Mortgages & Financing
No One Taught Us This
It looked like paperwork. It was worth half a million dollars. Nobody ever explained the difference.
Why Single Women Own More Homes Than Single Men in America
The youngest buyers are adding to that number faster than anyone expected.
Why "What Can I Afford?" Is the Wrong Question
How the most dangerous mortgage is the one that feels responsible.
Design & Decor
What A House Is Actually Worth
I price things for a living. A house, I learned, is bought with the heart as much as the numbers.
Renovations & Construction
Property Upkeep
The Ten-Dollar Fix
For most of my life, every broken thing in my home was someone else's problem. Then we bought a house, and all of it became mine.
The Grounds
The Problem I Didn't Bury
The best problem I ever had was the bare, wet hillside behind my house. I made it the centerpiece of our grounds.