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Homeownership

12 Tips for Searching for Your First Home

by Nicole on 08.02.2011
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Sooner or later, almost every couple is going to take the journey into homeownership. If you’re like Michael and I, you may even start that journey a year and a half before you get married. But either way, it’s likely going to happen, and it can often be an exciting yet stressful experience. Michael and [...]

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Protect Your Home, Inventory Your Possessions (and win a digital camera!)

by Nicole on 03.14.2011
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As homeowners, we’re faced with concerns all the time — constantly fixing and updating, dealing with unexpected problems (like when my own home flooded 2 weeks ago), and really just protecting our investments and the possessions inside. However, I recently found out about an interesting concept I had never heard of before: doing a home [...]

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When You’re a Homeowner, It’s Often Sink or Swim

by Nicole on 03.02.2011
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Phew. This past week was not a good week to be a homeowner…at least not the homeowner of mine and Michael’s house. I don’t know if I’ve written about it on here before or not, but our house was built in 1930. It’s an adorable little craftsman style home that we both fell in love [...]

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