brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoUpdate: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up11.79Karrow-down125file-text
arrow-up11.76Karrow-down1imageUpdate: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025sh.itjust.worksbrbposting@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square200fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoYou’ve never bought a house if you think it’s saving “a little bit” of time. We’re talking easily 40 hours of gathering and filing paperwork here. That’s $2,200 of my time. If I buy a house once every 7 years it works out.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI’ve bought two houses and it did not take me 40 hours of gathering paperwork. Maybe an hour or so maximum to get my paperwork for the bank.
You’ve never bought a house if you think it’s saving “a little bit” of time. We’re talking easily 40 hours of gathering and filing paperwork here. That’s $2,200 of my time. If I buy a house once every 7 years it works out.
I’ve bought two houses and it did not take me 40 hours of gathering paperwork. Maybe an hour or so maximum to get my paperwork for the bank.