Short vs. Long-Term Real Estate Investing

There is no right or wrong way to invest in real estate. All that matters is that you’re comfortable with your strategy and positioned to generate a positive return on investment (ROI). However, it never hurts to compare all your options—and that means taking a closer look at short-term vs. long-term real estate investing.

You Can Get This Bluetooth Smart Projector on Sale for $170 Right Now

You can get this bluetooth wifi smart projector on sale for $169.97 right now (reg. $199) through March 3. The smart projector has full HD 1080p resolution, powerful 10W high-low frequency speakers, and hassle-free connection options that don’t include keeping track of cluttered wires: You can easily connect through wifi on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz […]

Different Types of Bacon for All Your Salty, Smoky Needs

Bacon is the rare meat so well-loved that we invite it into both sweet and savory foods. Both traditional and pork-free options offer robust salty and smoky flavors and the crisp or chewy textures we just can’t get enough of. So let’s put bacon on everything! Here are some of the most popular iterations of […]

How Long Do ‘Lifetime Warranties’ Actually Last?

When you’re told a product has a lifetime warranty, you would be forgiven for assuming that means you can get it repaired or replaced at any time—five days after you bought it or five decades after you bought it. And in some cases that is actually true—but in many cases it’s not true at all. […]

5 Hedge Funds Investing in Real Estate in 2024

There are plenty of hedge funds investing in real estate in 2024. As an investor, you can learn a lot about the real estate market—including where to invest—by closely following these hedge funds and their performance.

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 29, 2024

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

When to Withhold Payment From Your Contractor

Renovations are expensive and stressful. The average renovation budget these days is close to $20,000, but even a modest bathroom reno is a major investment for most of us. But money is just one reason home improvement projects cause us stress—the other is the contractors we hire. Somehow, despite checking licensure, bonding, and a robust […]

Apple Now Lets You Repair Your Own M3 Mac

Apple announced Thursday that it was expanding its self-repair program to allow users to service their M3 MacBook Pros and iMacs. That means if you have an issue with your M3 iMac or MacBook Pro, M3 Pro MacBook Pro, or M3 Max MacBook Pro, you can repair the device yourself without taking it to an […]

How to (Safely) Engage in Wax Play

Mostly associated with BDSM, wax play involves melted wax as a sensual or sensation-focused type of play that involves dripping melted wax onto each other—or it can be done more sensually, with a massage candle. As for why folks engage in wax play, according to Dr. Carol Queen, the in-house sexologist at Good Vibes, the reasons […]

These ‘Pathways to Hope’ Can Improve Your Mental Health

If experiencing a mental health problem were plotted like a line on a graph, it might look like a low-level shallow wave, or a dramatic fall and rise with a few roller coaster bumps scattered in between. When people who have made it through a mental health struggle describe their experience, there is often an […]

You Should Find (and Use) a Seed Library Near You

It’s a natural progression: You enjoy gardening, so you decide to level up and grow your own garden starts. That means buying seeds, so seed catalogs begin to inundate your mailbox, and you’ll soon realize that buying seeds is just as addictive as any other shopping habit. At scale, seeds aren’t cheap, either. They range […]

The Best Ways to Find Live Gigs for Music You Love

Life tends to move fast, which means it’s not always easy to keep up with everything you want to keep up with—and that includes live music gigs happening in your part of the world. More than once I’ve missed out on shows in my neighborhood put on by bands I like, just because I’ve been […]

How to Successfully Repot Last Year’s Hanging Flower Baskets

One of my favorite parts of spring is being able to finally put color back in the garden, and as soon as the tulips start popping, I know it’s time to refresh my hanging flower baskets. Every year, people line up at the local market to buy these hanging baskets of annual color, and they’re […]

The Difference Between WordPress and WordPress.com

If you were troubled by yesterday’s news that Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com and Tumblr, is selling your data to AI modeling companies, it’s probably not worth stressing about. As shady as the company profiting off of its users’ content may sound, the vast majority of what we put into the internet right now […]

The new agent’s essential guide to the commission lawsuits

Confused about commission cases? Bernice Ross provides the rundown on what you need to know, what’s most likely to change, how it may impact your pocketbook and steps to take to be prepared for what’s ahead.