47 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster

47 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster

This Month in Real Estate

September 2011  Market Update The U.S. housing market has shown notable stability in 2011 compared to the previous two years when the tax credit made a clear impact. Although recent economic indicators have been less than expected, including a downward revision of GDP and consumer confidence that mirrors early 2009, owning a home is still… Read More

5 Ways to Keep Your House Cool When It’s Soooooo Hot

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With temperatures rising across the county, this seemed like a pretty good time to write about keeping cool. These aren’t rocket science solutions but these five things have worked for me in the past, and hopefully they’ll work for you. 1)     Have trees around your house – My neighbor hates trees. He’s this old Italian guy and he… Read More

10 Tips to Keep Dirt Out

AUTHOR:READER’S DIGEST What’s the best kind of dirt? The sort that you never allow into your house in the first place. That’s dirt in its proper place – dirt that you don’t have to clean up. It’s much easier to head off a problem before it takes root, than to fix it after the damage… Read More

Keep your lawn green this summer!

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There are some very simple and very green ways to keep your yard looking green too.  Here are five of the simplest of simple tips to help you: Watering – ummm, yea.  Middle of the day… not so wise!  Much of the water evaporates before it ever reaches the roots.  Lawns only need an inch of water… Read More

Organizations are illegally “phishing” for your information

By Carl Sylvester One of the unfortunate downsides of the information age are less than desirable organizations that perform malicious acts and put your identity at risk. Phishing scams are just that – illegal organizations “fishing” for personal information about you in order to commit identity theft. A fraudulent, yet very official looking, email is… Read More

Bullying Prevention Skills and Techniques for Children

BY MARK LAKEWOOD Child bullying is a big problem in our schools today. The main difference between child bullying today from the past is the nature of the bullying and the violence that occurs in the aftermath. Cyberbullying is becoming a popular and more destructive form of bullying than traditional bullying. More children today are bringing… Read More

Landscaping your garden

BY JAKOB JELLING Landscaping your garden allows you to use your imagination and creativity as well as it can be very relaxing and fulfilling once you see the result of your work. But, despite of this, this task involves specific knowledge and several techniques which you should be aware of in order to succeed and create… Read More

May Housing Market Update

Gradual and uneven progress in the housing market continues without government support. The market has shown remarkable improvement from the initial drop after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit this past July. Although higher-than-normal distressed and all-cash sales continue to skew the overall picture of home prices downward, inventory remains at pretax credit… Read More

Get your Lawn Ready

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Having a beautiful lawn doesn’t have to be a lot of work, provided you are willing to get ready for it ahead of time. A lot of people don’t even give their lawn a second thought until they’re well into the spring season, by which point it’s already growing and they have to struggle to… Read More