Save Water and Money with a Rain Barrel

Why pay to pour thousands of gallons of municipally treated tap water on your lawn and garden every summer if you can irrigate for free? That’s the thinking behind the growing interest in rain barrels, which let you conserve water, protect the environment, and save money at the same time. Considering that...

FAQs on the New Mortgage Aid Plan

This is a pretty good summary of the Mortgage Aid Plan – will it help?  I don’t know.  I really think that the only thing that will help is changing the process itself, once homeowners are beyond the possibility of holding onto their homes.  The short sale process has been a tedious and...

Get it Straight: The Homebuyer Tax Credits

There seems to be quite a bit of misinformation floating around regarding the First Time Homebuyer and Move Up/Repeat Homebuyer Tax Credits that are being offered right now.    I have even heard both local and national news outlets misrepresenting the guidelines regarding these two incentives, so I...

Word of the Day – Cantilever

A Cantilever is a beam anchored only at one end, used to support a balcony or...