http://www.financealley.com en-us editorial@financealley.com You may think that selling a house is all down to photos and web sites these days, but you would be surprised to know how many prospective buyers will have their own 'drive-by' before they ask an agent about your home. According to statisti... http://www.financealley.com/article_660334_33.html 08th October 2008 Do you know that realtors think that four out of five prospective buyers are put off from buying a property in the first minute? It is worth investigating this fact, if now is the time that you are planning to list your house. In fact, now i... http://www.financealley.com/article_660333_33.html 08th October 2008 The idea of teaching through gameplay is nothing new, but the idea of teaching kids about real estate by sitting them down in front of a computer and putting a joystick in their hands - well that's pretty new. The good news is that the teenagers of th... http://www.financealley.com/article_650935_33.html 29th September 2008 Are you a Realtor that's been racking your brain for clever ways to get clients to come to you? Ways to trim the cost of the celebratory luncheon? Eliminate cold calls? Cut down on driving time? Sure you are. And though technology seems to be the ans... http://www.financealley.com/article_630584_33.html 09th September 2008 Green building and green homes are terms that get bandied about pretty liberally these days. Quite often, what passes for green makes strides in one area while backtracking in another. If we're really keen on going green these days, we'll need to loo... http://www.financealley.com/article_630582_33.html 09th September 2008 If you have made the decision after reading "First time Buyer's Dilemma: Rent or Buy - Part 1" that you may be in the market for wanting to buy a home, the next factor to consider is your own financial situation. Ideally, this should be inv... http://www.financealley.com/article_607574_33.html 22nd August 2008 If you buy a home, it will probably be the biggest financial investment that you will make in your life. It is a choice which some people choose never to make, preferring to spend their savings on luxury vacations or their own business. However, there... http://www.financealley.com/article_607556_33.html 22nd August 2008 "Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family." These words were spoken in the 1996 movie "Trainspotting". It was the beginning of a monologue outlining the average person's walk through life, with the idea that you get a job and work ... http://www.financealley.com/article_603920_19.html 20th August 2008 Is your deck looking like it is past its prime? Does it even have the odd softer spot here and there? Is it faded and looks more the color of gray concrete than of red cedar? If you have already priced out the cost of a replacement and decided that ... http://www.financealley.com/article_533624_33.html 08th May 2008 For those who bought an older home and have just been delivered safely through a cold winter, you are lucky; many home owners buy older homes that have inadequate insulation, and wonder how to solve the problem without wrecking the interior or ext... http://www.financealley.com/article_533623_33.html 08th May 2008 There is an old proverb that 'a bad workman always blames his tools' but (at the risk of using that as an excuse) trying to garden without the proper tools is tiresome! It is back breaking, it does take more time and it can even damage the roots of pl... http://www.financealley.com/article_533621_33.html 08th May 2008 On the surface, it seems that selling a home with dogs present should be easy. After all, the dogs are going with you when you leave – they won't be the buyer's problem. But where you see no problem can hinder a house sale. One would thin... http://www.financealley.com/article_513160_33.html 09th April 2008