The Best Time of Year to Buy Things for Your Home
Save money!!! See what months retailers offer discounts, etc on new items for your home! A calendar of when to look for sales on appliances, tools, furnishings,…
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What You Should Really Know About Browsing for Homes Online
It’s fun! It’s exciting! It’s important to take everything on Real Estate sites with a grain of salt! Oh, let’s just admit it, shall we? Browsing for…
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Calling All My Single Ladies!
In 2017 alone, 60% of women millennial buyers were single! Buying a home seems to come with the idea that it’s the step AFTER you get married…
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You’re Making Your Landlord Rich
While you’re fussing over your bills, did you realize you’re making your landlord rich? Rentals are the most lucrative business to get into. It turns ordinary people…
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Six Reasons Your Home May Not Impress Buyers
Are you ready to sell your home and want it to have a great first impression on the market? Or maybe your home has been listed for…
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Durable Kitchen Floor Options
Kitchen floors get put through quite a lot! Between all of the dropped utensils, the spills and drips; being one of the most used rooms in a…
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Tips To Get Settled In A New Home
Are you moving into a new home? We know how exciting it can be! We’ve compiled a list of a few things you can do after your…
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Using Baking Soda In Your Laundry Room
That small box of baking soda tucked away in your fridge or kitchen cabinet can also be an inexpensive, and earth-friendly, solution for your laundry needs. It’s…
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Simple Sprucing Tips For Your Home
You don’t need thousands of dollars to fully refurbish your home to make it feel like new again. Instead, you can DIY a lot of features in…
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Why Rent If You Can Buy?
Home ownership rates are STILL the lowest they have been in the last 50 years. Yet a large portion of Americans are still renting properties, instead of…
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3 Questions To Ask Before Buying Your 1st Home
The real estate market is constantly changing, so of course DO YOUR RESEARCH! DO NOT jump the gun on this one! Unbiased advice from family and peers…
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The Incredible Joy of Owning Your Home
If you haven’t bought a home yet, you’re missing out on a wonderful feeling! That moment when you walk through your doors, throw your purse or keys…
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From “I Do” to #Sold
Newlyweds are saying “I do” to each other, and equate to over half of first time home buyers that are also saying “I do” to their dream…
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Storage Ideas For Small Bathrooms
Is your bathroom small? It’s the worst, isn’t it? Well, unfortunately, small bathrooms are very common, and are usually the smallest rooms in the house. I can…
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Save Your Home From Dryer Fires
Every year, more than 2900 home fires are started by clothes dryers. The leading cause of these fires are from a build of up lint from lack…
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Achieve Feng Shui In Your Home
If you take the time to dig into the philosophy around feng shui, you’ll understand that it doesn’t come off as esoteric as one my think. It’s…
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10 Home Chores To Do Annually
Sing me some graces, there is such a thing as over-cleaning! Here are ten chores around the home that you really only need to do annually, minus…
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Use The Right Paint Finish
Ready to paint your home? Be sure to use the right finishes in each room and feature to make the best impact in your home. Using the…
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Top 5 Home Staging Props
1. ORCHIDS & HIGH QUALITY FLORALS Orchids are an incredibly versatile prop. They are beautiful, elegant and add class into any interior, regardless of the style of…
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Staging Tips To Get Your Home Sold
Ready to sell your house? Here is a few staging tips to get your home prepared for the market. When listing a home that cost hundreds of…
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Kitchen Improvements Under $100
Want to spruce up your kitchen but stuck on a tight budget? Check out the list of improvements you can get started on for under $100. These…
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Eliminate Pet Odors In Your Home
Eliminating bad odors from your home is incredibly important, you want to make sure you’ve removed them before putting it on the market. Often times, the first…
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Don’t Replace Your Agent With The Internet
With the influx of new technology and web based solutions, it isn’t a surprise that everything is moving fast into the era of the internet. From sites…
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2019 Can Cost You Ten’s of Thousands
“I’ll hold off buying a home until next year.” If you’ve thought of purchasing a home, but don’t want to deal with the process now, you’ve probably…
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Tips To Beautify Rooms In Your Home
There’s no place like home, so why not make home the most beautiful and cozy place you can stay in? Let’s dive into some techniques that can…
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Cleaning 101 Before Listing Your Home
Before you put your home up for sale, you’ll want to ensure it’s clean for all of the buyers that will come through. A dirty house isn’t…
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Fall Leaves Bring Sold Signs
Summer has come to an end and you probably are thinking you’ve lost the opportunity to sell, and need to wait till next summer. But that’s far…
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The Real Estate Catch You Shouldn’t Fall For
With the growth of online tools, companies are quickly building products to serve the real estate community. After all, it’s a lucrative industry, home buying and selling…
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Protect Your Home’s Pipes From the Cold
Cold weather can put your home’s pipes at risk of exploding, especially in Wisconsin right now with temps hovering in subzero numbers. Worst case scenario: Pipes can…
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Finding The Right Mattress
You’ve got more options than ever when mattress shopping these days with no shortage of brick-and-mortar and online-only retailers to choose from. Here are the factors you…
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Ideas for Accent Walls
An accent wall can totally transform a room, taking it from boring and drab to bold and exciting. Accent walls create a new focal point for your…
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Organic Food on a Budget
Organic food usually tastes better, and is better for you, but it can also be very expensive compared to non-organic products. Organic food can cost nearly 50…
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Priority Tasks for Your Move In
Moving into a new home is an exciting time, and you’re probably daydreaming about decor and paint schemes and new furniture. But before you get into the…
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Five steps for winterizing your home
It’s the first of November and the cold weather has arrived in SE Wisconsin, and it’s time to get your home ready for the months of harsh…
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Extend the Outdoor Living Season
Light the Deck or Patio The sun sets sooner on your outdoor living space in the fall, but that shouldn’t limit the hours you use your deck or patio. Adding…
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6 Tips for Choosing the Best Offer for Your Home
You’ve worked hard to get your home ready for sale and to price it properly. With any luck, offers will come quickly. You’ll need to review each…
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Short sale and foreclosure: How are they different?
As unfortunate as it can be when homeowners fall behind on mortgage payments and must face the possibility of losing their homes, short sales and foreclosures provide…
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Your puppy-welcoming shopping list
Bringing home a puppy means a guaranteed influx of excitement and cuteness in your home, but it also means you’ll need a lot of patience, commitment, and…
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Which down payment strategy is right for you?
You’ve most likely heard the rule: Save for a 20-percent down payment before you buy a home. The logic behind saving 20 percent is solid, as it…
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Five money-saving green upgrades
Going green is great for the environment, but that’s not the only benefit. When you make green upgrades in your home, it can also lead to some…
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