With so many homeowners struggling today, this is good information to have in a format that fits busy lifestyles. Download the information you want and listen to it in the car, on your computer, your iPad or on your smart phone. Kudos to Fannie Mae for being so forward thinking and going to the consumer….
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Buy Locally or Grow Your Own
My grandmother was a complete domestic goddess. She cooked, she cleaned, she grew and canned vegetables, she made jam and preserves, she taught her parakeet to talk and she ironed sheets and handkerchiefs while watching her “stories” during the day while my grandfather was at work. She also rocked a pair of cat eye glasses…
The Good Old Days Are Alive and Well on the Porches of New Orleans
Someone recently told me that they missed the “good old days” when every house had a front porch and people sat outside and visited with their neighbors. While our lives may be a bit different than they were back then, there are still neighborhoods in and around New Orleans that offer front porches just made…
New Orleans West Bank | A Small Town Feel in a Metropolitan Area
Despite the fact that I live less than 5 miles from downtown New Orleans, my neighborhood hasn’t lost that small town feel that it’s had since I was a little girl growing up on Berkley Drive in Algiers. Truthfully, in all of these years I haven’t gone very far…I still live in Algiers, just a…
Just in time for Earth Day….
Just in time for Earth Day 2011, my shiny new recycling bin was delivered yesterday by the City of New Orleans, complete with the de riguer fleur-de-lis embellishment. I’m excited about the fact that it has wheels and holds a lot more than the old blue bins and can’t wait to fill it with all…
Algiers Residents Need to Sign Up for New Recycling Carts
In January, Algiers residents started being charged more for garbage pickup. Substantially more. Like double what we were paying before. Part of the pitch for this increase was that we would see the return of curbside recycling, which has been absent since Katrina unless you paid for a private service. Sure, there are monthly drop…
New Orleans West Bank Real Estate FAQ | Who Will Be at the Home Inspections?
When you buy a New Orleans home we will push, prod, cajole, plead and beg to be sure that you perform a home inspection. It’s in your best interests and we don’t want you to find out down the road that there were issues with a house that would have caused you to either (a)…
Are Foreclosures Your Biggest Competition When Selling Your West Bank Home?
Just about every day we hear from someone that wants a list of foreclosures on the West Bank. Some of those people fancy themselves investors, even though they might never have bought and sold real estate before. Some of them have bought into the fallacy that foreclosures are the only deals in the current market….
Spring Forward into Spring 2011
Despite the fact that Arizona continues to be a hold out, the rest of us will lose an hour of sleep this weekend as we spring forward into Daylight Savings Time. Before you head off to bed on Saturday night, don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour. Or, you could wait until the…
There’s a Home Improvement App for That
The explosion of apps for smart phones means that you can find an application for almost any problem you can think of (and some that I never even considered) and home improvement apps are on the rise. Need to be able to snap a pic of a wall and match the paint color? There’s an…
