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#### [Chelsea Carlisle](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/author/)

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  ## Face Your Financial Fears: Make budgeting fun!

## [Face Your Financial Fears: Make budgeting fun!](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/face-your-financial-fears-make-budgeting-fun)

By [Chelsea Carlisle](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/author/chelsea-carlisle) |  January 30th, 2019

 If your like most, you've attempted to hit a goal in life, maybe it was a weight loss plan but you were terrified of the scale. Maybe Marie Kondo inspired you to reorganize your house (Thanks,\[...\] 

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  ## Debt: Will it be a mortgage dealbreaker for 2019?

## [Debt: Will it be a mortgage dealbreaker for 2019?](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/debt-will-it-be-a-mortgage-dealbreaker-for-2019)

By [Chelsea Carlisle](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/author/chelsea-carlisle) |  January 30th, 2019

 While the best things in life go together like peanut butter and jelly, there are far too many things that are like oil and water; vinegar and milk; Kanye West and Drake. In other words, they don’t\[...\] 

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  ## Are you ready to buy? Home mortgage interest rates are down

## [Are you ready to buy? Home mortgage interest rates are down](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/mortgage-rates-are-down)

By [Chelsea Carlisle](https://news.advantagehomeplus.com/blog/author/chelsea-carlisle) |  January 29th, 2019

 With all the talks of mortgage rates and changes to our current housing climate, even small changes can have a big impact. 

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