Home Ownership

Swimming pools are a luxury for many homeowners, but they don’t come cheap (including annual maintenance). Some fixes are simple and relatively inexpensive, like replacing a pump or filter ($150 to $800). Neglecting your pool can lead to costly repairs down the road, include a complete resurfacing of the vinyl or tile ($2,500 to $10,000+) […]

Most homeowners wait too long to address problems with their air conditioners, which can lead to expensive repairs. You can avoid costly repairs by doing routine maintenance on your AC unit every year or two. If worse comes to worse and your AC cannot be fixed, be sure to set aside about $1,000 or so […]

House-flipping is often portrayed as a foolproof path to quick riches. While this inaccuracy can create unrealistic expectations, flipping houses can definitely be profitable if you do it right. And that’s the trick: the people most successful at flipping houses are generally the most experienced. That said, they all started somewhere. There’s nothing like completing […]

The COVID-19 economy has brought on some pretty wild market fluctuations. Stocks collapsed during the early stages of the pandemic, then quickly recovered. Oil crashed, then soared. Commodity indexes surged as inflation took hold in 2021. Perhaps most glaring of all is the state of the U.S. real estate market. Prices are exploding, bidding wars […]