Wendy Zuidema's Blog

If you've seen Jay Leno last night or watched Fox News lately then you already know about Sheryl Crow's plan to reduce global warming.   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267783,00.html.  Now I don't think we need to go that far.  However, there is no question that petroleum reserves won't last...

If you're a first time homebuyer no doubt you've gone over the closing statement at length and questioned every dime and dollar from the origination fee to the flood cert.  You didn't?!  We'll talk later.  This conversation is about the closing costs that won't be listed on any disclosure stateme...

Hurray!  It's a buyer's market and you're on the prowl for a deal.  But just because you may have a perceived upper hand doesn't mean you should throw caution out the proverbial Pella window.  Here are 5 things that can help stretch your home-buying dollar and make sure you don't get a negative r...

The Grand Rapids Press ran an article recently about rediscovering downtown Grand Rapids http://www.mlive.com/travel/stories/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1173393606206970.xml&coll=1 and it got me thinking.  If the last time you visited downtown was when your youngest child was the same age as your ...