11 Uses for WD-40 in Your Home

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Maintaining your home can be timely and expensive. Try these few tips using WD-40 to help alleviate the headache. Growing up WD-40 was a stable product in our home and I’m positive that if I went to look now I’d find a bottle in the garage easily. The lubricant was first created in the 1950′s and [...]

Curb Appeal Starts at Your Front Door

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There are lots of things you can do to add a bit of curb appeal to your home (learn lots of our favorite tricks in our Ultimate Guide to Curb Appeal!), but you'll find that one of the simplest and most impact changes you can make is with a touch of color. Jenni Radosevich, author [...]

Coming Soon: Texting With Your Appliances

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Warning: What you are about to see could possibly blow your mind. You’ve been warned… What you just saw isn’t some sick Buzzfeed joke. It’s REAL and it is all part of LG’s new HomeChat™ service that allows homeowners in South Korea to communicate, control, monitor and share content with their latest smart appliances. [...]

Fix It or Not? What to Ask When Prepping Your Home for Sale

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When you make the decision to sell your home, it can be tricky to know which changes would make your home sell more quickly or boost the sale price — and which would just be a waste of your time and resources. Each home (and each homeowner) is different; that’s why we’ve come up [...]

Implement Zen Components into Your Home and Life

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Let’s be honest. We all can stand to benefit from a little Zen inspiration in our lives. Our everyday activities can overwhelm and slow us down causing many to burn out. But adding a little serenity to your life (and home) can make a huge difference in how you think and feel. Today we’re [...]

Why have we been named ‘Best Real Estate Company’ so often?

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Only Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty (CBGRR) has received the “Best Real Estate Company in Nevada County” award seven out of the last 10 years—for 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005 and 2004! The award is based on a questionnaire put out by The Union newspaper asking readers to write in whom they judge to be the “best” in [...]

What to Know Before Refinishing Your Floors

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About 20 years, most hardwood floors start showing their age; scratches, dullness and discoloring are the most common signs that the wood is due for refinishing. Fortunately, the typical ¾-inch-thick hardwood floor can be sanded about six to eight times during its lifetime. So unless you live in a particularly old house, or a [...]

Saving for a Home: How Much Is Enough?

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It's easy to get caught up in credit scores when considering a home purchase. But as lenders continue to loosen requirements, the need to have money in the bank doesn't get any less acute. Getting prescriptive about how much you need in savings to satisfy a mortgage lender is tough business. The answer can [...]

Reverse Mortgages: New Rules Make Them Safer for Homeowners

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The promises of a reverse mortgage -- never having to pay a mortgage bill again and using your home's equity to finance retirement -- can sound too good to be true. It almost was too good to be true during the Great Recession, when more borrowers were withdrawing most of their home equity at [...]

Don’t Let Winter Put a Chill on Your Home Sale

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While spring is traditionally thought to be the prime season for home buying, people buy and sell homes throughout the year. The need to relocate for a new career, health reasons, or the urge for new life experiences can happen at any time. Selling a home can be stressful. Add in harsh weather conditions [...]

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