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HowTo – Understanding Home Owner Associations Good And Bad

Today there seems to be a growing appeal for developers to build tracks of houses that are linked together in a Home Owner’s Association. The use of these organizations often benefits both the builder...

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HowTo – Steps of Hiring a Realtor to Sell Your Home

If you have gone through the process of buying a home then you understand many steps of working with a realtor however when selling your home you want to get the most money for your house that you can....

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HowTo – Tips for getting the best rates for Home Insurance

Whether you are purchasing a new home or evaluating your monthly bills it is important that when paying for insurance that you get a rate that will provide the most for your needs while not overpaying...

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HowTo – Not Getting Ripped Off by Door To Door Contractors

The contracting business is in a pretty difficult stage today however it has always been a problem that in good times and bad people get ripped off by fly by night .. here today gone tomorrow...

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HowTo – Moving Guide Taking care of Address and Other important Changes

When you move there are many things on your mind and although getting all of your stuff to your new place may be foremost on your mind there are a lot of other things that you need to take care of. The...

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How To – What Types of Tile are Best for Bathroom Remodels?

If you are considering remodeling your bathroom you have many different types of surfaces to select from and choose. As a matter of fact even though your bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms in...

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How To Complete Home Projects on a Budget

Other than actually completing the work, budgeting your home projects can be one of the more difficult tasks which limit things you might like to get done. This is true for any size project and most...

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How To Avoid Mistakes When Downsizing at Retirement

Even if you have a large family there will come a point in your life when the home you live in is probably not manageable. When you get older it gets much more difficult to care for your home and…Read...

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How To Move From Renters to Home Buyers

At one point not long ago the cost of renting was well above the cost of buying a home but the problem was not many people could qualify for a mortgage. Today as people have been renting for extended...

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How To Buy Good Land for Homesteading

If you have ever thought about buying some land and putting your own home on it then you are not alone. A practice that has been around forever is now starting to gain popularity as people want to live...

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How To Find The Best Place To Rent or Own

A lot of people ask me this question and I always have this one saying I tell them when they ask how to find the best place to live. No matter where you live there is always a better place…Read more →

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How To Deal With A Very Slow Contractor

Ok so a friend just asked us how they can improve the contract time for some flood repair they are having done due to a burst water pipe. Their home is a single story house that is on a concrete…Read...

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How To Pick A Good Property For Your Off Grid Homestead

There are a lot of people that are becoming interested in Homestead Living where you get away from the City and you live life out on your own. There are good and bad points about this type of lifestyle...

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How To Enter Into A Contract To Purchase Land For Your Homestead

A friend of ours is considering buying about 6 acres of land from a friend of their family and they expect to work on the land slowly and build on it within the next 5 years or so. They are…Read more →

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How To Avoid The Worst Mistakes When Buying Land For Your Home

When you are thinking about purchasing a property for a homestead there are a few big things that you need to look into before finalizing any deal. This list should not be thought of as the only things...

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How To Find The Best Land For Your Homestead

A lot of people are considering homesteading as a primary lifestyle and if you are thinking about it yourself then one of the first things you have to decide on is the land you will purchase to build...

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How To Know When You Are Asking Too Much From Your Contractor

This is a How To that might not make everyone on Angry’s List happy but it is something that really should be talked about. When you are dealing with a professional contractor you should expect that...

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How To Deal With A Neighbor Who Has Built Something On Your Property

A friend of ours contacted us about a problem they just realized they had. After moving into their home about 2 years ago they had time to look up their plot map on their county website and saw that...

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How To The Top 10 Things Every Home Owner Needs To Do

Home ownership is something most of us are thrown into but it doesn’t have to be difficult if you plan and put systems in place that help you deal with the basic duties of being a home owner. In...

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How To Know When The Best Time To By A Home Is

I just had a conversation with someone about buying a home and they are putting off some apprehensive vibe thinking that the Economy might have a shift and whatever they purchase might lose value....

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