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Want a New Kitchen?
The DIY network is having a contest and the winner receives a kitchen remodel worth up to $30,000.
To enter, just send a picture of your kitchen. If it’s the one of the worst kitchens out there…you win!!! CLICK HERE to submit an ugly picture of your Kitchen!!!
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One of a Kind Hotel Swimming Pool Takes Your Breathe Away
Acrophobics Beware…If you fancy a dip in this pool, you’ll need a head for heights – it’s 55 stories up. But swimming to the edge won’t be quite as risky as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool.
For More Amazing Pictures…CLICK HERE
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Provide Instant Security with this New, Wireless LED Porch Light
A great new product from Fulcrum Products that provides security lighting where you need it, without hardwiring. The attractive security light installs in minutes using only a screwdriver and the included hardware. Anyone can do it…even me.
Product Description:
Brighten a dim porch, carport, childrens play area, stairwell or garage without needing to flip a light switch with this unobtrusive motion sensor LED porch light from Fulcrum Products. Upon detecting movement within a 100-degree angle and a 25-foot range, the 6-volt light switches on and stays illuminated until the sensor detects no motion for a solid 30 seconds. The six LED panel rotates to enable its cool blue light to illuminate the darkest areas. During the daytime, the sensor light’s photo cells prevent the light activation. The porch light is weather-proof for inclement weather. Easy to install, the light requires no hardwiring and comes with necessary mounting hardware. Four separately purchased C batteries are needed to power the light. The porch light measures 5-1/2 by 5-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches and weighs 1 pound.
The LED light bulbs will last for 100,000 hours and the 4 “C” type batteries last up to a year. The product retails for around $25. Brighten up your world today.
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Is it Cheaper to Buy or Rent in Your Town?
Is it Cheaper to Rent or Buy in Your Town or City? Take a look at a couple of fun and easy tools that make calculating the cost of ownership vs the cost of renting a snap.
The Rule of 15: Here is how the Rule of 15 works for real estate investors:
- Determine the rental rates for the area you are interested in. Rental rates can be found at Zillow, Trulia or a new fun website Rentometer.
- Calculate how much you would pay in rent for one year. (Example: $1000/month x 12 = $12,000/yr)
- Multiple the annual rent by 15. (In our example, $12,000/year x 15 = $180,000.
- Look up and compare the asking prices of comparable properties in the same area.
- If the sales prices in the area are higher than the annual rent times 15, the location is still over priced for the market and prices will continue to fall. In other words, keep renting and banking cash.
- If the sales prices of homes in the area are lower than your annual rent times 15, the market has probably gone through most of the bust cycle and if may be safe to step in and buy.
Rentometer.com is a very handy tool for anyone looking for a new place to rent or investors searching for the best place to buy a piece of rental property.
The website is simple and easy to use. Simply, type in a zipcode, add the number of bedrooms you are interested in, and, with one click, Rentometer comes to life with a map display and property links for all the rental options and rates in your selected area.
This site is a great example of why map mashups are so popular. It is one of the most useful rental sites on the web I’ve seen and it is a lot of fun to use.
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5 Fun and Easy Projects for Earthday!
In celebration of Earth Day, Why6Percent.com offers 5 fun and easy idea’s that perserve our environment and better the wonderful planet we all live on!!
Plant a Tree. As the date also roughly coincides with U.S. Arbor Day, over time Earth Day has taken on the role of tree-planting. Planting trees helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cleans pollution, secures soil in place to prevent erosion, and provides homes for a lot of biodiversity.
Build or Put up a Birdhouse. Get together with your family and build a birdhouse or make a bird feeder to encourage the local bird population, which plays an important role in every ecosystem. Use objects that would’ve otherwise been thrown away to create beautiful works of art…Here, the possibilities are endless…
Reduce, reuse and recycle all day long. Buy as little as possible and avoid items that come in lots of packaging. Support local growers and producers of food and products – these don’t have to travel as far and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Take your drink container with you, and don’t use any disposable plates or cutlery. Recycle all the things you do use for the day or find other uses for things that you no longer use. Carry a cloth bag for carrying things in and recycle your plastic bags.
