He Said She Said: One Year Of Blogging

PoP turns 1 this week!

PoP turns 1 this week!

Today we’re bringing you another round of He Said/She Said.  These posts are really your chance as readers to hear how discussions (and sometimes disagreements) play out when managing our lives with each other.  For a look at some of the past He Said/She Said discussions – check ‘em [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – March 2013

Welcome to our March 2013 Balance Sheet!

We use the structure of a monthly income statement and balance sheet in tandem to make sure we are keeping our expenses low and planting our pennies wisely. If you’re not already tracking your finances using these two methods, go to mint.com and get started today! If [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – January 2013

Welcome to our January 2013 Balance Sheet!

We use the structure of a monthly income statement and balance sheet in tandem to make sure we are keeping our expenses low and planting our pennies wisely. If you’re not already tracking your finances using these two methods, go to mint.com and get started today! If [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – December 2012

Welcome to our December 2012 Balance Sheet!

We use the structure of a monthly income statement and balance sheet in tandem to make sure we are keeping our expenses low and planting our pennies wisely. If you’re not already tracking your finances using these two methods, go to mint.com and get started today!

Progress [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – November 2012

There was definitely some progress on the PoP balance sheet this month, and unlike last month where it was a lot of gains due to realizing the duplex’s increase in value, this month it was virtually all real gains through putting money into savings (stock and cash) as well as some pretty major paydowns [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – October 2012

Okay.  So this month’s balance sheet looks like it’s tons better than last month’s, but there’s a caveat to it.  It looks more impressive largely because we recognized a $27K increase in the market value of our duplex this month after reviewing some recent comparable sales.  The increase wasn’t in one big $27K jump [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – September 2012

Good growth here on the PoP balance sheet as well. We’re continuing to knock out some good growth on the assets side while also hacking away at those liabilities. Our total assets went up ~$7.4K with most of that in retirement stock funds. Our total liabilities dropped by ~$5.2K, so they are also moving [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – August 2012

Good growth here on the PoP balance sheet as well. We’re continuing to knock out some good growth on the assets side while also hacking away at those liabilities. Our total assets went up ~$10.1K with $8.6K of that growth in our stock funds and another net of $1.2K in savings – though that’s [...]

PoP Balance Sheet – July 2012

Kitty PoP – hanging out on level 2 of the Tower of Power

The PoP family balance sheet is looking a bit better this month, too!

Our total assets went up ~$6K with $4K of that growth in our stock funds and another $2K in savings – though $1K of that is temporary as [...]

Determining A Home’s Value – Part 2

Comps-lets do this thing!

Since we’re looking for comparable sales to our home, let’s start by describing the PoP Family home.

Our house is a 3 bed/2 bath home with 1,110 sqft of living space. It was built in 1985 and has a 1.5 car attached garage. (Yes, 1.5 car garages exist, but just [...]