In 1995 I bought my first house (and sold it in 2000) and bought my second house in 2001 (and sold it earlier this year) so it’s not like I’m a rookie going into this. I realize it’s going to take a few weeks (we haven’t nailed down the closing day yet) to get all the papers signed, get the mortgage and banking configured, go through all the preliminaries and do ALL the due diligence needed during this process.

Still, I AM gonna miss that nice healthy checking account.