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Home Improvements

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Tracking Your Home Improvements

Tracking your improvement costs meticulously as a homeowner can lead to potential tax savings down the line. Continue Reading

Pros & Cons of Fixer-Uppers for First-Time Buyers

Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of selecting a fixer-upper is crucial for first-time buyers to make informed decisions and ensure they're prepared for the potential challenges and rewards of renovation projects. Continue Reading

Homeownership and the Three M’s

Homes are valuable assets and must be maintained so they function properly, are safe, enjoyable and hold their value.  Attention to maintenance, minimizing expenses and managing debt & risk will protect your investment. Maintenance It is interesting that Continue Reading

Instead of a Vision, Show them the House

  Sellers try to rationalize not making needed updating and repairs to their homes before marketing them by saying they are going to let the buyers make their own personal choices.  It is a convenient story to justify not going to the effort for the Continue Reading

Remodeling as it Relates to Value

While updating and remodeling certainly makes a home more enjoyable and livable, and increases the value, homeowners should not expect to recover 100% of the cost of the remodeling.  Certainly, remodeling and updating makes a home sell faster, some of the Continue Reading

Avoid a Flood

Do you remember if or when you have replaced your washing machine hoses?  Are they the original hoses and if so, how old is your washing machine?  It is recommended that washing machine supply hoses should be replaced every five to seven years.  Washing Continue Reading

Check these items for a care-free winter

Homeowners know the need to periodically check certain things around the home to ensure that things operate properly and efficiently.  If maintenance is required, it may be less expensive to take care of it early rather than waiting until it is not working at Continue Reading

Know how to handle basic home repairs

In the Boy Scouts, a certification, called a Totin' Chip, is required for scouts to carry, and use woods tools like a knife, axe and a saw.  They must read and understand the use and safety rules from the scout handbooks and demonstrate the proper handling, care, Continue Reading

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Carrie Hoyt, CRS
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(530) 906-3021
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Mary McDonnell, CRS
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