We don't pick where we live as children. Often our first choice about location is where we go to college and from there, the job we get often dictates where we live. That's why most home buying advice focuses on your neighborhood. Not it appears it's time to get to know your country which might …
Content may contain referral links. Read our disclosure policy for more information.
For most people, home ownership is your biggest investment. Saving money involves looking at every item that goes into the total cost of home ownership. So we cover everything ... from buying a house to monthly operating expenses including your mortgage, insurance, property taxes, utilities, cleaning services, home maintenance and repairs.
Smart homeowners save money through preventive maintenance to reduce repair costs. That leaves more money for home improvements, things you can enjoy while increasing the value of your home.
Featured Posts
Most Popular
Most Recent
All Save Articles
- Buying a House: Know Your Country?
- How to Avoid Houses with a Flood Risk
- What is a Mortgage Servicer?
- How the Pandemic is Affecting Housing Prices
- Why Move-In Ready Homes Sell Faster
- What’s Your Homeowner Personality?
- Setting Your Home Buying Priorities
- What is Gross Living Area (GLA)?
- Bad Appraisal or Bad Appraiser?
- Mortgage Closing Paperwork Can Be Overwhelming
- Can’t Pay Your Mortgage? Forbearance Might Help
- What is a Builder Design Center?
- Getting More House for Less Money
- Flood Insurance Nightmare
- Water Mitigation Done Wrong!
- How to Track Homeowner Expenses
- Do You Really Need Flood Insurance?
- Mold Remediation Process: Steps & Sequence?
- Electrical Building Code Changes Coming
- Water Damage Repair in Plain English
- How to Fix Water Damaged Art
- Finding a Mold Remediation Company
- Cleaning Up to Avoid Mold After a Flood
- How to Dry Out Kitchen Cabinets
- Why Hiring a Public Adjuster Might Help
- Talking to Your Insurance Company After a Flood
- Insurance Coverage for “Loss of Use”
- Homeowner Insurance Inspections Because …
- Understanding Smart Lighting
- Flooded House & What I’m Learning
- What Smart Lighting Means?
- Moving Checklist: Boxes, Trucks & More
- My Home Address Nightmares
- Documents Needed for a Mortgage Application
- 10 Easy Fire Safety Tips for Your Home
- Condo Insurance: Facts You Need to Understand
- Letter to Allstate: Time to End Gender Bias
- Property Taxes: What You Need to Know
- Housing Industry Trends 2018
- What is Net Neutrality & Why It Matters!
- True Cost of Home Ownership
- What’s the Right Down Payment on a House?
- Heart and Home: New Hampshire & New York City
- Proposed Tax Changes & Home Ownership
- What Homeowner Insurance Do You Have? and Need?
- Construction Jobs for Women
- Picking the Right House Price When Selling
- How Country Barns Have Influenced Our Lives
- 30 New Homeowner Tips You Don’t Want to Skip
- How Smart Locks Are Changing Home Security
- 5 Tips to Finding a Locksmith You Can Trust
- 7 Steps to Staging a House
- Awesome Kitchen Gadgets: Do I Really Need An Instant Pot?
- 100 Ways to Save the Environment & Enhance Your Home
- Do You Know Many Home Inspectors?
- Are You Ready to Buy Solar Panels?
- Why Community Values Matter
- 5 Ways to Check Contractor Qualifications
- How to Calculate Your Home Office Deduction
- How to Pay a Lower Verizon Bill
- How Immigration Crackdown Hurts Homeowners
- Home Design Trends & The New American Home
- 2017 Home Color Trends to Inspire You
- How The Meaning of Home is Changing
- How to Buy Weatherstripping
- Why You Can’t Trust Home Warranty Companies
- What You Learn Visiting Model Homes
- How Smart Phones Connect Us to Our Homes
- Choosing a Home Location
- Why Your Home Buying Priorities Will Change
- Book-Addict’s Guide to Letting Go of Books
- Mid-Century Modern House in Phoenix, Arizona
- Moving is Hard: Deciding to Move is Even Harder
- Tokyo Memories & Japanese Toilet Technology
- Fact or Fiction: Why Homeowner Fact Checking is Important
- 2016 New American Home Las Vegas
- How the Best Home Air Filter Can Save You Money
- The Right Way to Buy Homeowners Insurance
- The Customer Experience Roller Coaster
- Angie’s List, Home Advisor & Other Online Directories for Contractors
- Top 20 Jobs Include Women in Construction
- Why You Need to Understand Your Internet Bill
- Tina Gleisner, Homeowner Advocate
- Backyard Fun & Homeowner Insurance
- Home Management Takes How Much Time?
- Band-Aid Loans (Mortgages)
- Working with Contractors: What Women Deserve!
- What We Can Learn from HOA Fees
- Why Where You Live Matters
- Can a Motion Sensor Light Switch Save You Money?
- Researching Senior Housing Options
- Digital Doorbell for Smart Homes
- My House is Built with Styrofoam Insulation?
- Cancellation of Debt (COD)
- Which Phone Charging Station Do You Like?
- Astronomy, Cookie Sheets & Reasons for Moving
- Recourse or Non-Recourse Loan?
- Is it Worth it to Refinance Your Home?
- Hiring a Kitchen Contractor
- Home Management & Email Madness
How to Avoid Houses with a Flood Risk
The average American can expect to move 11.4 times during his or her lifetime according to the US Census. You probably moved while living with your parents. Once you finish school, you get to pick where you live. This decision is getting more complicated. Global warming is increasing the flood …
Continue Reading about How to Avoid Houses with a Flood Risk
What is a Mortgage Servicer?
You search for the lowest mortgage rate. You spend weeks giving your mortgage lender the required documentation. You get through your closing and think you're done. About a week after closing, most buyers get a letter from their lender introducing a mortgage servicer who you're to mail your mortgage …
How the Pandemic is Affecting Housing Prices
Now that we've survived the first six months of the pandemic, life is resuming ... in new ways. We're able to control some changes like where we buy groceries and when/where to eat out. Other things we can't control like housing prices affected by steep rises in key building materials like lumber, …
Continue Reading about How the Pandemic is Affecting Housing Prices
Why Move-In Ready Homes Sell Faster
Moving is pretty stressful so most home buyers want a house that is move-in ready. So what does this mean? In the strictest sense, a house must have a certificate of occupancy or CO issued by a local government agency saying a house is ready to be occupied. COs work for new construction …
What’s Your Homeowner Personality?
Identifying Your Homeowner Personality Here's how you can identify your homeowner personality. In fact, how you deal with homeowner tasks will be similar to how you handle other responsibilities. Proactive or Reactive - Do you like getting out in front of problems to take …
