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A home energy audit can detect any flaws and hazards in your home electricity supply including uninstalled outlets, inefficient controls, leaking connections and underrated connections, overloaded switches etc. It also helps in identifying any areas which require special servicing and repairs and...

Owning a vacation rental property can increase your income, make a second home affordable, and open the door to real estate investing. The key to success lies in your preparation before purchasing a vacation home. Buying a house for vacation rental means you'll be running a business. Work through...

Every homeowner has the dream of the perfect house. Some lucky ones live the dream, and for the rest, the hunt is still on. But talking about real estate and researching the available properties to dip your toes in the market is a separate thing altogether. What should be your primary considerati...

Half of the work related to a home sale is about anticipating problems before they arise. The more prepared you are, the better.  1. What To Do Before You Sell Your Home Selling a home is a major transition, and the process itself can be complex when you consider all of the steps involved. Just l...

 Performing a one-person circus act while juggling marketing campaigns, on-location showings, scheduled inspections, and an inbox jam-packed with client inquiries? While seasoned agents have grown accustomed to these hectic workdays, budding real estate moguls may struggle to find their footing w...

When you find yourself up to your neck in bursting cardboard boxes and masking tape, opportunities to simmer in pre-move excitement are limited. Of course, the promise of brand-new (and sparkling clean) living spaces is appealing in more ways than one, but the stress of radical changes in your en...

Imagery is much more powerful than most of us are willing to admit. Everything we see and hear influences us in a million intricate ways. Suppose you drove up to a home. Would the way it appeared affect the way you perceived it? We think so. It seems as if the data supports the thought as well. ...

Increasing the value of your home is relatively straightforward. After all, value is in the eye of the beholder. As long as people are willing to pay more, you can sell for more. Ultimately, appearances can impact the value even more than practical features. So, take a critical look at your place...

The travails of trying to complete the sale on a property, of any type, are well known and frankly in the current economic climate that is so badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic we are currently living through, those efforts are only going to prove all the more cumbersome.  Attempting to sell...

Towards the end of 2019, the commercial real estate industry seemed in a very healthy position and all the indications were that 2020 would be a good year. Although the industry did have a heavy level of overall debt, the economy was relatively strong, GDP was growing and the Federal Reserve Bank...