I am looking at possibly buying a duplex with the intent on house hacking. My question is will I be able to get a conventional loan if I only plan on living in the house half of the time? I would be spending half my t...

Getting ready to paint and would like to know if anyone has found the best sheen as in flat eggshell satin for the living areas, living room, bedrooms and the best color white, light Gray for example that would be a...

Well, I know that it is a very minor skill, but it was quite satisfying. I used the Screen Mouse that can be seen in this VIDEO. It worked very well. The hardest thing was getting the right size of spline. Took me a c...

So just curious about others having crazy experiences-
In 2010 I was looking for my first post-divorce house as a single dude after apartment living for 2 years. I found the perfect house- 4/2, 2000 sq ft, great newe...

Just curious about those who do their own painting. How long does it take you to paint an avg. size room. Let's assume:

- a 10x12 room
- ceiling one color, with a simple piece of moulding in the same color
- walls a ...

I've been doing my research, but there are so many options it's difficult to decide. I haven't seen a lot of posts about tools, but i thought I'd give it a shot. Does anyone have experience with different types: conve...

Hi. I recently purchased a rental in Sacramento with a big yard (about 6000 sq ft). Turns out the yard has a lot of broken glass (big and small pieces) and other dangerous small bits of garbage in the soil. Any recomm...

After drywall is installed, what do you do to prep your walls for painting? It seems to me that paint doesn't go on as evenly as it once did. I'm not sure if it's the drwyall has been reformulated, the paper, or the p...

my husband and i have completed the the 1st 3 of the B(uy). R(ehab). R(ent) and we are stuck at the R(efinance) part and we are looking for some extra help while we continue to search and read about refinancing a prop...

We all know that popcorn ceilings are a spawn of satan, but sometimes it just isn't practical to scrape and redo. I stumbled upon a fantastic product to use for repairing small areas. It is very easy to use. Mix it in...