One of my father’s golden financial rules is to not buy what you think you need.  As I’ve said in earlier posts, my father is an incredibly crafty individual, though I didn’t realize the full extent of his ability to improvise and save money until we purchased our own home. As new homeowners most couples are eager to make home […]

Continuing on the theme (see Part 1 here) of what every new homeowner should posses in terms of home improvement tools, equipment, and supplies, here’s Part 2 of “A Practical Tool Guide for First-Time Homeowners:” Basic Painting KitPainting is a very easy home improvement task and after a few trials even you can be an expert.  Painting is all about surface prep, […]

There’s nothing like the feeling of owning your own home, provided that your ownership experience came without a complicated adjustable rate mortgage and with a nice sizeable down payment to off-set your monthly payments.  With that said, what does the first time homeowner truly need to run his or her own property/house?  And by run I mean basic maintenance and upkeep […]