Purchasing real estate has become a popular Blind topic in Silicon Valley given the high salaries from engineers (average base salary for Google/Facebook software engineers is north of $120,000) and huge IPO stock market returns. It would make sense for…
Happy Home Bidding You found the home of your dreams. After several bidding wars you finally win the house with an incredible offer well above the asking price. If you are lucky enough to have won the RSU lottery, you…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard of mortgage forbearance as it relates to homeowners affected by Coronavirus. Roughly 3.6 million homeowners remain in pandemic-related forbearance plans as of this blog post (October 2020). That’s…
I am always researching and learning more about FIRE mostly from reading other FIRE blogs. Following other blogs helps me get more ideas about investment strategies and income streams that I hope to create someday. It also keeps me motivated…
One of my co-workers has been shopping for his first home and therefore doing a lot of research in the area of real estate prices and neighborhood comparisons in the Bay Area. The conversation sparked more co-workers to join in…
