Driving home the other night, my windshield wipers stopped working. I could hear the motor moving, but the blades just sat there. The worst part was that it was pouring and I was ten minutes from my home. This experience is a great metaphor for life. When the sun is shining, a car without... »
When buying a home, you’ll want to have an inspection done by a licensed inspector. This is a visual inspection of the home that will provide you with detailed information on the condition of things such as the plumbing, mechanicals, electrical systems, roofing, structural soundness, and potential environmental hazards. While the inspector will create... »
Remember the commercial that asked, “Is it live… or is it Memorex?” The commercial claimed that the recording quality of Memorex tapes was so high that you couldn’t tell the difference between a live performance by Ella Fitzgerald and a tape recording. While it was a little difficult to take that claim seriously, a... »
Growing up in Indianapolis, I often heard the story about the House of Blue Lights. It was the story of a rich young widower who was so pained by the death of his bride that he had her placed in a glass coffin lit by blue lights and kept her in one of the... »
Wally, A friend from college sent me a note on Facebook today about how he remembered a line from a poem I’d had published in the school’s literary magazine around twenty years ago (It was in the parnassus 89 issue). It’s amazing to think that he not only remembered the line, but that he... »
Because the people looking at your home now, are. Every buyer is different. Something that might deter one buyer from making an offer on your home may actually be the thing that encourages another. Here are some things that you probably cannot change about your home but may hurt its market price. If this... »
