Window Blind Slat Repair

You’re getting ready to put your home in Crown Point, St. John, or Hobart on the market.  You call yourNorthwestern Indiana Realtor to stop by to do the paperwork, with the notion you ought to ask her whether or not to replace the carpet, paint the kids’ bedrooms, patch the fence, replace the blinds

Combating Lead-Based Paint

Most homes built before 1960 contain paint with dangerously high levels of lead.  Many homes built as late as 1978 contain some level of lead in their painted surfaces.  This doesn’t mean only interior and exterior painted walls though.  Other common areas for lead-based paint in older homes are win

Financial Planning and Your Home Purchase

Planning on buying a home over the next two, three, or five years?  Take the time now to put a sound financial plan in place that will set you up for success when you’re ready to make your home purchase. SAVE for your down payment.  The days of no money down home purchases are gone, at least for the

Your Children and the Big Move

Moving is stressful.  There’s packing and unpacking; change of address cards to be sent and notice to the Post Office; the last minute garage or yard sale; transfer or closing and opening of utility accounts; closing paperwork on the home you’re selling and the home you’re buying; inspections, repai