When you buy a house you focus on the mortgage, property taxes and homeowner insurance. These costs won't tell you the true cost of home ownership. Imagine how you would handle a $500 water bill or an electric bill exceeding $700. It's time to track homeowner expenses starting now! The …
What is a Home Warranty?
Without first hand experience, most homeowners have no idea what is a home warranty. They often confuse a home warranty policy with homeowners insurance. These two homeowner finance options are quite different even though you renew and pay both annually. Homeowner insurance pays for damage and …
Why Home Warranty Reviews Hide the Truth
When you buy a house you've got to collect tons of information and more importantly, get your finances under control. You're swamped with too much information that most homeowners don't understand, like the home inspection report. So there's really little time to estimate repair and ongoing home …
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Fact or Fiction: Why Homeowner Fact Checking is Important
The content below may have been sponsored and/or may contain referral links. Click to read disclosure policy for more info. Do you believe everything you read? I hope not because woven into the thousands of messages bombarding us every day, are a lot of false statements. Some are accidental, …
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Home Repairs: Do It Yourself or Hire A Pro?
Home repairs are something every homeowner has to deal with at some time, including if you bought a new home although builder warranties should cover repairs needed in year one. The challenge is integrating home maintenance and repairs into a lifestyle where you never have enough time to get …
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Home Builder Warranty – What’s Included or Not
Home builders make their money, and buyers rely on their home builder, to bring together quality products, materials and workmanship to build your house. When we built a house in New York, it helped when the local building department told us we were working with a B builder, meaning good quality …
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