Lowes Home Improvement stores are well known for their low prices and quality products. If you’re a homeowner, you’ve probably used Lowes to find the products you need to improve, maintain, or repair your home. Searching for and finding the right garage doors for your home can be a nightmare, even if you use the… Continue reading
Category: Real Estate
Taking over The Property Brothers
Okay, I know it sounds dramatic, but … let’s call it passion. The deal is for my wife to sit and watch Property Brothers and similar shows (House Hunters, Rehab Addict, etc.), and since I am the wonderful husband that I am, I will sit and watch them with her. HOWEVER, I began to notice… Continue reading
My carpet (carpet) shows vacuum marks – will it go away?
Almost all Cut-Pile carpets or rugs (plush or Saxony) will show footprints and void marks. It is the inherent nature of this type of carpet. This style of rug has fiber bundles that almost stand upright, and you basically walk on top of the twisted bundles. Cut-Pile rugs in solid colors will tend to show… Continue reading
How to change your car’s motor oil
First, let’s answer the question; Why should you change your own oil? Because you can save time and money. You don’t have to queue at the service shop or the quick oil change shop. For ten dollars you can get the best oil and a new oil filter. And it’s so easy to do that… Continue reading
The Pros and Cons of Pet Mice
There are a few distinct benefits and also some definite downsides to keeping mice as pets. They are easy to care for, do not last long, and are easily stored in a small space. However, they are also nervous, do not last long, and in many cases, they are not very interactive. Mice can live… Continue reading
The Versatility of Today’s Carriage House Plans
Originally, the term “carriage house” needed little explanation: it was a shed to house horse-drawn carriages. Today, however, the term has taken on a different meaning. Since the once ubiquitous carriage has little use in modern society, many of the carriage houses that were built before automobiles were common now have different uses. Many have… Continue reading
Secrets of a Millionaire Owner – Book Review
By: Robert Shemin, ESQ. (2002) ISBN 0-7931-4825-1 Book Price: $ 28.95 Outstanding real estate investor Robert Shemin is a nationally recognized landlord expert in the US and is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author who became a millionaire in his 30s by investing in real estate. Shem earned a law degree and an MBA from… Continue reading
Real estate investment: books, TV infomercials and seminars
Real estate investing has become popular today due to television real estate investing infomercials and traveling seminar circuits. But real estate investing has not always been so popular. In the 1960s, William Nickerson wrote: “How I turned $ 1000 into three million in real estate” and “How to make a fortune today from scratch.” It… Continue reading
The secret to increasing cash flow: investing in opportunity zones
A wise man will seize more opportunities than he finds. ~ Francis Bacon Introduction Don’t just look for homes that meet your criteria, look for the home that meets your criteria in places where people like to rent. There are nice areas in my city and not so nice areas in my city. However, neither… Continue reading