My Weekly Real Estate E-letters
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Weekly Real Estate E-lettersWeekly Real Estate E-letter(1-26-09)How to Save Money Around the House Tips 1-5
Weekly Real Estate E-letter(1-19-09) How to Start the New Year with a Clean House Tips 26-30
Weekly Real Estate E-letter(1-12-09) How to Start the New Year with a Clean House Tips 21-25
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1. Get a home energy audit with your power company every couple of years to find ways to cut costs.
2. Save on electricity by trading your standard incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent bulbs. Prices on CFBs have dropped dramatically, and they are more energy-efficient, last for years instead of months, consume little power and generate little heat.
3. Buy major appliances that sport the Energy Star sticker. That shows the appliance meets or exceeds standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
4. When building a home or replacing a roof, select a roof based more on energy efficiency than on how it looks. Light-colored roofs -- such as white, galvanized metal or cement tile -- do the best job of reflecting the sun, and they cool quickly at night.
5. Every few months, comparison shop to see if you're paying too much for your telecommunications services -- Internet, land line phone and cable or satellite service. Many times, competing companies will offer better deals to new customers. If you find a better deal, contact your telecom providers and negotiate -- or switch.
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26. Have a shopping list in the kids’ height and encourage them to write in it. This will teach the kids responsibility around the house.
27. If you find something interesting in a magazine, cut it and store it in your “interesting” folder and get rid of the magazine in the recycling bin.
28. Clear your desk before leaving it to make the next time you work on it a bit more pleasant.
29. Have a day once every term for donating things you do not use. It will clear some of the clutter and teach your kids about giving.
30. Before buying an item, ask yourself how long you will have to dedicate to cleaning and maintaining it or if it will add or help with the clutter at home. |
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21.Have a good filing system. Store things in their right place instead of moving it from one place to another.
22. Have a needle and thread handy to fix buttons and holes in your kids’ clothes. It will save you having to go over a pile of fixing to do at once.
23. Let your kids play with the duster.
24. Have an assigned place for your kids’ school bags and make sure the bags go there every afternoon.
25. Have a set place for keys, mobile phones and other items of regular use. This way, things will seem more organized without having to put in any extra effort, just with good habits.
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16. Clean the kitchen while clearing the table. Have everyone take part in clearing, wiping, washing and putting away at the same time, so that cleaning after a meal becomes a family activity.
17. Encourage the kids to use the same cup during the day or give them their own water bottle. You will have fewer cups to wash this way.
18. Have baby wipes handy to clean the top counter in the shower or even the toilet.
19. Have many containers (with lids) in the house to store food, art and craft items, stationary and other small things.
20. Clean after yourself when you cook - it is great role modeling.
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