By J. Money

Remember when we found out our house was de-valued by like 30% the other month by our county?  And because of it we owe LESS taxes on our house now?  Well, somehow I hadn’t put two and two together, and when I grabbed the mail the other day I noticed a fat new check there waiting for us.  To the tune of over $1,400 too!  WOW!

I guess we were over-paying now (our mortgage payment each month includes a % of our yearly tax bill), and so our mortgage company, Chase, sent the extra back to us :)  I mean, it was already *our* money to begin with, but still!  That’s as close to getting FREE money as you can get without doing anything in return, haha… another point for the awesome new year!

Then of course, the question became WHAT to do with it.  And instinctively... More...