sale: 4BR 5.5BA 5400SF Newly Renovated Home in Overland Park, KS
- 07/06/21 05:01 AM
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sale: 10 Tips For A Pain-Free Renovation
- 03/19/21 05:07 AM
Whether you're painting your kitchen cabinets or ripping the whole kitchen out, renovating is exciting. Not as exciting is the mess that's created, the potential issues with contractors, and the mad scramble to come up with more money when something goes awry. While you can't avoid every unpleasantry associated with home renovations, you can prepare well to keep yours as pain-free as possible.
Move out!
Depending on how extensive your renovation is, staying in the home while it's going on can be horrible. And, trust us when we say that this is one of those things you only think you can get through … (5 comments)
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sale: Commercial Property for Sale in Kansas City, KS
- 10/02/19 04:53 PM
Long time day care and preschool being sold with renter in place
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sale: Enjoy Your Maintenance-Free One-Level Living Lifestyle
- 09/26/19 05:46 PM
Enjoy Your Maintenance-Free One-Level Living Lifestyle
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sale: Sprawling ranch style home with 6BR 4BA in Overland Park,KS
- 09/19/19 04:02 PM
Sprawling ranch style home with 6BR 4BA
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sale: Defining Who Owns What Is Critical
- 05/23/19 02:14 AM
Question. It's almost fall. I am on the Board of Directors of our homeowner association, and know that we will start getting calls from owners to make repairs to such things as the streets, our tot lot, and the community recreational facility. However, we often get requests to repair (or replace) such other areas as roofs, ice-damaged bushes, and the like. How do we know what is in our area of responsibility and what areas are under the control of the homeowners?
Answer. In every community association -- whether a condominium or a homeowner association (HOA) -- there are two basic elements … (1 comments)
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sale: 5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Home For Spring
- 03/24/16 03:01 PM
It may still be snowing in some parts of the country, but spring is almost here. Before the flowers start budding outside, refresh the inside of your home to give your interior spaces that springtime glow.
Bring the outdoors inside
Adding fresh plants or flowers to an otherwise ho-hum space can spice things up in the blink of an eye. Even if you don't have a garden full of fresh flowers to choose from, greens make a lovely addition to your living room, or even an eye-catching centerpiece for your dining room table. Better Homes and Gardens suggests gathering a few fresh fern … (1 comments)
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sale: Shared Equity: Helping Family Members Buy Their House
- 02/09/16 02:46 AM
Your son and daughter-in-law want to purchase their first house, but their income will not carry the mortgage. There are a number of ways you can help them out. This column will focus only on a concept known as "shared equity".
This is an arrangement where you -- as investors -- own a portion of the property with your children. Under a shared equity arrangement, there generally are two separate entities. You (and your spouse, if applicable) would be considered the owner-investors, and your son and daughter-in-law would be considered the owner-occupants. The four of you would take title to the property. … (0 comments)
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sale: How To Keep Your Home Clean And Refreshed 24-7
- 11/30/15 07:01 AM
Keeping your home spic and span can sometimes feel like too tough a challenge. No matter how often you clean, the house seems to get dirty again before the floors have even dried. For those who don't have hours to spend cleaning, worry not! There are simple, effective ways to keep your home clean on a daily basis. Here are some tips to consider:
Invest in doormats. Placing doormats at your back and front doors helps cut the amount of dirt and debris trailing into your home. Placing additional mats outside can help cut even more.
Groom pets daily. Pet hair -- especially … (1 comments)
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sale: The Best Tips For Black Friday Deals
- 11/25/15 04:58 AM
Black Friday didn't get its name because people all dress in dark clothes to shop in an effort to camouflage the six-pound thanksgiving weight gain. (Although, that does make sense.) It's so named because it's traditionally the first day of the year when many retailers first see a profit.
But if there's anyone more excited about Black Friday than retailers, it just might be shoppers. After all, despite some retailers opting to stay closed on Thanksgiving Day, many others are offering blowout deals on that day and opening earlier than ever.
So if you're heading out to drop some cash, here are a … (1 comments)
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sale: Buying An Historic Home
- 11/06/15 01:44 PM
You've fallen in love with an old Victorian house and want to bring her back to her glory days. With dreams of starting the next row of "painted ladies," you close the deal.
You may already have some ideas of things you want to do to your new home, but before you make any changes to the structure itself, do a little research and make sure you have the answers to these three questions:
1. Is your home designated as historic - part of a state or federal historical building or neighborhood registry? If so, you may have to adhere to a number … (2 comments)
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sale: Should You Rent Your Home to Others?
- 10/14/15 04:14 AM
With rental prices rising, you may be wondering if now's the time to become a landlord. There are advantages to renting your current home while you purchase another to live in.
