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Our Homebuying Journey & A Chance To Win $25K Towards A Down Payment!

in Lifestyle, sponsored posts, Uncategorized on 08/11/19

Homebuying Journey featured by top US life and style blog, Glass of Glam

We’ve always known that we wanted to be homeowners. Ever since we both graduated from law school in 2013 and had our first jobs, we started saving for that big down payment. We weren’t sure when we would be ready, or where we would be living when we finally saved and were ready to purchase a home, but we knew that it was a priority to save. So we started making some sacrifices to watch our bank account grow.

Homebuying Journey: Saving

Even though we are both lawyers and were making pretty good salaries, we still made sacrifices to put away money each month:

  • We didn’t eat out every night, refrained from buying coffee every day, and tried to pack lunches and cook to save money.
  • On our international travels, we booked less expensive boutique hotels, rather than staying at the fanciest resorts listed in the Fodor’s travel guides.
  • We stayed with friends and family when we traveled to save a bit of money.
  • When we felt rent was getting too high (especially when we lived in DC) we moved to a different neighborhood where rent was less so we could save more!
  • Made it a priority to keep ourselves free of credit card debt. We researched the best credit cards for our lifestyle, and found that travel and hotel cards would give us the ability to accumulate travel points for things we were already paying for – like groceries, bills, clothing, and kitty supplies. That way, we could still pursue our passion for travel without breaking the bank.

Homebuying Journey featured by top US life and style blog, Glass of Glam

Homebuying Journey: Ready to Buy

After five years of saving, we were finally ready to purchase our first home in September of 2018! When we found the perfect home, it felt so good to get the keys and make this big purchase for our future. Although we said ‘bye bye’ to the money in our bank accounts, we know that our hard-earned savings are secure in the equity of our home, rather than being thrown away in rent each month.

We’re so happy that we saved and made sacrifices over the years in order to be able to bring our first child home to a stable and secure environment. If times get tough, I know that we have this condo in our asset portfolio to fall back on.

Even though we have our home now, our saving habits haven’t changed! We didn’t get the keys on closing day and immediately head to the Gucci store, haha. Saving for a home was a great exercise for us in forming a sustainable savings routine. We still prefer to travel using our credit card points, still pack our lunches, and have found that staying in smaller less expensive hotels suits our lifestyle. Although, I do buy Jake and Elwood the fanciest kitty food, but they’re princes and deserve it, haha. Now, we are saving for things like our baby’s education and retirement, rather than a down payment!

For more advice on home buying and saving, I highly recommend checking out Unison.com! Unison is doing some pretty innovative things in home finance; their home co-investing
programs are something to look into if you haven’t heard of it before!

Are you a homeowner? Are you currently saving? Enter to win $25,000 cash for a down payment on a home! 

Thank you to Unison for sponsoring this homebuying journey post. As always, all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Glass of Glam!

–Roxanne

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  1. Shanna says

    August 22, 2019 at 4:34 am

    whoah this weblog is fantastic i love reading your articles.

    Stay up the good work! You recognize, many individuals are hunting round for this information, you could help
    them greatly.

    Reply
  2. Jessica says

    August 16, 2019 at 1:11 am

    What an amazing feat! Huge congrats on you dear!
    Jessica | notjessfashion.com

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:05 am

      Thank you, Jessica!

      Reply
  3. Ruth says

    August 12, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    Congrats on your home! I’ve loved seeing how you style your house and your cute nursery for Sidney. Learning to set aside money is key in life.

    http://www.ruthyannie.com

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:05 am

      Thank you, Ruth! The nursery is one of my favorite rooms!

      Reply
  4. Bojana Krienke says

    August 12, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    Congratulations on your home! It sounds like you guys worked really hard and made your priorities very clear with each other, this creating a team approach to achieving your goal. I feel so blessed to have our home and though it’s not fancy or the most up to date decore, we own most of it and it’s attainable for our wages.

    Your baby girl is so lucky to have you guys.

    Bosbodaciousblog.blogspot.ca

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    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:06 am

      Thank you so much! I feel the same as you – so blessed and happy we were able to afford it!

      Reply
  5. Linda Cassidy says

    August 12, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    your own home is so worth saying goodbye to the bank account. Great post and very helpful

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:06 am

      You’re so right! Our savings are starting to creep up again after the big home purchase! Thanks so much, Linda.

      Reply
  6. Maureen says

    August 12, 2019 at 10:56 am

    Congratulations to you and Dan! Home buying is such an experience and the sacrifices is so worth it! We also make our coffee and food at home. We saved so much doing this and created a habit that lasted even after we bought our house as well. I hope you had a good weekend and happy Monday!

    Maureen | http://www.littlemisscasual.com

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:07 am

      Thank you, Maureen! It’s amazing how much we can save by switching a few things around.

      Reply
  7. Julie | This Main Line Life says

    August 12, 2019 at 9:06 am

    Those are great tips and you’re so right. Once you buy the home it’s not the time to start to splurge. Owning a home is expensive in itself, but then we’ve got to save for retirement and kid’s colleges. It never ends, ha.

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:07 am

      It’s so true. We are working on setting up Sidney’s college fund right now, so the savings are always in full effect!

      Reply
  8. Shelbee on the Edge says

    August 12, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Huge congratulations to you! And what a cool post!

    Shelbee
    http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:08 am

      Thank you Shelbee!

      Reply
  9. Mica says

    August 12, 2019 at 1:59 am

    Thank you for the link up!

    Hope that you have had a great weekend 🙂

    Reply
    • Roxanne says

      August 19, 2019 at 11:08 am

      Thanks, Mica!

      Reply

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