Is your laundry room taking you through the wringer? Here are some quick and easy tips to implement as well as product ideas to streamline the storage and function of your laundry room. . . .
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If you live in California, Texas, Arizona or Florida and are planning to put your home on the market, there is a whole group of potential buyers to consider: Canadians! Yes, your friendly northern neighbors (sometimes referred to as “snowbirds”) are looking for second homes south of the border. If you are selling a property that has it all, then you do not want to ignore these buyers. . . .
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The housing industry continued to gather momentum in April. New home sales, an important measure for the industry’s performance, climbed 2.3 percent last month. Home prices also rose to record highs. The news comes at a significant time. Spring is a favorite season for homebuying or shopping. According to the Commerce Department, new home sales jumped to a seasonally adjusted rate of 454,000 units. That’s up 2.3 percent from March and 29 percent compared . . .
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Stormwater is essentially water that falls during a rain or snowstorm. You may be wondering what precipitation has to do with making your garden eco-friendly and how you can possibly be responsible for an act of nature. However, the current problems of stormwater runoff are entirely human-created, and the way you design your garden can influence what happens to rain that falls on your property. . . .
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When you’re trying to sell a house, there are few things more discouraging than seeing it sit in on the market, unable to attract any interest or offers – it’s like waiting by the phone for someone who never calls. . . .
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For folks not raised on a farm, life on one typically starts as a dream. The whole notion of escaping city life for the wide-open spaces and self-sufficiency of farm life is intriguing to many. If farm livin’ is the life for you, it’s time to get better acquainted with the process of purchasing one. . . .
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If there’s one thing I learned from being a military officer for over 20 years, it’s this: Double-check everything. There is an old military adage that “soldiers do well only those things that the commander checks.” To which I will add a new maxim, apparently from Benjamin Franklin: “It is true that experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.” So let’s learn from the experiences of Mr. Justin Pierce, who has generously shared the difficult lessons of his first real estate flip . . .
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“If a home is the most prized possession in an American’s portfolio, should we not take care of it a little differently than we currently are, allowing any Tom, Dick and Harry to get their license, facilitate the deal and call themselves an expert because they had extra ink to print a business card?” says Joshua Hunt, owner/broker of Trelora in the Denver, Colo. market. . . .
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Although the recent housing bubble and subsequent burst may have jaded some, the vast majority of homeowners and investors (and the real estate agents who sold them those houses) believe that house values appreciate over the long haul. What you’re about to discover may surprise you. . . .
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Urban design and industrial mod style are easy to achieve by keeping only a few basics in mind. Modern style offers a clean, neat layout with simple, streamlined furniture in an architecture style that was influenced by German Bauhaus School of Design and Scandinavian modern design. Sleek smooth surfaces, bold geometric shapes and asymmetry are key characteristics of mod design. . . .
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