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Create a Fall Friendly Outdoor Living Space on a Budget

Believe it or not, the Fall Season is not JUST about Pumpkin Spice Lattes (we'll save our PSL obsession for another post). It's also a...

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Mortgage 101

Can You Buy a House with Bad Credit?

Life happens. Sometimes when it does, it’s your credit that suffers and it can be a challenge to find a lender to give you a break. We’ve...

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Mortgage 101

Day 1 Certainty is the Future

The journey to finance or refinance a home too often feels overwhelming, time-consuming, and an experience that most of us would choose to...

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Lifestyle

Fall Food Favorites

Bonfires, colorful leaves, football games, apple picking, pumpkin carving, sweaters… all these things and more make fall a treasured time...

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Lifestyle

Urban Living: Bike and Car Share Programs Make Life Easier (And Greener, Too!)

Have you heard of bike-sharing and car-sharing? These aren’t taxi rides and they’re not even crowd-sourced rides like Uber. Bike sharing...

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Lifestyle

Life Hacks: Fun and Easy Tricks to Make Homeownership Easier

Homeownership is exciting, but it does come with its share of responsibilities, too. The trick is to find ways to make tasks and less time...

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Mortgage 101

Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI): Why You Shouldn't Dislike It So Much

Private Mortgage Insurance (or PMI) really gets a bad rap. A lot of people think about PMI the same way that they think about income taxes...

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Ruoff Insider

Terre Haute: A Family By Choice

We've been going through a lot these past few months as my son, Noah was seriously injured in an accident. My family and I were also...

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Home Selling

Cost Effective Ways to Stage Your Home

Are you considering selling your home soon? If you are, you should consider staging it. Staging a home means decorating and furnishing it...

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Lifestyle

Urban Living: Make the Most of Your City's Trail System

You are likely paying for your city and county trail systems – many are maintained with tax dollars – so why not USE them? Multi-use trail...

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