Get children to recycle their old toys and games. By giving their old toys and games to younger children who could make use of them, older children learn two lessons: One is about giving to others and the second is about reusing and recycling instead of throwing things away. Adults can also do this with clothes, electrical items, books and more. Learn about product exchange communities like Freecycle and other alternatives.
Pick up the Trash. Rid litter from our roadways. Many groups use the weekend of Earth Day to clear roadways, highways and neighborhood streets of litter that has accumulated since the last clean-up day. Many companies donate gloves and bags for clean-up groups and villages organize bag pick ups. Once the group has collected the trash and placed the recycled bags along the road, get the village public works department to pick the bags up. It’s a wonderful community project. Great for scout troops, rotary clubs and the like.
Why6Percent.com would like to remind our readers that every day is Earth Day. We are doing our part to improve the planet and we encourage you to do the same. Every effort makes a Big Difference! and a big thank you to Wikipedia for this information contained in this article.
Landscape Affects Buyer’s Moods and Home Sales
Most home buyers believe they should focus on the interior features of houses more than the landscape, but the truth is, that buyers will not get out of the car if the front landscape lacks interest and upkeep. The landscape and curb appeal should arouse the buyer’s interest and lure them inside to view the interior.
To get the highest return on your landscape dollar, utilize the principles found in Landscape Design Psychology. Landscape Psychology is based upon scientific research into the effects that the landscape has on home buyers. These proven idea’s will help your home sell faster, and for more money, by working on buyer emotions and senses.
The Power of Color
Coordinate the colors of your flowering foliage. Consider your selling season and plant flowers that perform well during that period. Use plants that support your atmosphere and climate. Also, use no more than 3 colors to give continuity and form to your landscape.
Colors also have psychological power. Green suggests freshness, coolness and vitality. White shows up at night and conjures feelings of cleanliness. Yellow is the first color our eye processes, so a spot of yellow by the front door will draw the eye to your entrance. Red, yellow and Orange are all Hot colors, which excite and pick up the mood of any weary house hunter.
About.com: Landscape is a great website for the average homeowner. The site provides idea’s and advice from professionals including a plant selector, great photographs, color scheme screener, DIY tutorials and helpful tips about hedges, fences, sidewalks, lawns and more.
Another great resource for help in creating an outdoor paradise can be found at HGTV.
The Power of Smell
Realtors advise sellers to bake cookies or burn vanilla candles before showings or Open Houses because a comforting and pleasant aroma has the power to influence minds and moods.
In addition to color psychology, smart home owners give thought to the use of scents when planting a landscape. They take advantage of the power of smell, especially near pathways and entry doors, that provoke a desired emotional response.
A few inexpensive and easy to grow suggestions that add a touch of scent to any landscape include lemon scented geraniums, jasmine, rosemary, lavender, basil, roses, hostas, honeysuckle, gardenia or heliotrope. In addition to providing months of enjoyment, many of these plants perform in a vareity of places such window boxes, planters, planting beds, hanging baskets or pathways.
When it comes to selling homes, a smart psychology landscape design can give you a huge advantage over your competition. If buyers feel good while they look at your home, it is more likely to sell quickly and for top dollar.
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Old Church is Converted into a Heavenly Home!
We stumbled across a beautiful, unique home that was a church in its former life. Kudo’s to these lucky homeowners on the job they did converting this structure into a glorious residence. If you would like to see all 7 of the photographs of this incredible home…CLICK HERE!
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Tips for a Successful Open House
For Sale Signs are popping up like tulips and National Open House Weekend is this Saturday and Sunday.
InfoTube.net is posting a series of short articles about Holding a Successful Open House prior to the event. To read todays post…CLICK HERE…
Todays Topics Include:
- Chosing the Perfect Time
- How to Draw a Big Crowd
- Where to Post Your Advertisement for Free
- Much More
Tomorrow, InfoTube will give you the inside scoop on preparing for the big event this weekend…so check in with us daily and start sprucing up your home now!
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