The advantage to renting your home is that you're likely paying a homestead mortgage interest rate, which will make it easier to make a profit than if you purchased rental property with a mortgage at a higher interest rate. As you've owned your home, it's likely appreciated in value, allowing your home to compete well in the rental market so you can use profits to put back into the home to … (3 comments)
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sale: Tips for Garage Sales : No Prices on Anything!
- 06/03/15 09:14 AM
Instead of placing price tags, tell your costumers as soon as they come up the driveway, “Everything is negotiable!”
When someone asks, “How much do you want for this?” you can say, I’d love $60 for it... but I will take $20.” It also aids if you pause long enough before giving the final price as if you are saying “This is very painful thing to come down this low. It is amazing that some buyers once they heard the statement, they give the price rather than negotiate further...maybe because you already did the negotiating for them.
Do’s and Don’ts”:
DO give a … (0 comments)
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sale: How To Get The Fixer Upper Look All By Yourself
- 05/11/15 07:57 AM
Getting the fixer-upper look doesn't mean you have to move to Waco and plunk down $100k on a dumpy pad so you can pour another $100k into it, ripping down walls, ripping up floors, and creating a masterpiece out of a piece of junk. But if you're loving the French country look achieved on HGTV's Fixer Upper every week, we have a few tips about how to DIY your own stuff or found items and turn your place into a Fixer Upper of the best kind.
Sand something
Sometimes, creating the ultimate piece of furniture isn't necessarily what you put on it, but … (1 comments)
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sale: Living Room Arrangements For The TV (and non-TV) Obsessed
- 05/11/15 06:00 AM
You think finding the perfect home is a challenge? Just try fitting your existing furniture into your new living room. How do you create symmetry in an asymmetrical space? How do you handle multiple focal points? And most importantly, where do you put the TV?!
"Where you place your furniture in a room will instantly set the tone for how you'll live in that room," said HGTV.
And yet, "most new homeowners - when presented with a bare room - are overwhelmed with possibilities and insecurities of furniture arrangement," said Budget Decorating.
Here are a few solutions that will help you lay out the … (1 comments)
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sale: Got a Free Saturday Afternoon? Improve Your Home Security
- 05/06/15 10:26 AM
Protecting your home and your family is important. Some people pay for expensive home security systems and pay monthly contracts, but you don’t have to. If you’re looking to spend some time around the house, here are some do-it-yourself home security improvements you might want to make.
Make It Difficult
Most thieves are looking for something easy to grab. Because of this it’s important not to leave valuable items lying around. An unsecured ladder is gold to a thief. Either he’ll steal it, or use it to climb up and force entry through a high window. Make it difficult for an opportunistic thief … (1 comments)
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sale: Court Upholds HOA'S Short-Term Rental Rules
- 05/05/15 09:14 AM
A California Homeowner Association (HOA) adopted a rule that homeowners who rented out their homes could not do so for periods of less than seven days. Moreover, the HOA imposed an annual fee of $325 on owners who rent out their homes. The purpose of the fee was to defray, at least partially, the extra costs to the HOA that were caused by renters.
Can they do that? Yes, according to California's Second Appellate District Court of Appeal (Oak Shores Community Association v. Burlison, Second Appellate District, March 24, 2015).
The Oak Shores Community Association (HOA) is the governing body of Oak Shores, … (2 comments)
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sale: Garage Sales Guides: No Prices on Anything!
- 05/04/15 10:17 AM
Instead of placing price tags, tell your costumers as soon as they come up the driveway, “Everything is negotiable!”
When someone asks, “How much do you want for this?” you can say, I’d love $60 for it... but I will take $20.” It also aids if you pause long enough before giving the final price as if you are saying “This is very painful thing to come down this low. It is amazing that some buyers once they heard the statement, they give the price rather than negotiate further...maybe because you already did the negotiating for them.
Do’s and Don’ts”:
DO give a … (0 comments)
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sale: Should You Wait For Lower Prices or Lower Interest?
- 04/30/15 09:52 AM
Right now, buyers have the best of both worlds -- home prices have risen, but they're still below the bubble of 2005, and mortgage interest rates are just above record lows. Yet, many buyers are still waiting for a sign that it's the right time to buy.
Should you wait for prices to go down or for lower interest rates? We advise that you do neither. The price of a home is fixed, so it makes sense to wait for prices to go lower, but you may not realize is that prices have to drop significantly to beat a minor fluctuation in … (3 comments)
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sale: Brass Is Back In Town
- 04/28/15 08:21 AM
Just when you thought you were out, it's pulling you back in. Yes, brass is back in town.
"In contemporary design, all that glitters is no longer silver. Nor is it nickel, chrome or mirror-polished stainless steel, the similarly cool metal tones that have outsold other finishes on everything from faucets to furniture for decades," said the Wall Street Journal. "Brass, last in vogue in the '70s, has been moving in from the margins, showing up on a pendant light here, a table leg there - exuding a certain cocky, outsider glamour. In recent years, it's started to make silver tones look, … (2 comments)
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