Slight gender differences in desired property criteria.
Real Estate Crushes
After my nearly-ten-year-old Dell 3000CN color laser decided it didn’t like printing full pages anymore I did what any red-blooded IT person did….threw it off an overpass…just kidding but I already knew to attack this matter from an accounting standpoint rather than an IT-guy-who-insists-everything-works-forever mentality.
My printer was old and I had already replaced the expensive toner cartridges, of which there were 4, several times over its useful lifetime. I paid about $500 for the printer a decade ago which comes out to $50/year depreciation (or maybe $70/year after toners) and I figured that’s just about enough utility out of ANY computer product let alone a printer (which was designed as a toner-replacement-money machine from the get go). Time to go to Goodwill or the local e-waste program when it swings by the house next!
I’ve seen weekly Fry’s ads enough (I’m in Silicon Valley aren’t I?) to know that printers are often on sale and can be had any time of the year.
Several times I’ve seen the Samsung Xpress M2825DW in the ad and, after some brief research, decided to pull the trigger. It was only $80 and the replacement factory toner is less than $40 which should be good for a year.
The deciding factors were:
So far it’s been about 6 months and I love this printer – which I rarely say about utilitarian appliances. It just works and works well. The duplex printing (which, when printing out readings for grad school, combine with multiple pages/sheet) saves a ton of paper. I don’t miss color much at all and this thing is very easy to add to a system and start printing. I’ve successfully added it to Win8, OSX, and multiple flavors of Linux seamlessly.
I recommend this printer! Plus it’s a nice, not too painful, business expense which can be written off 😉
WireCutter.com Article – Best Cheap Printer
Is there any consumer area in which Samsung ISN’T dominating at the moment? I love their TVs, DVD players (when I still bothered with physical media for movies), printers, and apparently their Galaxy line of mobile devices is kicking much ass competing with the Apple offerings which are years behind.
I can personally vouch for the Sanyo Eneloop batteries. They came pre-charged and work great in my electricity sucking Bose headphones which eat batteries like candy! No more non-rechargeable for me thanks! We have made many strides since the first generations of rechargeables with their low power, slow charging, memories, etc.
5 Best Rechargable Batteries Article
There’s been a dramatic increase from 2012 to 2013 in the number of people who feel that home prices will be rising.
2012 represented a slump in the economy while 2013 represents the recovery we’ve all been enjoying – which unfortunately produces higher home prices and interest rates.
Here’s a quick update on how quickly homes are currently selling – half are selling within 6 weeks!
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This info-graphic shows how prevalent “offers above asking price” have been over the past 9 years.
As of 2013 50% of homes are selling above asking price due to high demand & low inventory.
Another great infographic illustrating the overlap in successful offers that stood out to sellers in order to compete successfully in multiple offer situations.
Ideally the highest overall, all-cash, no contingency offer will appeal greatest to sellers.
Here is an interesting breakdown of how the average household uses water and some ways to reduce water waste.
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