Freedom Is Groovy

Tag: homebuilding

  • Building Groovy Ranch: Update 4

    Building Groovy Ranch: Update 4

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    Mrs. Groovy
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    Mrs. Groovy here with Groovy Ranch Update 4. Mr. Groovy is sitting this one out. I’ve worn him down already and we haven’t even broke ground yet on Groovy Ranch. (It’s been so bad, his brain went on strike when he sat down to compose his Great American Financial Blog Post last week.) Anyway, since I’m…

  • Building Groovy Ranch: Update 3

    Building Groovy Ranch: Update 3

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    Mr. Groovy
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    Big week. We’re meeting with the designer tomorrow, so we’ll know pretty soon if our idea of a dream home can be drawn up for a reasonable cost. Whether it can be built for a reasonable cost is another matter entirely. But first things first. In the meantime, Mrs. Groovy and I spent the weekend…

  • Building Groovy Ranch: Update 2

    Building Groovy Ranch: Update 2

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    Mr. Groovy
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    I’m a fraud. Up until now, I thought my ears were long since deaf to the siren call of materialism. And for good reason. You don’t go from broke to FI in fourteen years on a modest household income by succumbing to rank consumerism. But then Mrs. Groovy and I put together our needs and…

  • Building Groovy Ranch: Update 1

    Building Groovy Ranch: Update 1

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    Mr. Groovy
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    Mrs. Groovy and I never built a house before. Naturally, we’re excited. Hello ten-foot ceilings. Hello farmhouse sink. Hello barrier-free shower. But we’re also nervous. We don’t know jack-squat about residential construction. And over the course of the next ten months or so, we’re going to give a total stranger roughly $200K to build our…