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How to Buy a Home in a High Cost of Living City

ByDeborah July 5, 2026July 5, 2026

First, some background. On May 28th, I received a letter from my landlords, letting me know that they’ve decided to sell the home we’ve been renting for the past six years. They offered me the first right of refusal and requested a response by July 1. If we decided not to buy, they asked us to vacate by July 15th. Not a lot of time to figure this out

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How To Make Microsaving Work For You (Part 1)

ByDeborah January 12, 2026July 5, 2026

The benefit of microsaving is that it builds a habit while building savings. The amount isn’t as important as establishing the idea. The habit. Ignore the messages that tell you that you can’t do this hard thing.

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How To Microinvest (Part 2 of the Microsaving Series)

ByDeborah January 12, 2026January 12, 2026

This is a great way to microsave because 1) Small amounts are taken out of my account, with the maximum amount being

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In 2017 I filed for bankruptcy to stop foreclosure on my home. My case was dismissed. In 2019 I filed for bankruptcy AGAIN. That case was dismissed. This meant that…

I’d have to sell my home, where I’d lived for more than 20 years. My house sold three days before it was scheduled to go to auction

I was 50 and felt like a failure

Then I began to develop my WHY. Your WHY is the reason for making a change. The WHY matters

Over the last five years, I’ve coached and counseled people to see a different way forward through financial trauma

Read the rest of my story!

Image of Seattle skyline with the Space Needle on the left. The text overlay reads "We gratefully acknowledge that we are on the ancestral land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe, past and present."

We gratefully acknowledge that we are on the ancestral land of the Duwamish, first people of Seattle. We honor them and we are grateful for the land itself and the people of the Duwamish Tribe, past and present.