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Live Green and Save
More and more households today are finding ways to “go green” These measures can range from the labor-intensive installation of expensive solar panels and remodeling to simple, inexpensive, every day changes that anyone can do...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Home Management
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Practical Tips to Make Moving Easier
Practical Tips to Make Moving Easier
From packing to keeping track of pets, kids, and valuable items, moving day can be an absolute nightmare from start to finish...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Home Management
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Salt and Chlorine Pools: Which is Best?
Chlorination has been the traditional method of pool sanitation for decades—almost by default, since there were no alternatives for this crucial aspect of owning a swimming pool...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Home Management
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Choosing the Right Pool Heater for the Job
Having your own private, heated pool is definitely an enjoyable luxury in cooler weather, but if you don’t already have a heating system installed, you’ve first got to decide which system is best for your pool...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Home Management
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Understanding Florida Real Estate Taxes With Florida’s Amendment 1
Florida’s real estate tax laws can be tricky to understand There are several factors which affect the size of your property tax bill, so if you’re buying property in Florida or are relocating, it’s important to understand how taxes are calculated...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Get Ready For Florida Hurricane Season
Hurricane season is fast approaching for those of us living in Florida With it comes the risk of heavy winds and floods that can do plenty of damage to our homes...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Home Management
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Florida Home Inspections: Common Issues
What’s the most important consideration when buying a home Price, location, size...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida Homeowner's Insurance: Top Ten Ways To Save
Homeowner’s insurance may soon be increasing for Florida residents—and even more for those living in the southern part of the state...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Finances
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Florida Property Insurance Changes Will Affect Most Homeowners
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and other destructive storms, getting affordable property insurance hasn’t been easy...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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USDA Guaranteed Residential Loans Available To Some Florida Residents
How many residents of Florida (or anywhere else in the country, for that matter) know that the United States Department of Agriculture backs a guaranteed home loan program that allows rural residents to qualify for home loans if they’re unable to do so by conventional means...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida’s Amendment 1 – What It Means To You
On January 29, voters spoke loud and clear Amendment 1 passed with nearly 65% of the vote – an astounding percentage...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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It’s The Right Time For The First Time
It might be the single most common question a Realtor hears – is this a good time to buy a house While the answer depends on your personal circumstances, there are certainly times and circumstances that make “yes...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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What The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act Means For You
On December 20, President Bush signed a law that is meant to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure or who sell their homes in a short sale...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Finances
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Get Cash Back For Going Green
Going green can be less expensive than you think when you take into account some of the cash incentives being offered for those who build and remodel with greener alternatives than the conventional choices...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Ten Ways That Your New Dream Home Can Be Greener
Are you building your dream home If your dream of the future includes a brand new home, you are in a position to make your dream house one that is good to the environment...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Greenovation Saves You Money Now And Later
We’ve all heard often enough that it’s time to start thinking and acting green We’re depleting the Earth’s resources in record amounts, and it’s becoming more and more clear that we need to start thinking in terms of protecting and preserving the Earth and her resources when we build...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Living A Greener Life On A Shoestring Budget
It doesn’t take a big investment to reduce your impact on the Earth – just a little bit of forethought and attention to the choices that you make...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Family Concerns
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Green Dragons, White Tigers, Black Turtles And Your New House
Feng shui, for the few folks out there who haven’t heard about it, is the ancient Chinese science of determining and altering the effects of the environment on our lives...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida's Proposed Super-Exemption Is Only A Start
Tax reform is one of the hottest topics in Florida real estate these days In the past month, we’ve heard a lot of politicians applauding themselves for the passage of important new tax reform bills...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Protect Your Home From Florida’s Storms And Hurricanes
There are some very good reasons for investing in storm and hurricane protection for your home, not the least of which is saving your life in the worst storms...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Finances
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A Beautiful Home Is The Best Incentive To Buy
When real estate sales are slow, people start talking about buyer incentives – a little something extra to get people to buy your house...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida School Grades Confusing Issue For New Residents
School quality is always a concern for relocating parents In a world where a good education is increasingly important, many parents even base their final decision about home choice on the reported quality of the schools in various neighborhoods...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Education
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Florida Real Estate, Why Do You Buy? The Question That Realtors Should Be Asking
It’s a buyers’ market in Florida housing That’s a fact that no one denies...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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What Do You Mean It’s Not My House? Why Title Insurance Is More Than Just Another Good Idea
Tucked in among all your other closing costs when you buy a house you’ll probably find a charge for “title insurance”...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Ready – Set – Sell! Preparing Your Home To Sell In A Buyers’ Market
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Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Understanding Florida’s Community Development Districts
Amid concerns over Florida’s population growth and over the quality of services and infrastructure supplied to residents, Community Development Districts are becoming popular in Tampa and other regions of Florida as a means of increasing levels of service for residents quickly and cost-effectively...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida’s New Insurance Bill
In January of 2007 Florida passed a new insurance bill hoping to lower property insurance costs Although this bill lowers insurance costs for Florida residents, if a catastrophic hurricane hit, it could cost the state billions of dollars just to recover...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Real Estate
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Florida School Grading System
To unify curriculum and learning benchmarks, Florida State created the Sunshine State Standards, or SSS...
Author: Calum MacKenzie - Category: Education
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Tampa Schools
Children throughout Tampa wake up each Monday through Friday and head out to school, lunch and books in hand...
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