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The San Francisco home featured in "Full House" is now available to rent. But the monthly rental price might deter even the biggest Tanner family fans.

Even the DIY crowd can improve their home workspace — whether they live in an apartment, condo and a house.

For most of us, buying a house is the biggest investment we'll ever make. People often spend months searching for their dream home. But before the packing starts, it's a good idea to call a home inspector.

Statistics show 33 percent of U.S. home fires that begin with Christmas trees occur in January.

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Whether you're selling your fifth home or your first, there are many ways to be a smarter seller. While your San Antonio area REALTOR® is a tremendous asset in the home-selling process, being prepared and taking an active role can help you reduce stress and lessen your property's time on the market
Remember that you're the one who can provide the most accurate…

Regular readers of The Fork and SFR surely know about our ongoing Guilt Tip series, wherein foodservice workers from around Santa Fe (and beyond) regale us with the terrible tales of the people who make their jobs a living hell! If this is new to you, you can read here or here to catch up. It's kind of fun, but also, it's kind of like a public service announcement since we all want to operate in the world without dragging people down, down…

As trick-or-treaters prepare to roam through neighborhoods on Halloween, the Roswell Police Department offers some tips to parents and other adults to try to make sure trick-or-treating doesn’t become “scary” when it comes to safety
• Trick-or-treaters should try to make their rounds in a group if possible. All younger children, whether in a group or individually, should be accompanied by an adult or responsible older…

The marketing industry is one of the fast-changing ones and if you want to keep your business relevant you need to follow the marketing trends and adjust your strategies
Consumer behavior is changing, so you need to be prepared to find a new approach to getting the most out of your marketing efforts.To do so, pay close attention to the previous year’s patterns and the ones which have a great potential of becoming a trend. It’s time to think about what strategies to…

Economists predicted the official U.S. unemployment rate would hit 20% - or really close to it - in May. Instead, the world learned Friday morning that the official rate is actually 13.3%, an improvement from 14.7% in April
It was, as economist Chris Rupkey emailed, the "biggest forecast miss of our life."
What the heck happened
In short, give some credit to the government relief efforts,…

Halloween is Deborah Wakefield's favorite holiday. In fact, though Wakefield travels most of the year as vice president of media relations for CityPASS, a company that sells discount ticket packages to top U.S. attractions, she refuses to schedule business trips around Halloween. Instead, the Portland, Oregon, resident and her husband make an annual pilgrimage to her parents' Aberdeen, Washington, home in a neighborhood that attracts hundreds…

While you don't have to do a complete overhaul to get your house market-ready, you do need to make an effort. Your San Antonio area REALTOR® can suggest some ways to make your home appealing to buyers, but here are three ways you can prep your house for selling.

If you're looking for a quick uplift to the exterior of your house, one you can accomplish yourself or hire someone to do in a day, adding a coat of paint to your front door provides big impact at a small cost
Whether you're painting your front door for your own pleasure or to appeal buyers for a sale, choosing the right color to match your goals and to complement the rest of the house is essential.
We asked Kristen Chuber, a certified…

How great would it be if you could just pop out your old front door, Lego-style, and replace it with a new one? In one bold move, you could change the look of your house from Moorish to modern farmhouse and at the same time make your home safer and more secure
Unfortunately, it's not that easy; replacing an exterior door requires exact measuring, medium-to-advanced carpentry skills, and an understanding of terms and materials. Hunter MacFarlane, a Lowe's project expert, says, "If you're…

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A coat of paint covers a multitude of sins, as the saying goes. If your home’s exterior is in need of a fresh coat, use the following tips to ensure a successful, and lasting, paint job that will not only increase its curb appeal, it will increase it value, as well
First, it’s important to invest in quality tools and paint to make your job easier, look better and last longer. A good scraper and quality synthetic-bristle…

Today we're going to tackle something that plagues every house and every home decor lover: awkward space. Sometimes the space is a long narrow hallway,

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Hurricane Season—June 1 to November 30—has already begun. Coastline states should understand their risks and be preparing for these severe storms
How Hurricanes Form
Hurricanes, scientifically known as tropical cyclones, form over the Atlantic or eastern Pacific Oceans when the air above sea level warms and rises, causing an area…

After 38 years in the construction supply business dealing with thousands of builders throughout the Southeast, plus having built a couple of custom homes

Finding a good, trustworthy house cleaner or cleaning service can seem like a real challenge, especially for anyone who hasn't done it before. After all, giving a stranger or strangers access to your home is unnerving. Though customers may be uncertain at first, they often decide employing cleaners is worth the cost because it saves them so much time and energy
"Having a housekeeper is a luxury, but so worth it." says Dan DiClerico of HomeAdvisor, which connects homeowners with a variety of…

By the time he called the Lung Health Institute, Ed Garbutt was desperate. The Dallas computer parts salesman could barely walk the length of his house without gasping for breath. Unable to work, Garbutt, 64, was going broke paying for trips to the emergency room
Lung Health Institute staffers were reassuring, Garbutt recalled, telling him that more than 80% of their patients with lung disease said they found relief through their stem cell treatments - which would cost him $5,500, thanks to a…

Half the lights in my house have been going on and off. We called the electric company to check the lines and meters. They found nothing wrong, but they narrowed the problem to either the meter box or the breaker box (so, my problem). I called out an electrician that I got through one of the chambers I am a member of. I had won his company's gift certificate at a chamber auction
Both the owner and one of his electricians came out…