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1 week ago | 
realestate.usnews.com | Maurie Backman |Carolyn Neugarten |Dawn Bradbury
Key Takeaways: Avocado-green bathrooms were popular in the 1970s, featuring everything from avocado tiles to avocado fixtures. Some experts say they're now making a comeback. While you may like the look, be mindful of how it could impact your home's resale value. It's not such an unusual thing for retro trends to resurface years or decades later. Bell-bottom pants came back in the early 2000s to the delight of aging hippies.
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1 week ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
A well-deserved celebration Petty decided to treat herself to a week-long trip to New York and New Jersey to see friends and family, visit some familiar city hotspots and take in some nightlife. Petty’s first stop in New York City was Grand Central Station’s iconic Oyster Bar & Restaurant. As she told News4JAX, Petty would dine there with her late husband, Leon, while she attended college and he worked in the area. Petty and her husband were married for 71 years.
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2 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
A suspiciously similar name In 2023, WSB-TV began investigating Hodges after consumers complained about her taking their money. Back then, DeKalb County resident Sherral Cannon said he contacted Don’s Tree Experts thinking it was the same company he'd used in the past. Hodges' company's name is similar to another called Don's Tree Service, which may have led customers to trust her. “We called Don, who had been here before, to cut down some trees,” said Cannon to the news network.
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2 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
A major fraud ring uncovered Fox 11 reported that Vahe Margaryan, a.k.a. “William McGrayan,” 42, was the brains of the fraud ring that applied for $47 million in federal funds and managed to get approved for $30 million. He and his co-conspirators allegedly made false documents, including fake bank statements and tax returns, for sham companies that supposedly needed the money.
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2 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
Took months of effort and media intervention to resolve Carvalho, who has worked in the insurance industry for 37 years, put his job on the line by contacting the media to advocate for his clients. He said last year, he wrote to Farmers management asking why his clients were getting policy cancellation letters out of the blue. He told ABC 7 that the company said it was how they “were doing business” at the time, but that it would stop in 2024. It didn’t.
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3 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
Considering your options The average user car loan rate was 11.87% in Q1 2025, according to Experian. However, the average for customers with Deep subprime (credit scores 300 to 500) and Subprime (credit scores of 501 to 600) credit was 21.58% and 18.99%, respectively. Considering you say you have bad credit, the rate you were offered at the start (14.89%) isn’t surprising. However, it doesn’t mean you made a smart financial decision with this purchase. More on that later.
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3 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
The technology is there, but it's off the table for California farmers Advancements in farming technology mean there are now tree-shaking machines that can collect nuts faster than any human, NBC Bay Area reports. There are also self-driving machines that can prepare soil for future crops and even fire lasers at weeds. "The stuff that's not fun to do, that's going to go away," Jacobs told NBC Bay Area.
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3 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
An incredible success story Quach is the founder of QB Fabrication in Clackamas, Oregon. As the company's website says, it’s the "largest producer of steel lattice towers in the Pacific Northwest," with a facility spanning about 4.5 acres that's capable of producing more than 500,000 pounds per month. But Quach had to come a long way to reach this point.
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3 weeks ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
Debate over the Fallen Tree Act Proponents of the bill believe it’s unfair for people to have to pay for property damage caused by their neighbor’s tree. Even if insurance covers the costs, each claim means higher premiums and paying a deductible. Advocates of the Fallen Tree Act also liked the fact that it would grant homeowners the right to remove a neighbor’s tree if it was growing partially on their property without permission. But as Medium reports, not everyone was in favor of the bill.
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1 month ago | 
moneywise.com | Maurie Backman
Chinatown businesses will suffer There are over 50 Chinatown neighborhoods across the U.S., with some of the most established ones in New York City, Boston, and San Francisco. However, in these neighborhoods, local businesses were struggling to cope with the tariffs. Before the rollback, Ng told CBS that some of his ingredients cost double to source. "We're not importing fresh ingredients like vegetables, but everything else around it — spices, seasonings, even our beers. Now it's double.
