5 Tips for Moving During COVID-19

By taking extra safety precautions and minimizing social contact, you can still move safely. Amid travel bans, widespread stay-at-home orders and social-distancing mandates, millions of Americans are learning to adapt to the changes brought about by COVID-19. Countless events have been rescheduled or cancelled, but for a few people — including those who already made […]

Top 5 tips for working at home as the COVID-19 crisis grips the country

WITH many Gold Coasters now finding themselves working from home, it’s important to ensure your home office feels like a nice space to spend time in and most importantly somewhere you can feel productive. Porter Davis lead interior designer Janelle Miles shares her top tips for working from home: 1. Include elements to promote calm, […]

Get Ready to Grow: 6 Tips for Planning Your Spring Garden

Keep that growing season momentum all year long with these gardening tips. Does spring have you dreaming of lush gardens and sunshine? Despite what you might see on TV, beautiful landscapes don’t happen overnight. Weeds will invade your beds and need to be pulled. The mulch will break down and require replacing. And your attention […]

Tips for avoiding real estate fraud

Buying a home is without a doubt the most complicated purchase you will ever make. The list of logistical and financial details is long — from getting your downpayment together to paying legal and closing fees, all the while having to deal with a number of emotional issues, it all adds up and can lead […]

How to Sell Your House Fast: 5 Must-Know Tips to Move Your Property

If you’re wondering how to sell your house fast, you probably don’t have a whole lot of time for chitchat. You have zero time to spend researching the current housing market and pondering how it’ll affect your home sale. You just want the guidance—plain and simple—that will help you find a buyer as fast as […]

9 Smart Home-Buying Tips From Real Estate Experts

There are right ways and wrong ways to buy a home. The latter of which will cost you a lot of unnecessary money, stress, and frustration. Use best practices, however — as offered by real estate experts below — and you’ll walk away a winner with a smile on your face and cash still in […]

9 Real Estate Listing Tips to Get Your Property Noticed

You’ve got a house to sell, and you’ve listed it. Now what? According to the most recent report from the National Association of Realtors, a total of 5,250,000 existing homes were sold in 2015, along with 510,000 newly constructed homes. With so many homes on the market, how do you make sure your listing isn’t […]