Comments on: How much are you paying… http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: My Financial Journey http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/comment-page-1/#comment-5394 My Financial Journey Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:32:08 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/#comment-5394 <strong>Carnival of Personal Finance #76...</strong> Well we had 47 great entries for the carnival of personal finance this week. I read them all and tried to include a little comment about each submitted article. As far as ordering I just went with the first come first serve as I decided I liked t... Carnival of Personal Finance #76…

Well we had 47 great entries for the carnival of personal finance this week. I read them all and tried to include a little comment about each submitted article. As far as ordering I just went with the first come first serve as I decided I liked t…

]]> By: AnnMarie http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/comment-page-1/#comment-706 AnnMarie Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:13:58 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/#comment-706 You should also check the laws of your state. In WI, you cannot force someone to escrow (at least not on traditional mortgages). I was already insistent that we would self-escrow so was delighted when my broker came back and said "No problem! It doesn't matter what lender you choose you can do that." Woohoo! The other advantage for me is that we've chosen to save an additional 10% every year towards taxes, and when the assessments increased last year, I was one of the few happy folks: I was already saving enough such that I *still* had extra in the account after the increase! You should also check the laws of your state. In WI, you cannot force someone to escrow (at least not on traditional mortgages). I was already insistent that we would self-escrow so was delighted when my broker came back and said “No problem! It doesn’t matter what lender you choose you can do that.” Woohoo! The other advantage for me is that we’ve chosen to save an additional 10% every year towards taxes, and when the assessments increased last year, I was one of the few happy folks: I was already saving enough such that I *still* had extra in the account after the increase!

]]> By: Liz http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Liz Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:50:18 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/how-much-are-you-paying/#comment-605 This is very interesting. I never knew they mortgage company actually collected money from me for doing this--it just was sort of an automatic thing--put insurance and taxes in with the mortgage payment. Something Ill have to investigate further. Thanks for the blog. This is very interesting. I never knew they mortgage company actually collected money from me for doing this–it just was sort of an automatic thing–put insurance and taxes in with the mortgage payment.

Something Ill have to investigate further.

Thanks for the blog.

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