Freaky Frugalite

It happens every spring. Does it happen to you? As soon as the snow clears out, “For Sale” signs pop up out of the lawns, and I am SO tempted to make appointments to see inside. I love houses, I just do. Maybe I should have been a real estate agent, cuz I am a [...]

Unless you made your millions while in your 20s, or inherited a house after leaving home, you know that apartment hunting is miserable. I don’t know anyone who likes it. All that hunting through scads of classified ads, all that phone calling, all those appointments! I hated apartment hunting. Well, thanks to the age of [...]

Ouch, homes are SO expensive! I got a phenomenal deal on mine.. of course, we bought it “as is” and it hasn’t exactly been a cakewalk fixing up all the previous owners’ disaster projects… but it’s Home Sweet Home, and it’s WAY WAY WAY better than renting an apartment. I am NOT “apartment dweller” type, [...]

It’s spring here in Upstate New York (thank You, LORD!). This is the big season when houses go for sale and apartments open up for rent. I live in a multiple dwelling residential area, which is a way of saying that we have a heck of a lot of apartments around here. Upstate New York [...]

Wow, they even have real estate websites devoted to certain locations, now. Hmm, I don’t see anything for my Smalltown, NY, USA, population of 1,000. Oh well. Well, if you are interested in surfing real estate listings for Los Angeles Rental Property or some super-fancy Long Beach Condos, I have some good news for you! [...]