Money = fun

One of my adventures this year is Treasure Hunting with Curiosity Restoration Specialist Barak Rosenbloom. Every day, I get email reminders to play. And be curious. How’s that for the good life?

Anyone who’s been paying attention knows those types of reminders are almost overkill for the fun-focused creatrix of this blog. But not necessarily. Because I have someone reminding me that curiosity can be part of everything, I have become ever more curious in my homebuying process. Every bike ride, every trip to the grocery store, every return from a professional or social event becomes another chance to look for cool properties to see if maybe, just maybe, they have a For Sale sign in front. And better yet, a sales sheet that notes 2+ bedrooms, great light and secure storage for our enormous collection of bikes, snowboards and skis. For a killer price.

Still, I hope that our perfect home manifests in time for us to close the deal before snowboarding season starts and I have no incentive to do anything but drive up I-90, mach down Alpental, return and repeat.

Do you secretly hope that if you just don’t think about bills, retirement — all those unpleasant payments — your money troubles might disappear? I do. And apparently there are many others whose relationship with money is exactly the same.

Anyone whose money personality fits this description must listen to this teleclass with Financial Alchemy coach Sarah Hoskin Clymer.

After surviving the fourth flood of my home office in two years, I decided it was (beyond) time to buy our own property and stop renting.

Two days later, I found myself in a First-Time Homebuyer seminar, sponsored by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, learning about mortgages, partners in the homebuying process, and more.

Mastering the details of financing and real estate trends…and going to non-stop home viewings…now seems like a full-time job.

Not to mention that I have discovered that my husband doesn’t share some of my homebuying priorities. Trying to reach common ground on that part of the process makes learning about the difference between conventional, FHA, key and flex loans seem like kindergarten fare.

Stay tuned for details, hopefully including an offer on the townhome I adore (but my husband doubts).