Today’s Top Home Exterior Designs

Sure, it’s easy to forget the outside of your home with much of the focus centering on the inside. But don’t fall for that trap! Your outdoor spaces are just as important these days. If you’re looking for some incredible home exterior designs, you’ve come to the right place. Read on to see how to achieve this for yourself!

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Outdoor living space is becoming more and more important to homeowners. | Photo by Marianne
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Real Estate Trends Transforming the Industry Today

This article is going to highlight the current real estate trends that are affecting the United States today. Due to the pandemic but even more so to the responses made by governments and businesses, there are a large number of patterns emerging. Such as families confined to their homes are yearning for more space. Landlords fear not collecting rent from those facing unemployment. More commercial property has remained vacant than in recent years.

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Larger spaces are becoming more sought after by families spending more of their time in their homes.
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Louisville Guide for Newcomers

Whether you’re visiting Kentucky for horse racing’s greatest day, the bourbon trail, or simply to soak in the city’s southern charm, Louisville has no shortage of excellent attractions. Tons to see, foods to try, and drinks to enjoy. While the Kentucky Derby, held on the first Saturday in May each year, is undoubtedly the city’s largest day of the year, Louisville remains a popular tourist destination all year. Do you require some motivation? Here’s the Louisville guide for newcomers!

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10 Affordable Remodeling Projects to Increase Your Home’s Value

Improving the look and function of your home to boost its value is something every homeowner wants to do. But spending a lot of money to do those renovations? That is something you definitely want to avoid. If it was possible, most homeowners would like to increase their home’s value without spending any money at all. But since that’s not possible, this article will highlight some great affordable remodeling projects that will help.

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Buying Criteria for Rental Property

Thinking of buying a rental property? Here is something to know: the eventual success of your investment is primarily determined by the steps you take before you buy the property. You can set up yourself for failure or success by how much due diligence you do before you pay for any property. Read on to learn the most important buying criteria for rental property investment.

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Buying criteria for rental property will depend on your personal investing goals.
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How to Build the Ultimate Game Room

More than ever, our homes are having to multitask. We’re working from them, and they’re places where we socialize with family and friends virtually, as well as in person. They’re the places we shop from, and now more than ever, our homes are where we entertain ourselves. In this piece, we want to give you some inspiring ideas to help you build the ultimate game room. 

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3 Hidden Household Issues to Fix ASAP

Everyone wants to live in a beautiful, safe, and healthy home each day. However, there might be some household dangers lurking across your property that you might be unaware of until they become a problem, which you must not ignore. We share three hidden household issues to fix ASAP if you want to keep your family safe and protect your property’s value,

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Most Expensive Homes in Louisville, KY

You’ve found one of our favorite annual topics. Honestly, who doesn’t love to look at the amazing properties we’d all like to own? I’ve been writing this post since 2013 and it’s a lot of fun! If you’re interested, you can check out the most recent one: Most Expensive Homes in Louisville Kentucky. That was from 2019. In 2020 something big was happening so I just didn’t have the time. Now what was that… just kidding, we all know that 2020 was insane. Let’s forget that and get to the good stuff!

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10 Important Real Estate Marketing Ideas

The real estate industry is unquestionably one of the most competitive fields in the market and continues to grow at an exceeding rate. This has made it quite hard for real estate agents across the globe to keep up with the constant challenges that the industry seems to face. To flush out my recent post to go from three surprising secrets to 10 important real estate marketing ideas.

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3 Surprising Secrets on How to Market Your Real Estate Business

Years ago, in-person networking was the way to market your real estate company to get your name out there. This is no longer the case. Even before social distancing, the way people were buying homes and looking for real estate agents was changing. In this article, we will highlight three of the best ways to market your real estate business.

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Everything is digital these days. Online marketing should be a priority for all real estate professionals.

In today’s market, you not only have to have expert marketing skills offline but online as well. It’s not just the millennials who are looking online for homes… So are baby boomers. 48% of baby boomers shopped online for homes compared to 6% who asked a friend or relative.

If you want to be successful, you have to know how to market yourself online and offline. You’re going to have to find a way to stand out from your competition and make your potential clients remember your name. Below we’ve put together three tips so you can make an excellent first impression. 

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Tips for Setting Up Your New Home Tech Devices

As you probably already know, there is no shortage of innovative and incredible home tech devices. We can buy refrigerators that we can see inside our smartphones while at the grocery store. (Are you low on milk? Now you can find out!) There are streaming devices that allow us to binge-watch shows. And security systems that record the delivery of your daughter’s new LEGO set at 10:21 this morning.

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Basic Maintenance Specialists All Homeowners Need

Owning a property comes will a lot of perks, but one of the downsides is that you are responsible for the upkeep of your house. Keeping your home clean and tidy is one thing, but you will also need to keep an eye out for problems. That’s where basic maintenance specialists come in.

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Every house has so many moving parts it’s important for the homeowner to have access to the basic maintenance specialists who tackle each specialty. | Photo by Anıl Karakaya

Have you seen signs of issues in your home’s foundation? or roof? Maybe it’s something less critical like overgrown plants. All homes will need maintenance. Some tasks you might be able to do yourself, but if you’re lacking in expertise or don’t have a lot of time to do these jobs, you might want to call in the professionals. Here are some examples of the kind of services that all homeowners need.

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3 Big Things to Make Your Property Ready to Sell

If you’ve chosen to sell your house, there are several things you should do to make your property ready for potential buyers. It must look, smell, and feel its absolute best in order to sell fast and at the highest price.

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If you want to make your property ready for sale, cleaning is essential. | Photo by Karolina Grabowska
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