Posted in Home on Nov 18th, 2009
This is pretty funny but it does point to something useful, you can rent small spaces and people will live there. I have heard of renting out large closets (have an extra walk-in?) for cheap. You just have to deal with a person in the closet from now on Don’t forget about the garage, why [...]
Posted in Home, Real Estate on Jan 26th, 2009
Note: I am not a lawyer so do not take anything here as legal advice. Always consult a lawyer first. Do you comply with the ADA? You might need to even if you don’t realize it. Working out of a home office that you also have clients in, is considered a public place and the [...]
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Home on Dec 17th, 2008
Moving across the country was a good experience. Selling a house in Michigan was very challenging, but I made it happen with lots of hard work and good people. To make a house sell in that state requires updating everything to the latest standards (heated tile, wood floor, finished basement with bathroom). I used PODS [...]
Posted in Home on Dec 1st, 2008
Renewable energy is the way to go, this is obvious! We cannot continue burning fossil fuels forever, it just won’t happen. Coal is cheap, yes, there is plenty of supply, yes. Solar and wind technologies make sense, they are still expensive and the pay-back takes too long in my opinion, but once solar becomes more [...]
Posted in Everyday Stuff, Home on Sep 7th, 2007
This is a great story I see on the net, wanted to re-post it. Sums up quite a bit about life! ***************************************************************** A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very [...]
Posted in Home on Aug 29th, 2007
Getting a generator for your house is becoming more of a necessity these days. There are a lot on the market to choose from, and there are countless ways of hooking them into your house. I’ll talk a little about how I set up my home and why I choose the configuration.