Showing Your Home When You Own Pets

You love your pets.  Your neighbors love their pets.  That doesn’t necessarily mean your neighbors love your pets. The same goes for prospective buyers considering making your home their new home. When it comes to pets and show shape for your home here’s a simple rule of thumb: Less is better, none

Education and Preapproval, The First Step

Whether you’re a first time home buyer or you’ve been through the home buying process many times before, do yourself a favor.  Make speaking to a mortgage lender one of your first priorities when beginning your new house hunt. Unless you have just come into a windfall of cash you’re probably like th

Low Flow Shower Head

The US has been using low flow shower heads to varying degrees of success since the 1990s when the federal government legislated their use.  The early models did decrease water usage from 5 – 7 gallons a minute to the mandated 2.5 gallons a minute, however, the problem back then was that decreased w

Implementing an Emergency Escape Plan for Your Family

Create the plan – Practice it with your family – Minimize risks It’s crazy to think that most families do not practice their emergency escape plan, let alone have a plan in place.  Statistically speaking, the most common home emergency requiring a family to evacuate is the house fire, so any emergen