Unexpected Expenses

We've been cruising a million miles an hour as we get closer to our deadline, so there's been little action on the blog front. That's going to change.

There's been a couple of financial hickups in the last week that I feel I should document for those going through something similar:

• Beware cancelation fees on mortgages. These are fees that you get charged if you cancel your mortgage before the due date (our mortgage was a 5 year mortgage). Typically, this is waived / renegotiated when you sell then buy a new house, so we got screwed.
• Getting out of a car lease: What a right royal pain. There's the transfer fee, the agent fee if you use an agency to find a new taker for the lease, inspection fee, repairs that need to be made.
• General Cancellation fees: Cell phones, certain bills etc.
• Surprise car rentals: if you're getting out of a lease, every km counts so if you have some last minute visits renting is the only way to go.

Overall things are moving well so far, other then the passport debacle (that'll be the subject of a post in and of itself) we hope to be out of the house tonight and out of the country on the 4th of September with a quick stop over in NYC.