Category Archives: Home Ownership

Easy Outdoor Garden – Plants You Can’t Kill

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Don’t have a green thumb? Don’t despair!  You can still create a beautiful outdoor garden with plants that are hearty and resilient.  Whether you are planting for the first time or you have been gardening for years, the desired result is a healthy, bountiful, gorgeous bed of flowers and plants. For maximum results with minimal […]

How to Build Home Equity Faster

How to Build Home Equity Faster

Your home equity is how much of your home that you “own”.  For example, if you put down 20% on your home when you purchased it, that means you already have 20% of the home’s value of equity in the home.  As you pay the loan down over the years, your principal loan value decreases […]

7 Things You Need for a Functional Kitchen

7 Things You Need for a Functional Kitchen

Whether you enjoy cooking or not, it is easy to get overwhelmed with all the various tools, appliances and contraptions that collect on your kitchen counters and in your cabinets.  The truth is, you probably don’t need much of what you have collected over time.  Here is a list of seven kitchen essentials that every […]

Clutter Traps and How to Avoid Them

Clutter Traps and How to Avoid Them

Maintaining a clutter-free home is challenging and takes a lot of diligence.  It’s smart to take at least five minutes a day to pick up and keep things from accumulating throughout your house.  But even when you do that, you will still find that some areas in your house are clutter traps. Just by being […]