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Fall Home Care Tips

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It might not feel like it today… but fall is here. Courtesy of Home Warranty of America, here’s some seasonal home maintenance tips (with commentary by me in orange). “With the fall and winter months upon us, now is the time to do some routine maintenance around your home to prepare for the changing weather [...]

19 October 2009 Read the full article →

Property Tax Relief Letter is a Scam

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Did you get a letter in the mail recently promising to help you file an appeal to lower your property taxes? It looks like this: Get Lost Scammers! The letter is a great big phony lying scam. Sadly, a bad economy brings scammers out of the woodwork. It’s true that you CAN file an appeal [...]

19 August 2009 Read the full article →

Prescription Drug Disposal Event

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Face it, you’ve got old prescription drugs lying around the house. They’re expired, the medical reason you needed them is gone, and you’ve never quite known what to do with them. Flush ‘em? Ruin the water supply in the process. Throw ‘em in the garbage? Kids and animals might get into your garbage at the [...]

16 July 2009 Read the full article →

Help Around the House

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A couple of weeks ago I met with Amanda Thomas who is the head of Moxie Girl. I was really impressed with her and with Moxie Girl’s services. Moxie Girl provides all kinds of home and personal “helper” kind of services. They do the kind of stuff that fills up your days but doesn’t add any [...]

20 June 2009 Read the full article →

Landscaping shows personality

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Your front-yard landscaping is usually the first thing people notice about your home – the first impression of your home’s personality.  And there are as many different landscaping choices as their are homes – color, # of plants/trees, grass vs desert, water usage, ease of maintenance – these are just some of the things to [...]

15 June 2009 Read the full article →

Quickie Around the House

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Stainless steel sinks are popular lately, but cleaning them has always been a grind. It’s still a grind, but a much easier task with Bar Keepers Friend. You can find this stuff at just about any grocery store. It’s next to the Ajax I wish had before and after photos. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Readers will [...]

18 April 2009 Read the full article →

Household Quickie – Spring Clean the Windows

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Metro Phoenix is a dusty place. Dust accumulates at a superhuman rate in your house, your car, on your patio furniture. It only takes about an hour for a thin layer of dust to accumulate on every place that’s vertical and doesn’t move. Our dust is actually superfine dirt – it’s brown, dry and totally [...]

24 March 2009 Read the full article →

Obama’s Homeowner Help Plan, Part 1

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edited 2-23-09 at 9:57am to fix all my broken links; sry! Late last week, President Obama announced his plan to help 7 to 9 million American families restructure or refinance their mortgages to avoid foreclosure. It’s called the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Many plan details are still being worked out, and the White House said [...]

23 February 2009 Read the full article →

Moon Valley Adding Bike Lanes to Roadway

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My favorite neighborhood of Moon Valley is adding bike lanes to Coral Gables Drive. The neighbors who live along this pretty drive have worked with the HOA and the City of Phoenix to cut down traffic on the roadway and slow down the remaining traffic. The City’s press release says the work begins “in the [...]

22 January 2009 Read the full article →

Eoconomic Downturn Hits Home in the Valley

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Have you ever heard a Realtor say, “I got a guy for that [insert household repair job here].”  I say it to my clients so often that I make a joke out of it, complete with a fake Brooklyn accent and sweeping hand gestures: Hey, no worries. I gottaguy! Most of my Guys are small [...]

10 January 2009 Read the full article →

Did You Resolve to Fix Your Credit?

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CreditMattersBlog is one of my favorite sites for insider info on the credit industry. A recent article linked to a BankRate.com story about hidden credit scores that companies use to rate you and your credit. Most of us know about the standard FICO score but there are also scores assigned for everything from your daily [...]

8 January 2009 Read the full article →

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