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[butterflydreaming]

1.I work for a mortgage broker. It occurs to me that I've only mentioned this in passing. If you are thinking about buying or if you already have a house in Washington state, you might want a mortgage broker. It's completely free to talk to one of the loan officers (I'll recommend one) about qualifying for a loan or refinance. Contact me and I'll give you our company info. Comparison shop, or just find out where you stand.

2.Did you know that you can pull your credit report for free (U.S.)? It takes about 10 or 15 minutes; you will need to have some account and previous address information at hand. You won't get your credit scores, but you will get to see if you have a spouse you didn't know about (true story) or are otherwise being held responsible for accounts that belong to someone not you. And all those department store credit cards that you haven't used for years and have forgotten all about? You'll have what you need to know to close them or reactivate them.

3.divinityof_fire works for a natural pet food store. Better food for your animal companion won't necessarily cost more than what you currently buy, unless you are getting the really cheap stuff. The "natural" brands are more nutritionally dense, too, so it might even work out that you buy less pet food (and clean up less, er, unused volume). Her store will -- and a competitor near you may -- have free samples, about a meal's worth of each brand. Remember that, if payday is a little bit too far away and the kibble is out.

Comments

[shellyinseattle.livejournal.com]

Good of you to share some tips to help people with making better spending choicse.

[kaligrrrl.livejournal.com]

you rock.

[julzerator.livejournal.com]

Hi. shellyinseattle mentioned this post, and I'm actually wanting to find out more about buying my first house sometime in the next year or so. Could you email me at jhaehn at gmail with some information? I'd really appreciate it.