News and Insights

There’s just no substitute for devoting a few solid days to your career and getting some in-person learning and networking. 

That’s why attending the upcoming 2016 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Orlando is such a great business opportunity. 

Maybe August feels a little early to be thinking about prepping your roof for the fall and winter. But it’s so much easier to inspect and fix your roof now when it’s sunny and warm than it is to do it when it’s cold and windy or raining or snowing. 

Joan Crowe, director of technical services with the National Roofing Contractors Association, Rosemont, Ill., says that homeowners frequently ignore the roof and start paying attention only when there’s a problem like ice dams or interior water damage. 

Earth911.com offers some simple ways to reduce your pup’s environmental impact. 

When Mary Love wanted to sell her Long Beach, Calif., house 14 years ago, the real estate practitioner who looked at it wouldn’t take the listing. She said the house wasn’t “normal” and thought she couldn’t sell it. 

It wasn’t sleek and designer-y and its repurposed materials, EV charging station, and a roof prepped for solar panels put it outside the mainstream. 

In rehabbing the house, Love had looked at everything with an eye toward going easy on the environment. 

We all know that energy efficiency features frequently get overlooked during the listing or appraisal processes. Sometimes it’s due to a lack of data about green features. Sometimes it’s real estate practitioners’ lack of knowledge. And once those unique features are ignored or mischaracterized in the listing, appraisers either don’t value or undervalue them.