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Lifestyle

Getting Comfortable at Home While Pregnant

Pregnancy comes with a whole lot of joys – hope and excitement for your new baby, glowing skin and hair, baby showers, and nursery...

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Lifestyle

DIY Wood Furniture to Use in Your Home

With limited store hours still lingering throughout the country, hitting up your favorite furniture store to nab those missing pieces your...

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Lifestyle

DIY Backyard Fun

Summer is officially here, even if in this COVID-19 world, it might not feel like it. After being cooped up in the house for the last...

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Mortgage 101

What are SAH Grants? Mortgage Terms Explained

SAH stands for “Specially Adapted Housing.” SAH grants are offered by the United States Veterans’ Affairs Administration (VA) to certain...

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Homebuying

Find Your Ideal Neighborhood

When you’re looking at houses online, it’s all about the aesthetics and the house. Is the roof new? How big is the backyard? Does the whole...

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Lifestyle

Recipes Using Ingredients You (Probably) Already Have on Hand

We are in the middle of a national quarantine and trips to the grocery store are fewer and far between. Meal kit delivery services are on...

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Lifestyle

5 Home Projects You Can Complete in a Pandemic

The year 2020 has been unlike any other. People have been quarantined, businesses have closed their doors, and workers who’d never worked...

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Refinancing

Explained: FHA Streamline Loan

With our country still in the midst of a pandemic and economic shut-down, those bills coming due at month’s end get a little scarier with...

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Lifestyle

Composting at Home

Are you looking to reduce your carbon footprint, recycle as much as you can, and benefit your lawn and garden? Composting at home may be...

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Mortgage 101

Can You Finance a Mobile Home?

Mobile and manufactured homes are all over the place, and they are often great choices for people who want to build their own homes or want...

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