and notes and inspiration from my personal life.
The City of Dallas gave us a $10,000 grant that helped us buy our home.
A short and sweet account of appreciation in Dallas, Texas.
We opted for a lower down payment to create a safety net for the future.
An honest account of a couple who weighed numerous pros and cons regarding location, closeness to their social circle, their dog, type of home, and family financial help.
We House Hack Our Casita to Offset Our Mortgage
Luckily during the pandemic, we were able to pay off all of our debt and purchased our home with absolutely zero debt. One of us has a job that is market dependent and so we were able to make more money than in "normal" markets. We had had credit card debt for 10 years, up until that point.
Our Home Equity Line of Credit Paid Off All of Our Credit Card Debt.
“I would do it again in a heartbeat. Owning our own home is a dream come true. We completely remodeled our 1960s home and if I could do anything over again, I would rip the carpet out in the master and unveil the beautiful hardwood floors the home was built with! MY BAD!”
I Own Two San Diego Rental Properties and My Tenants Have Gotten Multiple Noise Complaints.
“The challenging part about this, is that it's not sexy at all. If I hadn't bought those 2 properties, I could pretty easily put 30-40% down on a 1.5 million property that would be epic to live in, but it would be shortsighted.”
