Have You Dreamed of a Mortgage-Free Life? It’s Time to Stop Dreaming!

Recently I posted an announcement on the Living in Israel-Debt Free Facebook group I started with my friend and fellow personal-finance junkie, Ahuvah Berger Burcat. I had just made my third Monster Mortgage Payment, that is, a pay down of the loan principal. With this payment, I’ve paid off 42% of my mortgage balance. In …

Have You Dreamed of a Mortgage-Free Life? It’s Time to Stop Dreaming! Read More »

The Best Offense is a Good Defense: Sales Contract Templates

First, a warning. I’m stuck using the new WordPress editor and, well, it is not going smoothly.  The existing bits and pieces of my site don’t like Gutenberg. And Gutenberg itself? Suffice it to say that it comes off as an old-timey newspaper editor. That smokes and curses a lot. And drinks heavily. While editing!   …

The Best Offense is a Good Defense: Sales Contract Templates Read More »

My First Financing, Loans and Encumbrances Legalese–English Dictionary, Part I

It’s been a while since I did anything on the Due Diligence Handbook .  The options section took so long that I just needed to recover.  But now I have, and it’s time to continue on to the next section, which is on “Financing, Loans and Encumbrances”.  So I’m sitting here, reading through the list …

My First Financing, Loans and Encumbrances Legalese–English Dictionary, Part I Read More »