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1 week ago | realestate.usnews.com | Geoff Williams |Liisa Rajala |Dawn Bradbury |Patrick Duffy

Climate change may be banging up homes, but there are ways to fortify and protect your home. It isn’t all forest fires and hurricanes. Climate change can damage your home in subtle ways, like the merciless sun beating down on your home in a heat wave. Protecting your home from climate change isn’t cheap. Extreme heat and drought, flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and tornados are all signs of climate change's impact.

1 week ago | realestate.usnews.com | Liisa Rajala |Tanza Loudenback |Dawn Bradbury |Josephine Nesbit

Key Takeaways You have a few avenues for finding a cleaner, whether it's hiring an individual through a reputable platform, asking friends for a recommendation or contacting a local cleaning service or franchise. Communicate your cleaning needs and agree upon payment in advance. While you don't need to clean before a professional arrives, pick up belongings or move children and pets into appropriate spaces so they don't get in the way.

2 weeks ago | realestate.usnews.com | Robyn A. Friedman |Liisa Rajala |Dawn Bradbury

Key Takeaways There are pros and cons to hiring a friend as your real estate agent. With a friend, there’s already trust, plus the agent is familiar with how you live and your needs and wants. But working with a friend can risk the relationship, so if there’s any doubt or hesitancy, hire someone else. It’s essential to vet any agent you consider working with, friend or not. Libby Von Bargen and Cari McGee have been friends since 2008.

2 weeks ago | realestate.usnews.com | Maurie Backman |Dawn Bradbury |Liisa Rajala

Key Takeaways: Arches lend a more organic design feel, and they’re becoming increasingly popular. Arches can be incorporated into doorways, landscaping and more. They can be challenging to work into home design, but with the right professional, that’s not an issue. When we think of arches, our minds may conjure up images of classic Greek structures or dramatic Gothic buildings. But it’s not just ancient architecture where you might find an archway or two.

1 month ago | realestate.usnews.com | Jeremy Kamm |Dawn Bradbury

Real estate is all-encompassing. To succeed in this industry, you must always be prepared to adapt and evolve while also remembering that discipline, dedication and devotion to you and your clients are paramount. Creativity, character, and communication must be equally prioritized and consistently demonstrated. To a certain extent, the same is true of our personal lives. Many of us are more stubborn than we’d like to admit, failing to be open-minded to discoveries and new ways to work on ourselves.