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How to Keep Your Dog Safe in the Summer
Summer is the season most of us look forward to for outdoor activities, but dogs don't do as well in hot weather as people do. Sometimes it's kinder, and far safer, to keep your dog at home. But whatever you do and wherever you go, keep these tips in mind: Be aware...
10 Ways to Make Your Dog Smile
Spend the Perfect Summer Day With Your Dog! 1 Pack a Picnic Dinner and head to the dog park after work. Where this plan often fails to get off the ground is in over-thinking the proceedings. The picnic need not be fancy; throw together a cold...
Why You Need To Check Out Surrounding Properties Before You Buy
| Imagine shopping for your dream home in the hot Seattle area market. You go to an open house, it’s crowded, you know there are multiple offers. But you feel like this is it, your dream home. It even has a great swath of vacant land behind the home for...
Report: passion trumps money for small businesses
Andy Giegerich Sustainable Business Oregon editor- Portland Business Journal A new small business study, engineered by two Oregon firms, suggests that entrepreneurs are more driven by the potential for freedom and the chance to work at a...
Springtime Gardening and Pet Safety
Spring is the season for being outdoors. For many that mean slipping on their rubber boots and gloves, grabbing their shovel, and planting seeds in the hope of an ample garden in the near future. While preparing your plot, it's important to take steps to...
Mortgage Rates Move Convincingly Lower
Mortgage rates moved lower at their fastest pace in 6 weeks today, erasing most of the losses seen so far this week. Not all lenders have adjusted pricing at the same pace, however, and best-execution is still 3.625% for conventional, 30yr fixed loans. That means...
Wall Street Week Ahead: ‘Sell in May and Go Away?’ Not This Year
By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the Dow and the S&P 500 setting another string of record closing highs this week, the old Wall Street adage "Sell in May and Go Away" is starting to look weak. Closing out the second week of May, the Standard &...
Gardening 101 How to have your dog and keep your garden, too!
Think having a beautiful backyard and a dog are diametrically opposed? Think again. We spoke with Stephen Westcott-Gratton, senior horticultural editor at Canadian Gardening, who had much to say on the subject, especially since recently celebrating his English...
What if the Mortgage Deduction is Eliminated?
As Congress looks for ways to close the growing deficit and curb spending, the mortgage interest deduction could be on the chopping block, and with good reason: it’s one of the largest expenditures in the tax code. But some worry taking it off the table will slow the...
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If You Were to Win the Lottery, Where in the World Would You Buy Your Dream Home?
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $40 million dollars, a cash payout value of $24.4 million. While the windfall has been higher at times, who wouldn’t be ecstatic walking away with this hefty payout? (I, for one, could certainly come up with a few ways to...
Dog Vacation Tips: 10 Best Vacation Ideas For Dog Owners
As dog owners, we completely empathize with the hardships and lonely feelings that go along with leaving your dog while you travel. Relaxing on a beach with a Piña Colada in your hand and the sound of the ocean in the background is not nearly as fun, if you are...
Inside New Construction
The clean sheen of a brand-new house is calming, but it can give buyers a false sense of security. Buyer’s remorse takes on a whole new quality when a just-completed foundation cracks or when water is pouring in through a brand-new roof. Denver attorney Mari Perczak,...
On the Move: Expert explains differences of relocation, mortgage appraisals
There is often much confusion over the difference between a relocation appraisal and a traditional mortgage appraisal, and the intended use of each. Relocation appraisals come into play when a seller is moving as the result of a corporate relocation, and is part of...