• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Dinks Finance

Dinks Finance

Personal Finance By and For Couples

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Smart or Selfish
  • Couples Finance
  • Make Extra Money
  • Build Wealth
  • Blogroll
  • About

Goodbye PMI, Hello Money

June 22, 2022 by James Hendrickson Leave a Comment

All,

Wanted to share a couple of personal updates with DINKs readers.  Today, I got the private mortgage insurance (PMI) taken off my condo and I picked up some passive income payments from a couple of companies I’d been working with. It was super nice to come back home from work and have the good news in the mail box.

Goodbye PMI

When I initially bought my condominium unit in Portland, Oregon I only put 7 percent down. So I had to pay PMI.  I’d been paying about $279.00 per month for PMI for the last seven years, and hating every payment.  Since the Portland condo market had been strong for the past couple years, the value of my place had increased substantially.  As a result, I had more than 20% equity in the condo, so I applied to have PMI taken off.

Well the application was successful!  Here is my new escrow statement.

Its gonna be great to not have to pay PMI.

PMI removed

Hello Money

When I came home I had a couple of payments waiting for me.  For some context – I’d been focusing on picking up extra money by selling my browsing history and other data.  A couple of the companies I’d been using paid out.

Nielsen Opinion Rewards – paid $10.

Savvy Connect – paid $5.

I’ve included links to both of those companies – if you’re looking to pick up some passive income, I recommend both.  They are a bit of a hassle to install, but otherwise they both pay well and reliably.

Goodbye PMI, hello money indeed!

For More On Building Wealth, Read These

Yes, You Can Make A Ton Of Extra Money

List of Microincome and Microsavings Apps

Building Wealth On $600 Per Month

James Hendrickson

James Hendrickson is an internet entrepreneur, blogging junky, hunter and personal finance geek. When he’s not lurking in coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, you’ll find him in the Pacific Northwest’s great outdoors. James has a masters degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelors degree on Sociology from Earlham College. He loves individual stocks, bonds and precious metals.

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: extra money, make extra money, making extra money

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

 

 

Manage Your Money Together

Here are some simple guidelines for DINKS to build wealth:  

1) Collaborate. Meet regularly to talk about money, set goals together, track and monitor them.

2) Understand and respect your partner. Take time to understand your partners values about money.

3) Watch the numbers. Get a budget, monitor your spending and track your net worth.

4) Max your retirement. Maximize contributions to your tax deferred retirement accounts.

6) Invest in stock. Stocks preform better than bonds or cash.

7) Avoid high interest debt. Credit cards and title loans are financial cancer.

8) Diversify. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Couples Finance

  • What Dave Ramsey’s Take On marriage Is Missing
  • Tips For Newly Married Couples
  • Getting Together, Getting Hitched
  • Prenup Basics
  • Manage Your Money Together

Great Finance Blogs

  • My Stock Market Basics
  • Cafe Credit
  • Clever Dude
  • Modest Money
  • Mighty Bargain Hunter
  • Frugal Rules
  • Young Adult Money
  • Money Talks News
  • Saving Advice
  • Peer Finance 101
  >> Our *entire* blogroll

Companies Supporting The DINKS

Please consider visiting our gracious supporters:

7binaryoptions.com: Your one stop information source for trading binary options.

Get the Latest Coupon and Discount Codes at Freecouponcodes.net.

The best cheap web traffic that comes in handy for your website traffic needs.

Shop till you drop and discounted offers with Shopee promo codes.

Compare business electricity prices at utilitysavingexpert.com

cheap shopping online at DHgate.com

Footer

Get Started

  • Make Money As An Amateur Photographer
  • The Pros and Cons Of Mutual Funds
  • Building Wealth On $600 A Month
  • Yes, You can Buy An Oil Well
  • Kimball Musk’s Net Worth
  • Nine Ways To Make Extra Money

Explore

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

COPYRIGHT © 2020 Dual Income No Kids DinksFinance.com is a District Media site.