Retro, or Ready For Remodeling? Dealing With Outdated Home Decor

The real estate agent is bringing a potential buyer to see your 1970s house. You’ve never updated your home’s decor because you love its retro look. Unfortunately, that buyer may see nothing but remodeling expenses around every corner. What should you do about outdated home decor? The “dirty dozen”

Growing Green Thumbs: Gardening With Kids

Gardening with kids can produce a bumper crop of benefits. You’ll get vegetables or flowers, while your child will learn a bushel of life lessons. Here’s how children can benefit from gardening and how you can put them to work. Life lessons in the garden patch Gardening with kids teaches them many l

Do You Know How Your Mortgage Escrow Account Works?

Your monthly mortgage statement shows that in addition to paying principal and interest, you are also funding your escrow account. What is the escrow account? How is the money in it used? Can it change your monthly mortgage payment? Here’s how your mortgage escrow account works.  Setting aside for e