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How Your Relationship Status Affects Your Mortgage-worthiness

Yes, your relationship status could affect your mortgage worthiness. A dual income may help enhance your financial credit, but being part of a couple could also create problems in a home buying process.

The One Thing That's Missing In A Space That Doesn't Feel Right

Are you decorating a room and feel like after arranging all the furniture, hanging the art in, and setting up the vignettes, that something is still not quite right? Like, something is missing, or that it just isn't working? Then maybe it's missing this powerful design tool - a focal point! Apartment Therapy discusses this design key element and why it is important.

Home Buying Checklist To Get You Started

Buying a home can be one of the most stressful experiences you will ever be into, especially for first timers. Fortunately, there are now plenty of available resources to help home buyers go through the process as smoothly as possible.

Real Estate Advice: 6 Condo Inspection Red Flags To Watch Out For

Aside from condo association fees, shared walls, and elevators, there's another thing that separates an apartment from home - the inspection.

Are You Really Ready To Put Your House In The Market?

Unless you are 101% sure on selling your house, this important decision could back fire in a big way. It is a long process for anyone who is contemplating on putting their property on the market; some even take years to finally decide to put up that "For Sale" sign in their yard.

6 Smart Ways To Use the "Little Walls" In Your Home

Have you been wanting to do something with that two to three feet wide bare wall that's connecting the kitchen and the living room? Aside from slamming your body into it in an accidental standing plank once in a while during morning rush hours in the kitchen, how else do you use it for?

10 Easy And Cheap Ways to Turn Your Small Balcony Into A Relaxing Paradise

Are you dying to give your small balcony a purpose but don't how to begin? You are lucky to have that spot, so show it some TLC by turning it into your new favorite nook.

5 Good Feng Shui To Fill Your New Home With Positive Energy

Congratulations on your new home! Now that everything about this joyful milestone in life has finally sunk in, it's time to face the realities that come along having a new place.

Top 10 Home Inspections To Consider Before Selling

Selling your home is more than just finding a buyer and getting the best deal. Even in the most booming markets, there are setbacks that can delay that sale, and home inspection is a common reason.

How to Overcome Buyer's Remorse and Cold Feet

Ever heard of the "cold feet" syndrome in real estate? It's basically the feeling that comes after you jump up and down from closing a deal and finally buying a property; it is when the happiness and excitement wane that it hits you and doubts begin to settle in.

Real Estate Tip: 5 Golden Rules of Home Storage You Need In Your Life

When it comes to organizing whether be it for a house move, or just de-cluttering and looking at getting more organized, the common question always is "how do I store all of these?"

Real Estate Tip: 5 Simple and Effective Tricks to Make Your Small Room Look Bigger

Space is an essential factor buyers look for when choosing a space. When buyers are looking to upsize their home, they might not even look at small homes. The good thing is, there are actually ways to visually enlarge small spaces.

Real Estate Tip: 6 Things In Your Home That You Don't Actually Need

While most home design accessories are used to make a room look complete, others just don't serve the same purpose - some serve no purpose at all.

Real Estate Advice: 5 of the Best Places to Retire In the World

Are you looking to retire soon? International Living (IL), a magazine and website devoted to expat living and retirement overseas knows where your retirement money could stretch a little further and at the same time savoring a happy and comfy way of living.

Real Estate Tip: 5 Home Upgrades With a Big Return of Investment

If you are looking at selling your house and doing a home upgrade, you need to understand that there is no direct correlation between how much you invest and how much you get out of the renovation project.

The Pros and Cons of Tile Roofing

Tile roofing is known to last 100 years. This beautiful and durable material can be expensive and heavy, but its quality makes it worth the price.

Real Estate Tip: 4 Ways To Screen Your Landlord Before Signing A Lease

While as a tenant, it's standard procedure for you to provide the landlord with references, work history, banking information, even your Social Security number, did you know that you also need to do your own background check before you hand over those personal information and signing the lease?

Real Estate Tip: 5 NYC Renting Facts That Only Insiders Know

Who would know better about New York City renting facts more than people who have been around the city for a while, from one apartment to another?

Real Estate Tip: How and How Much Should You Tip Movers

When you hire movers for your house move, you might not be sure how and how much you should tip them. But before you even think of that, you first need to know if you actually should.

Real Estate Tip: 5 Practical Steps to Effectively Market Your House

Know your target and market your house effectively. A strong marketing technique is smart business, and though it will not always assure a sell, it will get the phone ringing.

Real Estate Tip: 5 Tips to Improve Your Kitchen In Less Than $500

You think you need to break the bank to achieve a successful kitchen makeover result? Budgetdecorating.about.com thinks that all you need is less than $500 for that kitchen improvement you've been dying to do - here's how:
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