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Sure, the rodents in “Ratatouille” and “Stuart Little” were kind of cute.  
They’re much less cute when they get inside your house. 
Here’s how to prevent mice and rats from making your home their home. 

When you need to better understand a building science or business topic answer a tough consumer question, or you need marketing insight, look to EBSCO.

Before you dive into your 2017 kitchen renovation, take a peek at the “U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study” to get a handle on what design, features, colors, finishes, materials, and appliances are hot.

You already know that smart home technology is becoming increasingly important to your clients, whether they fall into the category of tech geeks who just love smart gadgets or those who look to the devices to save money and create a more comfortable home. 

NAR’s debut report, Smart Homes and REALTORS®, looks at the importance of smart home technology to REALTORS® and the value practitioners see clients placing on certain pieces of technology. 

Taking the GRC’s “Green Day 1: The Resource-Efficient Home” was never high on my priority list. 

Don’t get me wrong. Like most people, I love energy efficiency, want the planet to survive, and like to operate my real estate investments as efficiently as possible. 

But because I live and work in Philadelphia, where much of the housing stock was built more than 60 years ago when materials were less costly and energy conservation was of little concern, the course didn’t seem all that applicable to my business. 

And though I love me a zero-carbon footprint, I thought that the GRC training was the stuff of high-end commercial properties and aspirational design for new homes. 

I couldn’t have been more wrong.