Equity & Value
So You Want to Be a Landlord? How to Run a Credit Check on a Prospective Tenant
The legal way to screen out unreliable tenants and turn extra rooms into extra income.
Some homebuyers go looking for properties with rental potential, while others buy a home for themselves and later explore the idea of renting to generate income. Whether you expected to be a landlord from the beginning or you're trying the role on for size now that you have a spare room, a guesthouse, or an entire extra property, you'll want to ens...
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Refinancing
How Often Can You Refinance Your Home?
Watch for these four signs to know when another home refinance might be worthwhile.
Buying a Home
People Share the Bad Real Estate Advice They've Heard
What dubious tips have led some people astray in buying or selling a home? Hear the worst real estate advice going around.
Money Tips
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Financial Health
These tips will help you evaluate your finances and prepare for the future.
Refinancing
Refi or Personal Loan to Vanquish Credit Card Debt?
Two popular strategies for escaping credit card debt are to refinance a mortgage or take out a personal loan.
Home Improvement
Solar Success Story: A Home in the Woods
Follow the straightforward installation of an 18-panel rooftop solar energy system that paid for itself in five years.
Solar Basics
Solar Panels vs. Other Home Improvement Projects
Tackle big-ROI upgrades.
Solar News
Same-Day Permitting Launches Home Solar Into Warp Speed
Solar Access Act to reduce permit wait times to a matter of hours.
Solar News
Senator's New Bill Means Big Solar Incentives, But Will It Pass?
Homeowners clamoring for more solar incentives may get their wish.
Solar News
Revealed: World's Biggest Solar Battery
Record-breaking storage technology extends the viability of utility-scale solar after dark.
Home Improvement
Sweat Equity? No Sweat!
Leverage your home improvement skills into big bucks.
Household Finances
I Can Rent Out THAT?! Make Bonus Money From Space and Things You're Not Using
Thanks to our always-connected economy, something of value that you aren't using at the moment could bring you fast cash.
Mortgage Refinance
A Cash-Out Refi Can Make People Love Their Home Again
Features and upgrades so enticing in a new home can be added to an existing home and paid for with equity.
Home Selling
What's the Deal With Those "We Buy Ugly Houses" Signs?
Predatory flippers have expanded their hunting grounds, but ugliness is in the eye of the beholder.
Mortgage News
Mortgage Rates Set to Skyrocket in 2022?
What does the future hold for refi rates?
Home Improvement
Home Maintenance This Summer
The long summer days give you ample time to tackle these four tasks and get back to the fun.
Mortgage Refinance
Will Closing a Credit Card Help You Qualify for a Refinance or Mortgage?
Don't do this before applying for a mortgage or refinance.
Home Improvement
This Summer's Hot Patio Trends
Your home has two sides: Enjoy the outside this summer with our inspiring ideas.
Vacation
7 Tips for Securing Your Home Before Vacation
Many of us can't wait to travel again, but before we head out, we should take measures to keep bad guys from getting in.
Home Improvement
The Unglamorous Truth About Home Improvement Return on Investment
Don't expect a wow factor from the project with the best ROI.
