40 Ways to Go Greener at Home (Besides Just Recycling)
Tsh Oxenreider Sep 22, 2020 Continuing our series during this final year of AoS of the top 12 published posts of all time (measured in simple traffic numbers), this one is number four. I wrote it ages ago, early in the blog’s life, and it still gets [...]
Feeling Taxed to the Max? Check Out These 9 States Boasting Zero Income Taxes
By Meera Pal Apr 12, 2023 (Getty Images) Tax day—April 18—is right around the corner. And if you’re like many homeowners, you’re facing shelling out big bucks for property taxes, federal income taxes, and state income taxes. That is if you live in the 41 states that levy [...]
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Home Sellers Today
By Tara Mastroeni Apr 11, 2023 (Getty Images) Selling your home isn’t as easy as it used to be. Now that the red-hot market is cooling off, sellers need to reset their expectations—and yes, even adjust their sales tactics. So we’ve asked real estate experts to share [...]
How to Deal With Noisy Upstairs Neighbors: 8 Fiercely Clever Tricks
By Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio Mar 7, 2023 (Getty Images) Shortly after they were married, Brittany H. and her husband moved into an apartment in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood. With Victorian houses and vintage flats dotting the tree-lined streets, they assumed their new home would be a peaceful spot to build their life [...]
Buying a House With Cash? Cash Buyers Can’t Forget These Expenses Either
By Cathie Ericson Apr 11, 2023 (Realtor.com) Buying a house with cash will make you feel like a million bucks. Maybe you came into a large inheritance, or you’re just really good at saving. Either way, paying the price of the home in full means you won’t have to [...]
A Brief History of Opening Our Homes to Total Strangers
By Rachel Stults Apr 3, 2023 (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) It’s April, and that means homeowners across the country are throwing open their doors for strangers to enter their homes, test the water pressure of their showers, and judge the quality of the magazines displayed artfully on [...]
