What tips would you give to a first time home buyer?
It's 2013 and for some, the year they'll buy their first condo or house. So every year the market is different. So we wanted to ask the community, the experts, on what advice or tips would you give to a first time home buyer. Please share!
What do you do when you desperately need an electrician and have no money?
My boyfriends family has lost alot of income lately, and can barely stay alive let alone fix some pretty scary electrical issues in their house. They are living in the house without power because the entire circuit breaker box was sparking badly, and they dont have the money to replace it, let alone pay an electrician to fool with it. What options are there? Its a huge fire hazardand they risk losing their home, do they call the fire department??
What would you do with your life if money were no object?
I’d spend time with people.The single most valuable thing money can buy is time. The most valuable thing I can do with time is to connect with people.I was talking to the realtor who’s helping me relocate for a new job recently and I said “I’d live in a shoebox if it gave me a short enough commute so I’d be free to spend evenings with the people who matter.” My number one driving criteria for a place to live is commute because the most important thing I can buy is time.If money were no object, I’d travel to spend time with people who are important to me but who are too far for me to spend time with. Or I’d fly them to visit me should they have the inclination to do so.I’d go places with people… in a real “money is no object” world, I’d like to be able to tell those people who matter “quit your job, I’ve got you covered, let’s talk about what we want to do.”There’s a second thing to do when money is no object and that too is about people. With a sufficiently large sum of money, I’d like to fund some really important things. I’d like to make sure that The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline don’t every have to say “we have more demand than we have resources to help.” There are some projects to fight LGBT youth homelessness that I’d like to fund and some projects that fund access to gender affirming care for trans people.Money buys time and that includes time to be an advocate and an educator. Time to touch lives and leave those lives better for having been there. Time to cast stones that will ripple, teaching teachers or leaders so that they too can have a positive impact on lives when they encounter people who are different.I’m honest enough to say that if money were no object, parts of my life would drip with hedonism. I like creature comforts as much as anyone else. But the most important thing money can buy is time and the opportunity to spend that time well.