We Downsized – And Here’s What We Kept
Settle in. This post is a DEEP DIVE. One of those long detailed dissection/reflection posts that feels like the blogging days of yore. So i…
Moving, Selling, & Buying Ideas and Projects
Want tips and tricks for smoother moving, selling, and buying? We've got you covered. From how to pack better to how we sold our house quickly (and by owner, so we didn't have to pay realtor fees) we've covered a lot of "we're moving!" details.
#165: The Dumb Thing We Did Before Listing Our House
We’re fessing up to an extremely poorly timed project that made our house look WORSE right before it hit the market. Whoops. Plus we share …
How Much Does It Cost To Run A Vacation Rental (With Real Numbers)
We’ve gotten hundreds of questions about the financial side of running an Airbnb or other short term vacation rental. Specifically: “can yo…
Staging Tips For Selling (Or Just Simplifying!) Your House
How should I stage my house to sell? Should I take down all of my family photos? I’m not selling but I want my house to look good for compa…
The Beach House Has Furniture!
If you guys follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you’ve already heard the news: not only does the beach house officially have furniture (!!!…
You Can’t Take It With You… Or Can You?
As exciting as it has been to move into this new house, it was certainly sad to say goodbye to our old house and leave behind all of the pa…
House Hunting Must-Have List
Since we shared our house wish list back in the fall of 2010, we wanted to document what was on the list now (I just found it scrunched up …
Last Day In Our Second House
We love being able to look back at the empty photos of our first house, because while they’re definitely bittersweet, it’s so much fun to r…
Other Houses We Looked At Before Buying Our New One
Back when we were house hunting in 2010 we shared a series of posts that each profiled a different house that we looked at (you can see the…
The First Day In Our Third House
We love being able to look back on Day One at our previous house (as clammy as the photos make us) – so we took a second to walk around our…
Did We Make A Profit Selling Our Second House?
We answered this question after the sale of our first house (spoiler: we bought in the bubble and sold in the recession), so now we’re back…
What We Did To Sell Our House Faster By Owner
Ok, so today our house looks like this. So – spontaneous decision! – while we get settled and find our underwear, this week is going to be …