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Posted on 07/14/2019

Are You Ready to Address Home Selling Hurdles?

The home selling journey may be perilous, particularly for an individual who is unprepared for potential pitfalls. Fortunately, there are lots of things that you can do to quickly identify house selling hurdles and address such issues before they get out of hand. Now, let's take a look at three tips to help you detect and resolve a wide...

Selling Your Home

Tips On Selling

Posted on 07/07/2019

Facts You Need to Know About a Reverse Mortgage

Many times, advertisements create a false impression about reverse mortgages. Marketing depicts them as a simple, cheap way by which older homeowners can finance their retirement. It is critical to understand how reverse mortgages work because failure to do so might harm your financial future. Studies show that many homeowners do not have a proper understanding of reverse...

Loans

Financing

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Posted on 06/30/2019

Where to Start When Buying a Luxury Home

Buying a luxury home isn't merely about buying an expensive house, it's about buying the most elegant home in the most exclusive and expensive neighborhoods. In addition to that, you are purchasing the architecture, landscaping, finishing, and fittings that come with the house. That’s why you have to do it the right way to avoid regrets in the...

Luxury Home

Condominium

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Posted on 06/23/2019

Tips for Selling Your First Home

Anyone who has been into real estate long enough knows that the home buying process is entirely different from the home selling process. Most home sellers are first-time sellers who intend to move from their current home due to job search, increasing family, or maybe just to experience a new neighborhood. They tend to run into several roadblocks...

Housing Prices

Home Seller

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Posted on 06/16/2019

Don’t Plan Too Far Ahead of Your Sale

Once your house is on the market, it’s easy to get caught up in what happens next. Be careful though, if you’ve already found your next home and made it perfect in your mind, the disappointment if your plans fall through can be awful. No one wants their purchase or sale to fall through, but it does happen....

Contingency

Offer

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Posted on 06/09/2019

Would you Take the Pare Down Challenge?

Minimalism has taken hold of a generation of new homeowners. Many young families may move multiple times before finding a forever home. Throughout the sorting, packing, loading, moving, and unloading they realize that much of what they carry with them is not necessary for comfortable living. Many folks have accepted the challenge to pare unused and cluttering items...

Minimalism

Declutter Your Home

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Posted on 06/02/2019

Healthy Snacks for Kids at Night

Do you find it absurd giving your kids snacks before going to bed? You shouldn’t be because keeping the tummy full and joyful before going to bed means a lot rather than waking up so early like 5:00 am to get the belly refilled. A bedtime snack should be taken an hour before the child's bedtime because it...

Good Night Sleep

Healthy Foods

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Posted on 05/26/2019

Benefits of Having A Green Roof on Your Home

Green roofs are roof systems that feature a root repellent layer, waterproof layer, a filter membrane, drainage layer, and several types of vegetation. Installing these unique roofs does not require you to remove your existing roof because it is acceptable to mount the new one on top of it if engineered correctly. The idea of installing a green...

Green Living

New Roof

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Posted on 05/19/2019

Struggling with Dinnertime Prep?

The struggle of what to feed the family is real. You may be that person who has the meal plan written out for two weeks at a time with the grocery list and coupons all aligned. But if you are like most people you are flying by the seat of your pants most evenings and smelling the leftovers...

Meal Planning

Family

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Posted on 05/12/2019

Buying a Fixer-Upper?

You’ve been binging on HGTV and DIY network every weekend while you save up your money and you’re ready to take the plunge. Your agent tours you through several potentials and there it is … the perfect corner lot, the mediocre house with the awkward layout, chopped up floor plan, aging kitchen, and dated bathrooms. It’s just waiting...

Home Renovations

Buy A Fixer Upper

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Posted on 05/05/2019

7 Ways to Care for Your Garden

Gardens can be quite difficult to maintain sometime with so many things that can go wrong. The weather is a primary factor; there will be slugs when it's wet, greenfly when it's dry, frost damage when it's cold and red spider mite when it's hot. So, both expert and novice gardeners can expect problems. The big difference is...

Gardening Tips

Curb Appeal

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Posted on 04/21/2019

Move With Less: How To Plan Meals That Use Up Your Pantry

Moving groceries is not the most ideal of situations. You’re left worrying about spoilage, spillage and, let’s be honest, having another thing to move. Lighten your moving day load by planning ahead of time so that you have little to nothing left in your fridge and pantry to take with you. To do this well it’s important to start...

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