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How Do Heating Systems Impact Home Values?

by Julie Broad | August 18, 2010

I am definitely not an expert in the area of heating and cooling a home. But I can appreciate the cost savings of a high efficiency furnace just as much as I can be turned off by the expense of baseboard heating if I am going to be paying the heating and cooling costs in [...]

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The Cost – Price – Value Trifecta

by Tom Koziol | April 10, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I must be in a cost/price/value mindset since my last post dealt with replacement cost should a disaster befall one or more of your properties. Today I will attempt to make the point that cost and/or price doesn’t always equal value. Most of us understand this truism but every [...]

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How High Is Up? A Look at Real Numbers Defined by the Real Estate Collapse

by Tom Koziol | January 30, 2009

How High Is Up? The answer can be as simple as one flight of stairs. It also can be as grotesque as 300%. Since I’m talking about real estate, I’ll skip the flight of stairs type of answer and concentrate on the 300% side. Unless you’ve been living in a cave in Zimbabwe, you know [...]

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