Home Maintenance for the First-Time Homebuyer
When you first move into a home of your own, it’s a little bit like taking a trip to a foreign land. After all, up until now, you either lived with your parents, or at school, or rented a place – and the odds are you never gave real home maintenance a thought. Things just […]
Test Your Las Vegas Home for Radon and Carbon Monoxide Exposure
It doesn’t matter if you own your own home or rent, there are some things that may affect our lives that cross that ‘homeowner’ barrier. Two of those things can be serious health hazards, so we believe everyone should be aware of them: Radon and Carbon Monoxide. Actually, most people have probably heard far more […]
Property Management Services You Can Count On at New Home Resource
There are a lot of landlords in Las Vegas these days. In fact, ever since the Great Recession when investors took advantage of great opportunities in our city, the number of rental properties in Las Vegas has risen rapidly. What hasn’t risen as rapidly is the number of quality property management companies. Notice our use […]
Which of These 5 Home Features are on Your “Must-Have” List?
Homes out here in the Western U.S. are different, as many mid-Western or East-coast transplants have discovered. One reason, of course, is simply climate-related. Especially in Las Vegas, we certainly don’t need to plan for months of snow-covered landscapes. Another reason is that the West just has more room than those Atlantic coast states. (That’s […]
Housewarming Gift Ideas That Don’t Make Them Say, “Uhhhh, Gee, Thanks.”
You bought a home – yay! Oh wait, no – maybe a friend of yours bought a home. Or a family member just moved back to town. Heck – whoever is the one that just moved into a new home or a first home – the point is there are a lot of things they […]
Property Management Services You Can Count On at New Home Resource
There are a lot of landlords in Las Vegas these days. In fact, ever since the Great Recession when investors took advantage of great opportunities in our city, the number of rental properties in Las Vegas has risen rapidly. What hasn’t risen as rapidly is the number of quality property management companies. Notice our use […]
DO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS GET A BAD RAP?
In Las Vegas, it’s often a given that the home you buy in a new or established neighborhood is going to include a Home Owners Association (HOA). Yay! Or….not so much? You might have an opinion on that. One thing that we’ve noticed you rarely see in the headlines, though, are things like “HOA Adds […]
6 Things To Consider Before Starting a Do-It-Yourself Home Project
“I’ll do it myself, honey.. We’ll save money and it’ll be a piece of cake!” How many do-it-yourself home improvement stories start like that – and end with total frustration? Actually a lot more than you would think. In spite of all the great “DIY” shows on television about flipping homes and rehabbing houses, it’s […]
Household Cleaning & Organizing On The Fly
It is waaaaay too nice outside to be spending your time cleaning and organizing. (Right?) Oh – but that’s one of the reasons you wanted a home in the first place, so you could have your own space decorated and organized exactly as you wanted it. Well then, if it has to be, maybe we […]
Fall into Fall by Getting Rid of Summer
When your days start to get shorter it is a sign that Fall is coming! Coffee houses are selling their seasonal pumpkin collections, hot chocolate becomes more popular at the grocery stores and it is rare to walk through a store without seeing a witch, giant bag of candy or a seasonal candle. Now along […]
