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Apartment Search in Seattle

August 17th, 2015 | 15 Comments

Apartment Search in Seattle

As soon as Kyle began interviewing for his current job, we started looking for a place to live in Seattle. From talking with friends who had recently moved there, we repeatedly heard the Seattle housing market be referred to as “hot” and “tight.” We knew to expect much less space and higher rents than we had experienced in Durham, but we did not anticipate that it would operate on a totally different schedule and set … Read entire article »

Filed under: housing

Why Do Stay-at-Home Parents Need Their Own Credit Cards?

May 23rd, 2012 | 42 Comments

Why Do Stay-at-Home Parents Need Their Own Credit Cards?

I read an article last week on CNN Money with a premise that I found absolutely ridiculous.  The article covered a group of stay-at-home moms (parents?) who were protesting a portion of the Card Act that requires that credit issuers evaluate a credit applicant based on his/her individual income instead of household income.  The result was that some stay-at-home parents with good credit scores have been denied credit cards when they applied for them in … Read entire article »

Filed under: credit cards, income, marriage