Finding a Builder for Your New Home: Hire a Professional
Contracting the right builder is a critical first step in the construction process of your dream home. Some homeowners liken...
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The Home Economist: Learn Early, Make More Money?
(MCT)—Miami Shores, Fla., tech consultant Rudo Boothe, age 33, attributes his professional success — anyone’s professional success, actually — to...
The Government Shutdown and Its Play on Housing
The government shutdown is causing a flurry of anxiety throughout the nation, and worry is accumulating throughout the housing industry....
Monday Morning Mobile: The Mobile Consumer & the Right Response to Responsive Design
Over the course of this series, The Mobile Consumer & the Right Response to Responsive Design, we examined some of...
Solar Power for the Do-It-Yourselfer
(MCT)—An entrepreneurial engineer has brought the assemble-it-yourself concept to solar power. The SolarPod developed by Mouli Engineering of Eagan, Minn.,...
Home Buyers Value Environmentally Friendly Features
Homeowners frequently see their heating bills rise as fall begins and the weather cools. For this reason, homes with energy...
5 Ways Borrowers Can Land the Best Mortgage
(MCT)—After riding a swift updraft earlier this year, mortgage rates have steadied at around 4.5 percent for a 30-year fixed...
Real Estate Q&A: Explore All Possibilities for Mortgage Relief
(MCT)—QUESTION: I want to avoid foreclosure. I have applied for a loan modification with my bank and also applied for...
How to Draft a Business Franchise Agreement
If your small business is flourishing and you're ready to expand into a franchise, congratulations are definitely in order! But...
Rules for Buying & Selling a “Haunted House”
The laws about disclosing if a house is "haunted" vary from state-to-state. Massachusetts The possibility of a property being "psychologically...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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