5 Simple Spring Home Maintenance Tasks
Finally, we’re getting a little bit of sun for more than a couple of days at a time. The weather is warming up and we are looking towards summer. If you’re planning on doing a little bit of spring cleaning or maybe spring preparing, here are five simple home maintenance tasks to consider. #1. Check…
Is a Loan Modification My Best Option?
A loan modification might be a good option for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage each month but still want to keep the home. Loan modifications typically start out at a fixed rate of interest for the first five years and then convert to an adjustable rate mortgage or the homeowner can refinance. This is really…
Important Info About Flood Insurance Reform
What You Need to Know About the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 With so many storms making a name for themselves in the recent past, it’s become necessary for the federal government’s flood insurance policies to make some changes. For this reason, if you’re buying or selling a house, you’re going to want to…
The 5 Best Things to Living on the Intracoastal Waterway
Oh, the Intracoastal waterway. A beautiful 3000 mile stretch of land along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States. It runs from Boston around the southern tip of Florida and follows the Gulf Coast all the way to Brownsville Texas. Here in North Carolina, we have our own Intracoastal waterway with…
How to Assess Home Damage After a Storm
Whew! We certainly dodged a big bullet this last week, didn’t we? Even though some are not so lucky in places like Haiti and the Bahamas, the East Coast could have gotten a lot worse outcome, especially if people didn’t heed warnings and Matthew decided to be more fierce. But aside from some flooding in…
Necessities to Furnish a Guest House or Vacation Home
If you’re planning on buying a vacation home, second property for residents in Sunset Beach or any of these beautiful coastal towns, you will probably want to furnish it so you don’t have to bring a lot of things from home or so that it is set up for rentals. Here’s a great list of…