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Relax or Remodel? What’s the ROI on New Floors?
The past few years of strong appreciation in real estate have left many homeowners with additional equity in their investment. Whether you choose to relax on that wealth, tap into it for personal ventures or reinvest it back into your current home, here is a useful...
Calculate Your Rental Property Returns
Thinking about buying or exchanging an investment property? I built an easy, fill-in-the-blank spreadsheet that helps assess cash flow and return rates on a rental property—for either short-term or long-term options. It's always wise to review the numbers and do a...
A Real Estate Crystal Ball
No one has a crystal ball for the market. The better option for understanding market changes is to review reliable data. Ada County Market Highlights from January $487,500 - The median sales price for an Ada County home 91.9% - Average Percent of Original List Price...
Is Your Home’s Interior Design Feeling Stagnant?
Updating your home's appearance doesn’t always have to cost lots of money. Sometimes it just takes a new arrangement. Check out how this fashion designer created six different looks for the same room with the same furniture, each highlighting her tips on what made...
The Cost of Waiting for
Mortgage Rates to Decline
Trying to time the market can work about as well as using tea leaves to predict the future. This piece by Keeping Current Matters, shared with me by a friend in the industry, covers a few of the home-buying realities created by rising interest rates. It’s been made...
Home Maintenance Tip!
Landscape During the Dry Season We may not be in a severe drought this year, but the dry season isn't far away. Cut high, water deeply and less often…there are many ways to maintain landscaping more efficiently in the extreme heat.Drought lawn care by...
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