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Buyer Advice

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Buyer Advice

The Best Homebuying Strategies for Building Wealth

You don’t want to throw money away on rent anymore, do you? Instead, you can buy your own home and pay yourself instead of a landlord. Every monthly payment you make...

Buyer Advice
Buyer Advice

Buying Land to Build a Luxury Home

A primary or second home by the ocean, lake, mountains, or desert could be heavenly, but hard to obtain in today’s warp-speed real estate climate. So why not build the home of your dreams on your own land?

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Buyer advice

Older Homes Can Be More Desirable

If you’re planning to buy a home, chances are good that it will be an older home. Housingwire.com reported that as of 2016, the median age of owner-occupied homes was 37 years.

Seller Advice

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Seller Advice

Five Do and Don’t Improvements For Resale

Most buyers want a move-in ready home that’s clean, updated and functional, and they’re willing to pay more to get what they want.

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Seller Advice

Sell Your Home Using The Five Senses

One of the best ways to get your home ready to sell is to remember to use the appeal of all five senses in your marketing.

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Seller Advice

Staging a Smaller Home

The number one reason homebuyers purchase a home is to get more space, but there are also homebuyers who are looking for less space to maintain.

Home Improvement

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Home Improvement

Questions for Your Remodeling Contractor

When you hire a general contractor to remodel your home, all the sub-contractors and their workers will report to him or her. The general contractor oversees...

Home Improvement
Home Improvement

Update Your White Kitchen

All-white kitchens complement any decor, but they’re hard to keep pristine and can come across as dated. An older white kitchen shows signs of discoloration and wear. What can you do to make your white kitchen more 2021 than 2010?

Home Improvement
Home Improvement

The Work Shed Trend

Working from home during the pandemic allowed jobs to be saved, but posed challenges in terms of productivity, and performance. Now, homeowners are building or buying work sheds to get the privacy they need to work, create, and produce.

Finance

Finance
Finance

Buying a Vacation Home Overseas

One of the greatest luxuries and perhaps among the savviest investments you can make to diversify your wealth ...

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Finance

Home Insurance Necessities

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Finance
Finance

Getting a Jumbo Loan

For 2021, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)  raised the maximum conforming loan limit for a single-family property ...

Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Lifestyle

What Makes a Home Luxurious?

Luxurious homes were once perceived as those priced above $1 million, but with well over a decade of rising prices, the new number ...

Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Caring for Cut Flowers

Whether you’re cutting flowers from your garden or buying fresh flowers from a shop, you want your cut flowers to last as long as possible.

Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Appreciating The Craftsman Bungalow

Older neighborhoods often feature bungalows – small homes that are full of charm. Among the most popular is the Craftsman bungalow ...