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6 first-year homeowner mistakes you’ll want to avoid

Buying a new home in 2021? Once you find the home you’re looking for, get approved for a mortgage and close on the property, you’re pretty much done, right? Not so fast.  You still have interior painting and decorating before you fully settle in. That’s the easy part of homeownership. …

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How to Set Up a Home Office When You Have a Small Apartment

The world changed virtually overnight due to the pandemic and now many workers find themselves working from home in a trend that is likely to continue long after the pandemic passes. The problem with how quickly this change happened is that many people were not prepared for it. Those that …

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Next Avenue: How climate change is ruining retirement across America

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Jay Gamel, 76, still talks about his Northern California home in the present tense, as if nothing had happened. “The place is a paradise by any measure,” says Gamel, who is semiretired. “The mountains are beautiful, the surroundings are gorgeous. It’s a postcard.” …

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