Well, I signed the closing docs for the new house my brother I will be moving into yesterday. The house isn't actually closing for another week or more because it's still under construction. My brother's heading out of the country for 3 weeks, so the paperwork had to be signed before he left.

We were expecting the 1st mortgage payment to be due in October, but got a nice surprise and it won't be due until November. Woohoo!! That basically means a free month of "rent", budgetwise. That'll help sooo much. My October budget was looking to be over $1000 in the red because my Mother-in-law moved out of one of my rentals.

On top of that I still need to buy a fridge, a washer, and a dryer for the new house since ex-wifey to be is keeping that stuff. There's a reputable place that sells refurbished appliances. Hopefully I can get some good deals there. My brother isn't too picky on the brand or style of appliance as long as they work, and I'm pretty much the same way. If we can get all 3 appliances for less than $1000 total that would be great.