Shopping for a home? 10 tips to help you avoid impulse buying
When we think about the impulse purchase, most of us picture a grocery store. After all, retailers purposefully set up their stores to encourage us…
Author: Eric Ross
A critical early step toward buying your dream home
Shopping for a new homecan be overwhelming. Finding a real estate agent, looking at homes online, andapplying for loan approval, there is a lot to…
4 Tips to Maximize your Home-Selling Profit
One thing I know for certain: homeowners that sell their homesquickly and for top dollar are happy. Let’s face it, selling a home is hardwork…
Is that included in the purchase of the home?
Marcy, a first-time homebuyer, was over-the-moon excited about finally moving into her new home. The day arrived, the movers were actually on time and, for…
5 myths too many home sellers believe
More than half of today’s home sellers are selling a home for the first time, according to Zillow’s Consumer Housing Trends Report for 2018.That’s a…
7 Plants That Provide Summer Color in Shady Gardens
Shade gardens can be such a pleasant surprise. In that spot where you think nothing will grow, there are plants that will not only grow,…
Redecorating the master bedroom on a shoestring
It doesn’t take a huge bank account totake your master bedroom from feeling like your college dorm room to thesanctuary from a noisy world that…
Spring and summer gardening for condo dwellers
There’s no need to pity your condo-dwelling, green thumber friends – where there is even a tiny space, there are gardening possibilities. Whether you call…
Bring back the beauty of your vintage 1930s hardwood floors
The popularity of hardwood flooring has varied over the centuries. The replacement for the packed dirt flooring of the Colonial Era, hardwood floors were life-changers.High-end…
Tips to get rid of kitchen clutter
The junk drawer. Love it or hate it, most of us have one and most of the time it’s in the kitchen. NPR’s Linton Weeks…