Comments on: Ka-Blog is back!

By: Katy G

Katy G — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:49:08 +0000

Welcome back, just had a baby last August myself.
How about handling finances when you are juggling multiple house?
My husband I bought our first house (a foreclosed fixer upper) in 2004 and lived in it until 2007, when we started renting it out. We also bought a house in 2005 that was a fixer upper and after a few months of work, rented that one out. We bought our current home in 2007 and plan on living here for many decades. We can hold onto the other houses for years and continue to rent them out if necessary. But, we are frustrated by the fact when we were looking into fixing up houses in 2003-2004, everyone was telling us how housing markets go up, up! And now, it feels like we have more to handle than we could have ever seen. I wish I had three kids and one mortgage, but will handle one kid and three mortgages as long as I have to.
For those of us who planned on being landlords or the accidental landlords, what now??
If you are not covering this, but want a guest blogger, let me know. I am interested anyway and as I am armed with a journalism degree, I might as well put it to use again.

By: mike d

mike d — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:23:04 +0000

Welcome back, Kara. I’d be happy to guest blog, and I could even answer the first poster’s question, at least in regard to our experience on one of us leaving work and how we managed our budget.

By: jr99

jr99 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:28:13 +0000

Kara, how about trying to interview folks recently retired to see how they are coping with the market collapse?

By: JR

JR — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:46 +0000

How about trying to interview some folks that retired 4th qtr of last year?

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:51:15 +0000

Welcome back. I think it would be interesting to get feedback on the credit card issues that resulted from the Delta takeover of Northwest. It may be a little early, but it would nice to hear how smoothly that transition went for people. (Maybe this is too narrow a topic?)

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:27:30 +0000

Hey Kara, Welcome Back and congratulations! Would like to hear you comment and/or thoughts on Debt Management Plans vs Debt Settlement vs Bankruptcy. I just started on a debt management plan but not sure that I made the right decision and not sure who to turn to for good advise.

By: Christina @ Northern Cheapskate

Christina @ Northern Cheapskate — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:27:16 +0000

So glad to have you back! The Strib just isn’t the same without you!

I would love any kind of guidance on how to help your savings grow.(Is that possible any more?)

If you’re ever looking for a guest post at Kablog, just let me know! I’d be happy to help!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:32:54 +0000

Welcome back! And congratulations!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:41:30 +0000

We have a large amount of credit card debt. We are trying to pay it down, but we have too many other bilss. I have heard some debt consolidation adds that say credit card companies will forgive a certain percent of your debt. Is this true? Which debt companies do you recommmend to seek help from?

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:36:15 +0000

hey Kara,

It’s great to have you back!
Following you on Twitter was good, just not the same.