Our 20 Car Buying Tips & Tricks


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Car Buying Tips and Tricks

Last week, we wrote a novel about our recent car buying experience. For those keeping track at home, we’ve now bought three used cars in our marriage. So we’re pretty much experts on the subject. (This is where a sarcasm font would come in handy.) And while our cars haven’t…

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Monthly Baby Costs: Month Four


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With all the craziness of moving, we just about forgot that little Wynn turned four months old! I remember keeping track of Sally’s age week by week for almost the entire first year, but that’s already long gone for poor Wynn. But she does get one post a month dedicated…

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OFB Interviews: Mortgages and Life Surprises


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OFB Interviews Andee

This installment of our interview series shows the power of setting financial goals… and it’s even filled with a little surprise! So we’re excited to share it today. We’ll let Andee take it from here… Tell us your story. We bought a house in July of 2013. We had been…

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Our 48-Hour Car Hunt


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48-Hour Car Buy

 Upon arriving in Utah a few weeks ago, Joanna and I found ourselves carless. Our number one priority aside from purchasing milk and cereal was to purchase a car as quickly as possible, while still sticking to our car-buying rules (which we laid out in this post). As a quick…

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