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By: Getting Rid of Debt » Archive » The Friday gathering - Only 13 more days

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:19:26 +0000

[...] get moved so you don’t have to hear about it anymore! Everything is going on schedule, the inspection was completed this week and only a few minor issues were found. The seller’s have confirmed they will fix [...]

By: Bill in NC

Bill in NC — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:24:59 +0000

Gas logs are pretty, but not designed to heat.

Like a wood fireplace, the heat goes up the chimney, and combustion sucks cold outside air into the room to feed the fire.

Is propane delivery available and reasonably priced?

If so, you can put in a gas furnace as backup to your heat pump (instead of using the standard electric strip heaters normally installed with a heat pump)

Then if power fails, a small generator can run your furnace fan and the gas furnace for heat.

By: Lynnae

Lynnae — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:58:47 +0000

I second your recommendation on getting a home inspection. And if you can tag along with the inspector while he works, even better. I learned a TON about our house, just by following the inspector around.

And I’ve had good experiences with both Dish Network and DirectTV. We just switched from Dish to DirecTV, because our phone company bundles with DirecTV, saving us about $20 a month. I’m still working on the DSL.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:21:59 +0000

It sounds like you got a good deal, but do be wary. We had a decent home inspecter that mentioned a number of minor issues, mentioned that we’d want to think about replacing the roof in X year – but neglected to mention what our plumber mentions everytime he comes over. Our Heat pump’s lifespan is pretty much up and they’re expecting it to fail on us anytime – and they can be expensive.

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Buying a Home: Get a Home Inspection - Mortgage Rate News — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:13:32 +0000

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Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:59 +0000

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By: glblguy

glblguy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:25:09 +0000

@MoneyBlogga – The house has a termite contract on it already that guarantees it against termite damage, so we elected to skip the termite inspection. We do have those problems, but the inspection isn’t required.

@KC and Andy – I elected to go with Dish Network, as AT&T provides the local telephone service and DSL. So I received a package deal that saved me about $20 a month. I’ve heard good things about them as well. The sign-up process with AT&T was really awesome and easy.

@Andy – Thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten David wrote about that. Also factored into my decision to go with Dish Network.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:21:04 +0000

David at My Two Dollars hasn’t had a very good experience with DirectTV. Maybe his experience isn’t the norm. You might want to check out his post “DirectTV Customer Service Sucks” though.

By: Moneyblogga

Moneyblogga — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:46:52 +0000

Here in California, we have to get a termite report. This report covers infestation related not only to termites but also carpenter ants, mold, etc. Do you not have any of these problems where you are?

By: KC

KC — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:06:27 +0000

I’ve had DirecTV for 9 years. Much better than cable – a little cheaper and much better service. If you are a sports nut this is definitely the way to go. If not, shop around, but you will get good service from DTV. Just make sure the dish is in a clear spot and it stays clear of limbs and other encroaching plants.

Here’s an example of local cable (Time Warner), vs. DTV. We had both cable and DTV. We had a serious windstorm that knocked out power for 2 weeks in my city. Fortunately we are on the main line to one of the hospitals and we got power back the next day. As soon as the power came on our DTV was working. But cable took another MONTH to come back on. A WHOLE MONTH! Even all the power was back on in 2 weeks. I was a public librarian at the time and we had many customers coming in to use the internet cause their RoadRunner was down as well – so any service from the cable company wasn’t working for a whole month. We canceled the cable and beefed up to DTV and never looked back.