A Path Together

Combining financial lives

The Tale of a Spouse and a House - Chapter 1


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I promised myself I would write a post about budgeting for a house, but have managed to put it off for a while.  The fact is, I’m scared to write about this.  Why?  Because as I try coming up with a budget I’m not sure we can afford to buy a house…

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Budgeting for a Home


I’ve been away from A Path Together for a bit, but I am hard at work on a post about the planning stages of buying a home.

The last few weekends Sonia and I have been driving through East Bay neighborhoods trying to get an idea of where we would like to live.  Along with looking through the MLS listings - which I have been doing for months now - I have decided to put together a true budget for home ownership.  I’m not just talking mortgage, but things like property taxes, water, garbage, etc. that most renters do not have to deal with.

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