ForbesWoman recently released a study identifying the “Best Cities for Working Mothers” in 2010. Hartford finished 7th out of the top 50 metropolitan regions in the country. The magazine ranked each city based on six factors: Women’s Income, Living Cost, Pediatricians, Unemployment, Violent Crimes, and Spending per Pupil. Their idea was to try to capture a variety of issues that all play into mysterious phrases like “quality of life” and “work-life balance.” Some may debate
Our purchase did not go as expected. Despite our experience in negotiating home prices, our ideas and strategies didn’t really translate to the auto world all that well. As Amy has pointed out in past posts, cars are different than houses. Different dealers can carry the exact same car (or at least nearly the same – close enough). So once a buyer decides which car they want, they can get it anywhere. We picked out
Our car shopping adventure is done. I (Amy) called “Uncle” after test driving just one car. The thought of going to three additional dealerships to test drive cars I was only lukewarm about made me cringe. I just couldn’t do it. My time is valuable. Car shopping stinks. It took us 2.5 hours to test drive and sit with the salesperson at Dealership #1. I didn’t have 7.5+ more hours to spend doing this. Plus
The other day we were talking about our current pending deals, and noted that we both have closings scheduled for mid August. Closing in the middle of the month is pretty common, but we discovered that our two deals have something in common. Neither us, nor our clients, wanted to close on Friday the 13th. Friday is the most common day for real estate closings in Hartford County. In looking at data for over 30,000
Yesterday was our first day out on the car shopping adventure. Kyle and I were both pleasantly surprised with the experience so far. Based on the initial research we did, we’ve decided there are 4 car makes that we find acceptable for our needs. So before we start price negotiations we’ll need to visit at least 4 dealerships. We went to Dealership #1 where we asked to test drive two cars. The salesperson was helpful