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Spring cleaning may be the most famous season-based opportunity to organize your home — but back-to-school cleaning is probably the most important. In this article, we will present homeowners with a useful guide to getting their houses ready for all the fun and chaos that the autumn brings!     Donate. Whenever you undertake the endeavor of organizing your […]

  When purchasing a home, one of the most important factors that every buyer takes into account is the sticker price. Clearly, money is a key consideration — but you should realize that many other factors aside from sticker price will also influence the final amount you pay on a new home. Closing costs are rather famous […]

Buying a home is obviously one of the most important decisions and biggest commitments that you will make in your adult life. There are many factors to consider when buying a home, such as location, school zones, your future plans, career opportunities, etcetera.     But in today’s article, we will be focusing not on the why, but on […]

Featuring world-class dining, museums, and the second largest urban park in the United States, Newport News, Virginia has quite a bit to offer (and don’t even get us started on the diverse golfing options, the farmers markets, the urban art, or the excellent public education options!) So if you’re in the market for a home […]

Wikipedia defines deferred maintenance as “the practice of postponing maintenance activities such as repairs on…property in order to save costs, meet budget funding levels, or realign available budget monies.”   To put it in simpler terms, any time that you delay repairs, replacements, or other types of maintenance on your home, car, or other properties for financial […]

Back in 2013, the National Association of Home Builders released a study on the average monthly energy bill by state across the US — and the conclusions that they came to were rather surprising. The average energy bill is actually higher in warmer states rather than in cooler states, thus confirming what many homeowners have suspected for quite some […]

If your home is in less-than-stellar conditions, then this question is likely on your mind. The “sticker price” for a newly renovated home sold to the general public is, without a doubt, a bit higher than the price that you will get selling to a cash buyer. However, it’s not always clear whether the tremendous […]

If you have ever wondered how much influence school zones have over the value of a home, then these survey statistics, recently published over at the Realtor.com blog, provide some insightful answers.   33% of prospective buyers would purchase a smaller home in order to secure a property in the right school district. 20% of […]

The concept of renting sounds fantastic: after all, who wouldn’t want to make a passive profit while retaining ownership of a valuable piece of property? Unfortunately, as is oftentimes the case, the application just isn’t as neat as the theory. Far too many landlords have learned the hard way that rental income is not by […]

Summer means lightening bugs and the gentle hum of cicadas. Unfortunately, it also means an increased risk of ants, termites, mosquitos, and cockroaches. Here are a few tips that can help you keep your home bug-free throughout the warm months of summertime. Stay Alert to Invaders. Seeing one or two bugs in your home might […]