Posts From Matthew C. Keegan
Renovate Your Rental Property & Make More Money
Tweet Maximizing rental income by updating your property. If you own rental property, you have the potential to enjoy significant long term earnings, provided that your income outstrips expenses and
5 Options to Avoiding Foreclosure
Tweet If you’re faced with foreclosure, you may still have some options available to help delay or avoid that fate. Your chances of keeping the home may still be good
Should You Renovate or Relocate?
Tweet Should you stay in your current home and move forward with a renovation or should you table those plans, put your home on the market and look for a
Why Lease to Own May Get You Into a Home Faster
Tweet Buying a lease to own home takes time. From 2007 through 2011, home prices have dropped dramatically and are at levels not seen since the turn of the millennium.
The Art and Science of Composting
Tweet A simple way to improve your lawn and gardens. The visual appeal of your home is greatly enhanced when the yard portion of your property looks sharp, which also
Why Native Plants are Best for Your Garden
Tweet Introducing Native Plants One trend in gardening worth considering is introducing native plants by gradually replacing foreign plants or supplementing those plants with new plants indigenous to your area.
4 Summer Yard Care Tips
Tweet Get your rest, but not at the expense of your lawn. Enjoy your vacation and your slower pace of life, but keep an eye on your property or have
Is Your Home Renovation Project a Disaster in the Making?
Tweet Let’s examine some of the key planning points as you consider your home improvement project, alerting you to possible problems that may arise and how to handle each one:
4 Upcoming Trends in Home Improvement
Tweet While kitchen and bath renovations are certainly worth your consideration, these rooms aren’t the only areas in your home, inside and out, which deserve your attention. Given that people
How to Keep Your Renovation Project on Target
Tweet 1. Plan to succeed – No one plans to fail, but you aren’t planning to succeed if your project hasn’t been clearly defined. This means making use of design
Can You Justify the Purchase of a Foreclosure?
Tweet New home shoppers these days are being enticed by homes that are priced much lower than they were two, three and even five years ago or longer. The housing
No Closing Cost Refi? Yes, They’re Still Around
If you’re considering taking on a home improvement project, one way you can fund the work is to refinance your current mortgage.
Sizzling Secrets of the Home Improvement Industry
Tweet Like any profession, there is a certain way that contractors work, but you may never discover what these are apart from due diligence on your part. We’ve done some
5 Ways to Save Money on Your Yard
Tweet You can beautify your property on a budget. Yard projects can get expensive, even more so if you have to lay down sod, plant shrubbery or apply fertilizer. Watering
Why Homeowners Should Put Fear Away & Renovate Now
Tweet Watch the national news for 15 minutes at a time and you’ll be calling your doctor to up your meds. The news is depressing, distressing and downright disheartening. The
4 Timely Tips for First Time Home Buyers
Tweet As the summer months progress, the housing market will continue to gyrate, with some markets seeing continued price erosion while others may begin to stabilize. Clearly, it is a
Do I Need Homeowners Insurance?
Tweet You’ve just received your homeowners insurance bill and your premium went up. Again. After 15 years of making payments and sending out thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money,
The Truth About Staying in Your Home Mortgage Free
Tweet You say that there isn’t anything in life that is free? Well, for millions of American homeowners, living in a home may be about the closest thing to a
Home Renovation Horror Stories: Strange, But True
Tweet Before you begin that next home improvement project…. Taking on a home renovation project is a huge endeavor, one that some homeowners may wish they’d never pursued. Kitchen projects
5 Green Home Renovation Tips
Tweet You can make your home more energy efficient. Defining Green Technology To be sure, “green” terminology has been overused, so much so that some companies take advantage of consumer
