Buy Owner Blog

It happens to every homeowner: you want more space, and you want it now. Here are some tips for making the most of your square footage! [...]

Though your tax returns are completed for 2008, you can start racking up tax credits for 2009 now by going green! Here’s how! [...]

A common dilemma new homeowners deal with is whether to buy or rent their new homes. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Renting doesn’t give you the freedoms that come with buying a home, while buying involves a greater commitment than renting does. But the truth is, if you can afford to, you should almost always buy, as the benefits of buying a home outweigh the benefits of renting a home.

Why Buy

• Perhaps the biggest benefit of owning your own home is just that. You own your own home!
• You’ll have the freedom to decorate it however you would like and do with it whatever you wish.

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(or, the change from newspaper advertising to Internet)

On average, how much time do you spend on the Internet each day? According to a poll on the New Business Blog, nearly 65% of Americans spend at least eight hours a day surfing the net. And Business Week claims that 22% of those people are just checking their mail for one to three hours. This means that over half of the people in the United States are online for one-third of any given day!

With that being said, using an online marketing service like Buy Owner to sell your home is more efficient than listing your home in your local newspaper.

Here’s why:

• Web sites are easier to remember. If a prospective buyer is looking for a house, he/she is more likely to remember the name of a Web site than the phone number of an agent. By choosing one of Buy Owner’s online advertising packages, your property will get more recognition, as it is easily searchable on the Internet. [...more...]

Looking to easily and quickly spruce up a room? Here’s a quick tip: add a mirror! Check out this insider’s guide for more info! [...]

Solar roofing is a home improvement that is good for the environment, good for heating costs and good for your bottom line, as it should pay for itself over time! [...]

The fast, ever-changing lifestyle that envelopes most of us makes it hard to decide what to look for in a house. What you need from a house today may change down the road. So the best advice for most of us is to choose a house that offers ways to alter or expand in the future.

Before you look for a home, sit down and consider what changes you see fit for your future. Do you plan on expanding the size of your family? Will you be retiring? Have you thought about starting your own business? Do you wish you had more time for baking or for fixing up cars? Once you consider the changes that are most likely to occur in the years to come, you can keep these dreams in mind when viewing homes. [...Home Alterations for a Changing Lifestyle...]

Now that spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner, take advantage of your reborn, transformed yard! Showing off your attractive landscaping is well worth the effort. What you might not realize, however, is that landscaping could turn a homebuyer off as fast as it can turn one on. Depending on your yard’s appearance, it could make or break a sale for you! Follow these rules and you should steer clear from landscaping mishaps.

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Buy Owner is here to give you tips on how to brighten up that room, even when that involves paint a light color over a dark one! [...]

Attention, home sellers and home buyers! Home sales are up, according to a recent Chicago Tribune article. [...]