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Being a homeowner can be a great experience, but if you are just starting out, on a strict budget, or looking for an affordable option for senior living, a single family home can easily make your house poor. Also, having a single family home may not suit you if you don’t have much time, are…
Whether you’re a Boomer looking ahead to retirement or a 20- or 30- something who is refocusing your life, downsizing your possessions is part of the deal. Do the math. “Big house” equals lots of room to store everything you use now, used the past, and may use in the future. “Smaller house “means room…
Watch a few HDTV shows, which are often based in Canada, and you may think you are committing home seller suicide if you put your home on the market without doing a major kitchen remodel. Modern buyers, it seems, won’t even bother with the kitchen without stainless appliances, granite countertops, fancy backsplashes, and clear sightlines…
As you move into your retirement years, you may find yourself reassessing your life and making decisions for the few next years. You may decide to quit your job, start a new business, or devote yourself to a passion you never had time for. As you are making changes, is it time to divorce your…
Every year, there’s a new wave of scams directed toward the elderly. The dishonest assume that increasing age makes people deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid – assumptions that are far from the truth. In this age of identity theft and deceptive ploys run over the Internet, by mail, and in person, however, it pays to…
As any Realtor® will tell you, young buyers are very diverse in the type of house they like. Some want modern lines with an open floor plan, while others want the charm of separate rooms with crown molding and Victorian, Tudor, or other period styling. What unites young buyers is they do not want to…