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Rent a house with bad credit

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:00:45 +0000

If you need to know how to rent a house with bad credit, it’s possible. You have an uphill climb, but renting a home with bad credit isn’t a completely hopeless cause. Here are some tips from a landlord. How

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Cheap kitchen backsplash ideas

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:00:48 +0000

If you need cheap kitchen backsplash ideas, I have one idea that’s cheaper than any of the others I’ve seen: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic, or FRP. With FRP, you can knock out a backsplash with less than $50 worth of materials. It’s

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Vacancy switch vs occupancy switch

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:00:05 +0000

If you’re wondering about a vacancy switch vs occupancy switch, both types of switches have their uses. The basic difference comes down to whether you want the light to turn on when it senses motion and turn itself off after the

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Vinyl plank flooring on walls

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:00:26 +0000

Someone asked me about using vinyl plank flooring on walls recently. It’s an interesting idea, except for one problem the person brought up: vinyl planks falling off. The adhesive on vinyl planks works better with gravity helping out. On walls,

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Fix kitchen light bulb flickering

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:00:15 +0000

Flickering lights can be a sign of a serious electrical problem. But kitchen light bulb flickering often is due to other issues because a kitchen provides challenges you usually don’t find elsewhere in the house. Let’s look at things that cause kitchen

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Not quite a new floor in a bottle, but…

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:00:58 +0000

There are several acrylic floor finishes–sometimes mistakenly called wax–that promise they’re like a new floor in a bottle. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but if you have reasonable expectations, they definitely can make a floor look better and easier

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CFL bulbs burn out quickly? Here’s what to do.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:00:19 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints about CFL bulbs lately. I’ve written about how to address premature CFL burnout before, but I guess it bears repeating. It’s a five-minute fix, usually, to get the bulbs to last a while.

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Getting started as a landlord

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:36 +0000

A coworker expects to inherit a two-bedroom house in the next few years and asked for some advice on getting started as a landlord. Getting started as a landlord is all about learning and following a simple formula. Learn the

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A cheap kitchen makeover

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:31:24 +0000

The kitchen cabinets in the house we live in have seen better days. They were reasonably well-built, but 50 years of raising families–mine is the third family raised in this house–took their toll on them. A couple of years back

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Is linoleum out of fashion? It shouldn’t be.

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:46:08 +0000

Several people at work are on debt reduction and/or home improvement kicks right now. My boss mentioned that linoleum is out of style. I always perk up at the mention of linoleum.

He said his ex-wife cleans a lot of high-end houses, and the cool kids are all replacing linoleum with stone or tile.

The cool kids are making a mistake.

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