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> <channel><title>Gather Little by Little - Personal Finance with a Christian Perspective &#187; Real Estate</title> <atom:link href="http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/category/real-estate/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com</link> <description>Proverbs 13:11 - &#34;...he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.&#34;</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>5 Reasons Why a 5 Year ARM Made Sense</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/09/5-reasons-why-a-5-year-arm-made-sense/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/09/5-reasons-why-a-5-year-arm-made-sense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:37:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3829</guid> <description><![CDATA[Three years ago, we moved across the country and almost went under financially when it took 16 months for our old house to sell. I immediately promised that I would never buy a house again. . . . Until last month when we signed on the dotted line for a home once again. Here is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/04/why-we-decided-to-buy-instead-of-rent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>We are moving . . . !</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/03/we-are-moving/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/03/we-are-moving/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:17:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3812</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to eat crow. For the last three years, I promised myself and anyone else who would listen that our family would never buy a house again. This stance was mainly due to all of the trouble that we had selling our house after moving to Colorado. Well, it turns out that during [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/03/we-are-moving/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>3 types of rental scams on craigslist</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/02/3-types-of-rental-scams-on-craigslist/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/02/3-types-of-rental-scams-on-craigslist/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:14:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3769</guid> <description><![CDATA[I like Craigslist and both Mrs. Stew and I buy and sell frequently on the sight. Sometimes we do well . . . other times not so well, but I still heartily recommend this mostly free website. It is the modern-day equivalent of the yard sale, except Craiglist probably brings more eyes than telephone pole [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2011/02/3-types-of-rental-scams-on-craigslist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Decision on the rental unit</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/decision-on-the-rental-unit/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/decision-on-the-rental-unit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3520</guid> <description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how we were trying to decide whether or not to move into a different duplex in order to save $200 a month in rent. We agonized over the decision for a long time. The new place came with a much smaller yard, no garage, but new carpeting, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/decision-on-the-rental-unit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Second mortgage paid off today!</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/second-mortgage-paid-off-today/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/second-mortgage-paid-off-today/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3514</guid> <description><![CDATA[And so, our housing saga comes to an end today &#8211; at least I hope. In March of 2008, I took a job several states away and my family and I packed up and moved. We immediately put our house on the market, but it took almost eighteen months for it to sell. I have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/09/second-mortgage-paid-off-today/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How much is moving worth?</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/how-much-is-moving-worth/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/how-much-is-moving-worth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Money Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=3489</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have mentioned once or twice that we would like to find a place to rent that comes with lower rent than our current location. Late last week, Mrs. Stew found a rental that had just come open on Craigslist and called to find out more details. A few days later, we drove over to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/08/how-much-is-moving-worth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I might never buy a house again</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/03/i-might-never-buy-a-house-again/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/03/i-might-never-buy-a-house-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2957</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week, Mrs. Stew started a sentence with the words, &#8220;next time we buy a house . . . &#8221; and then finished the sentence with her idea for our home at some point in the future. I responded that I did not think we were going to buy a house anytime soon, if ever. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2010/03/i-might-never-buy-a-house-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oh, the weather outside is frightful</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/11/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/11/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/?p=2391</guid> <description><![CDATA[. . . or soon will be. We used to live in one of the coldest areas of the country. Our heating bills for a 1,200 square foot house ranged from $225 and $275 a month during the winter. We now live in a state with a more mild winter and our heating bill never [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/11/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Common new home buyer mistakes</title><link>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/07/common-new-home-buyer-mistakes/</link> <comments>http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2009/07/common-new-home-buyer-mistakes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:40:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>glblguy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category> <guid
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