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How we purchased and house-hacked our first multifamily rental property

Central District, Finance and Budgets / By soundandbay / April 7, 2021

In 2013, we were finally ready to buy a house. I spent most of the Great Recession years not earning an income, while my husband […]

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We refinanced three rental mortgages… at the same time

Finance and Budgets, Central District, Delridge, Union Hill / By soundandbay / April 6, 2021

UPDATE: We are appalled at the Better.com CEO’s recent behavior. Everyone we worked with at that company was helpful, and we chose Better partly because

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Soundproofing can lights in our basement Airbnb

Central District / By soundandbay / April 1, 2021

[2025 Update] Once new tenants moved into our old apartment above the Airbnb, the noise complaints (ahem) got louder. We were considerate neighbors, and although

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Union Hill – We find a hidden craftsman window!

Union Hill / By soundandbay / March 29, 2021

We’ve known we needed to redo the back bedroom closet since the start of our Union Hill project, and that really became apparent when we

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Cutting and installing crown molding… for newbies

Union Hill / By soundandbay / March 17, 2021

I’ll start by saying that I don’t think every house needs crown molding. I grew up in a 100 year-old farmhouse, and my dad installed

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