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With home price appreciation in the double digits the last two years, it is safe to assume you have equity in your home. Time to cash out?No matter the industry, anytime there’s more demand than supply, prices naturally rise. That’s exactly what’s happening in today’s real estate market. Buyers are competing with one another to purchase a home, leading to bidding wars that drive prices up. For sellers, the rising prices mean that opportunity is knocking.The national average home price appreciation rate is between 3-5% in a typical year. Locally we saw 10% in 2020 and as of this article...

Winter is experienced differently across our great nation. Here are some fun and easy tips you can use throughout the winter season for your yard, porch, or balconies.   Winter Hardy Potted Plants Potted plants provide an easy option for adding elegant plants near your doorway, on your porch, or along walkways in your yard. There are a wonderful variety of evergreen shrubs, blueberry bushes, or the Christmas Rose, or hellebore, for a vibrant pop of color!   Keep New Tree Trunks Covered Cover new tree trunks with paper in the fall before the first freeze. Keep this paper on...

Well, it has officially turned to fall, the leaves are changing colors, the rain has come back and the nights have brought a familiar chill. For us, this means the end of our trash cleanup season. Every year the team gets together once or twice a month from mid to late spring until the rainy season hits. We go out into our local forest lands and put in a little bit of work. Being avid users of the land, both public and private we find it our responsibility to make sure it is taken care of. A part of that...