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5 Design Ideas for Updating Your Patio

5 Design Ideas for Updating Your Patio

All that fresh air demands a fresh look, right? You don’t have to break the bank to update your patio every year. Depending on your budget, there’s a way to spice up outdoor space. Here is some inspiration and/or ideas on how you can breathe new life into...

5 Awesome Smart Home Devices You Can Buy Now On Amazon

5 Awesome Smart Home Devices You Can Buy Now On Amazon

New is always better, as they say. Thanks to technology, our first-world problems at home—controlling temperature, security, and music—can be solved quickly, giving us more time to do what matters most. Almost everything in your home can now be linked...

6 Ways to Prepare to Buy a House

6 Ways to Prepare to Buy a House

So you’ve decided to buy your first home, or you’re already a homeowner and are ready to move into a new place. But, there’s more to a home purchase than picking your favorite listing and just moving in. Here are the six things that you need to...

4 Ultimate Summer Design Dilemmas

4 Ultimate Summer Design Dilemmas

We bump to design dilemmas all the time as home trends come and go, it seems that one has to make big decisions as to whether to go with something traditional or timeless, or select something a little more trendy. According to social media...

Thinking of Selling? Here’s Some Home Buyer Data You Need

Thinking of Selling? Here’s Some Home Buyer Data You Need

Based on a 2018 Consumer Survey in California and the California Association of Realtors® most recent reports, here is some interesting information on homebuyers. As a seller or prospective home seller, this data may help you to understand the...

It’s True: Staged Homes Sell Best

It’s True: Staged Homes Sell Best

Vacant home or staged home? Selling a vacant home is sometimes tricky as it lacks the visual lure and is less attractive to prospective buyers. Home staging is a key to attracting home shoppers, particularly because today’s consumers are used to...

I Wish I Knew These Before Moving Into a New House

I Wish I Knew These Before Moving Into a New House

Moving into a new home can be exciting and sometimes, we overlook the little details that are actually important in the long run. We hear these questions time and time again from our tenants and homeowners that we think everyone should know before settling in.  ...

How Lighting Can Enhance Your Space

How Lighting Can Enhance Your Space

Interior lighting is something most of us probably don’t think about much but makes a huge difference in the overall look of your home. Lighting can make us look amazing, alter the architecture, make art important, raise the ceiling and change the atmosphere of a...

How to Make Sure It’s the Right Neighborhood

How to Make Sure It’s the Right Neighborhood

There’s a reason why in real estate the phrase “Location, location, location” is always said. In real estate, we use the term “external obsolescence”, meaning a depreciation in the value of a home due to factors that exist outside the property itself. And the...