Home Improvement
Tips to Help You Pass a Background Check
We explain what it means to pass a background check and how to tilt the odds in your favor when you face a background check.
Background checks are increasingly used in employment and housing, and people naturally wonder what items on their background report might sink their chances of landing a great job or moving into a new place. Fortunately, when background checks are used as a screening tool, the process is more nuanced than "pass or fail." Screeners are en...
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Home Improvement
Sweat Equity? No Sweat!
Leverage your home improvement skills into big bucks.
Household Finances
I Can Rent Out THAT?! Make Bonus Money From Space and Things You're Not Using
Thanks to our always-connected economy, something of value that you aren't using at the moment could bring you fast cash.
Mortgage Refinance
A Cash-Out Refi Can Make People Love Their Home Again
Features and upgrades so enticing in a new home can be added to an existing home and paid for with equity.
Home Selling
What's the Deal With Those "We Buy Ugly Houses" Signs?
Predatory flippers have expanded their hunting grounds, but ugliness is in the eye of the beholder.
Mortgage News
Mortgage Rates Set to Skyrocket in 2022?
What does the future hold for refi rates?
Home Improvement
Home Maintenance This Summer
The long summer days give you ample time to tackle these four tasks and get back to the fun.
Mortgage Refinance
Will Closing a Credit Card Help You Qualify for a Refinance or Mortgage?
Don't do this before applying for a mortgage or refinance.
Home Improvement
This Summer's Hot Patio Trends
Your home has two sides: Enjoy the outside this summer with our inspiring ideas.
Vacation
7 Tips for Securing Your Home Before Vacation
Many of us can't wait to travel again, but before we head out, we should take measures to keep bad guys from getting in.
Solar News
The Rising Cost of Electricity
The lowdown on residential rates.
Solar Basics
Solar Panel Payback Period
How long will it take to break even?
Solar Basics
Panel Tech: the Breakthroughs
Technological leaps in solar energy systems then, now, and in the future.
Solar News
Where Solar Is Soaring and Why
These 10 states set the examples to follow coast to coast.
Solar Basics
Solar Panels: Fact vs. Fiction
Let's get to the truth about renewable energy.
Solar Incentives
How Strong Net Metering Benefits You
All about the incentive system and technology that monetizes your home's solar energy output.
Green Living
The Impact Solar Panels Have on the Environment
Learn about three major benefits.
Solar Basics
The Dos and Don'ts of Cleaning Solar Panels
Got debris buildup? Read how to wash your panels without damaging them.
Solar Basics
4 Drawbacks to Leasing (and Why People Still Do)
In the long term, the benefits of buying are tough to beat.
Solar Basics
Solar Power Battery Basics
What can a battery do for your solar energy system, and is it worth the cost?
