http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/06/22/cutting-out-the-middle-man en-us 40 A Mac OS X Switcher, TiVo Addict, and Objectivist <p>Nicole and I have successfully switched from renting an apartment from a landlord to renting a house directly from a bank. In some circles, this is referred to as home ownership. I hear that when you rent directly from the bank, you have to pay your own maintenance costs but there might be some &#8216;equity&#8217; left over at the end. We are looking forward to this &#8216;equity&#8217;, if it every shows it head.</p> <p>Now comes the job of transplanting everything we own&#8230;</p> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:31:00 -0700 urn:uuid:706461c4-44a4-4546-89d3-49c0c775abbd Scott Hughes http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/06/22/cutting-out-the-middle-man Personal home_buying <p>Congratulations! You&#8217;re now one of us!</p> <p>(haha)</p> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:30:00 -0700 urn:uuid:c3aac656-de38-4cde-b475-541748313838 http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/06/22/cutting-out-the-middle-man#comment-411