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How to Get an Apartment Without a Job

A lot of you have been telling me that you're having a hard time renting an apartment when you don't have a job lined up. I know it can be tough, and I know what I did when I was in your shoes, but I wanted to get you more valuable information that wasn't just from my experience. So, I sat down with

This Williamsburg Apartment Is Full of Small Space Design Secrets

A Shorter Lease Needs an Elastic Interior

With a shorter lease you need to plan ahead. Design your interior space with items that can be reconfigured so they can move with you.

7 Quick Ways to Downsize Your Apartment

Looking to downsize your life? Check out these seven helpful tips before you start!

What to Look for Before Hiring a Contractor

Learn about the right questions to ask when hiring a contractor and important things to look for before starting a project.

6 Designer Tips to Make Your Home Look Expensive

5 Things To Hide During Your Open House

Hiding these 5 simple things during an open house will make your home more inviting and desirable to buyers & help them fall in love with your home.

Important Details That You Don't Want to Overlook at an Open House

Buying a house is a financial and life changing commitment, so when you're house hunting make sure you pay attention to certain details of the home.

5 Tips to Keep Your Open House Safe

•When your Grand Rapids real estate agent schedules an open house for your home, it can be a convenient opportunity to have your home seen by a variety of potential buyers, all at once. Some of the visitors may be known to your agent or to you. But an open house may expose your home to a large number of unfamiliar people as wellLast year, the Grand Rapids area experienced a rash thefts involving prescription medications at open houses. The last…

Settling Into Happiness: Tips for Turning a House Into a Home

So you have just moved into a brand-new house, but as much as you were looking forward to this moment, you’re feeling a little sad because of all the memories you left behind in your old house. Never fear — with a little work, you can make your new house start to feel like home […]

Flowchart: Which Harry Potter house are you in?

If getting a house community scarf wasn’t exciting enough for you, imagine being sorted into a house at Hogwarts.

4 Things to Consider & Look For When Viewing a Home or Open House

Whether you are a first-time home-buyer or a current homeowner looking to downsize, more than likely you will be viewing houses or attending open houses while searching for the perfect home. Regardless of how experienced you are with home buying

How to Build a No-Bake Gingerbread House (PHOTOS)

I don't know if you caught this earlier? But I hate holiday baking. I've almost entirely sworn it off, in fact. And one of the big reasons f...

5 Keys to Getting out of the Dog House

Getting in the dog house is no mystery, but sometimes we need a little help getting out. Try these 5 simple keys to getting out of your wife's dog house.

Tips for house training

House training is one of the first tasks we need to address when bringing home a new puppy. Puppies don’t know where they’re supposed to potty. They just naturally “go”

How to Pack a House to Move in One Week!

Being a house flipper, I have packed more houses to move in the last 10 years than some people pack in a lifetime! House flippers who live in the houses they are flipping should be experts at...

OK! Let’s clean house!

Clean House? Well, that can mean many things to many people! So, what do I mean by “clean house” when all you want to do is get a loan to buy a home. No mystery here – but no progress either, un…