Home Buying Basics: Knowing What To Look For

Posted on: 9 October 2018
Experts say mortgage payments should account for no more than 25 to 35 percent of your income. Unfortunately, such a restriction keeps many low-income folks from buying homes in their neighborhoods. If the money you earn each month doesn't quite align with the price of homes where you want to live, here are a couple of things you can try. Look for Loans That Use Alternative Calculation Methods In the mortgage industry, using the debt-to-income model is the gold standard.
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Posted on: 26 September 2018
If you feel something sleeping with you at night and you wake up in the morning with bites on your body, then you may have bed bugs. To help you determine if you are having a problem with bed bugs, below are four tips to help you know for sure, so you can call a bed bug exterminator service and get the bed bugs out. Look for Dark Spots on the Mattress
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Posted on: 8 September 2018
Even if you clean your bathroom tub and shower regularly using effective techniques and products, the grout between tiles and around edges can still look less-than-fresh. The grout around your kitchen sink and tiled backsplash is also at risk of looking grimy and dirty no matter how well you scrub it down after dinner. Because grout is a naturally porous material, it easily stains and shows blemishes. Over time and with normal wear and tear, the grout between kitchen and bathroom tiles and around bath tubs and showers can get discolored from grime, soap scum, mold and mildew.
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Posted on: 6 August 2018
Home security is something that you can improve on your own in many ways after moving into a place. For instance, you can add interior and exterior lighting that makes it easy to illuminate your home, which will deter burglars from targeting your property over other ones nearby. If you intend on becoming a homeowner, you may look forward to all the opportunities that you will have to improve home security.
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