Where Do You Set Your Thermostats?
This is the first home I’ve ever lived in, including my childhood homes, that has real air conditioning.
The Cost of a New Life: Part One
Rebuilding my life — and building furniture — after a divorce.
The Cost of Feeling “At Home”
We just moved to a new place (I can’t call it home yet) and I am straining to feel comfortable here.
A House for Frida
My boyfriend and I sometimes tell Frida that we bought the property for her — and we are only half-joking.
If Automatic Investing Leads to Higher Auto and Mortgage Debt, Is That Necessarily Bad?
Without the interest rates and the investment returns, it’s difficult to say whether they’ve made the wrong choice.
Santa Barbara Sets Aside Parking Lots for People Living in Their Cars
What should a city do when its residents can’t afford to live there?
The Cost of Buying a Home Using a VA Loan
Had it not been for the VA home loan program, I would never have owned a home.