Homeowner installs $21K in solar panels, demands that their neighbor remove the Redwood tree in their yard because it shades the panels for 90 minutes per day: ‘Your tree is costing me $37 of electricity every month.’

That doesn’t sound like a good return on their investment. You can’t always control what your neighbor does. If you live in a neighborhood with a Homeowners’ Association, you can absolutely control the color of mulch that your neighbor uses in their front lawn by reporting the issue to the HOA. But sometimes a neighbor …
Seguir leyendo Homeowner installs $21K in solar panels, demands that their neighbor remove the Redwood tree in their yard because it shades the panels for 90 minutes per day: ‘Your tree is costing me $37 of electricity every month.’

‘My dad screwed me and my wife over’: Son ices out family after Dad’s house down payment gift is less than he imagined

Mixing money and family can be a recipe for disaster. It too often gets entwined with feelings and obligations and the whole thing becomes messy. Though if you’re lucky enough to have family that wants to help you out, and can afford to, it can be hard to say no to. Let me be the …
Seguir leyendo ‘My dad screwed me and my wife over’: Son ices out family after Dad’s house down payment gift is less than he imagined

‘It will take years for our landscaping to recover’: Tyrannical HOA cuts down over 30 trees in just 6 days, angering homeowners

Call me a tree hugger, but trees are our friends. They provide so much for us that it’s hard to overstate. Shade, clean air, housing for wildlife, not to mention increasing our property values. And trees famously don’t grow overnight. Most of them are far older than us, and some of them are tens of thousands of …
Seguir leyendo ‘It will take years for our landscaping to recover’: Tyrannical HOA cuts down over 30 trees in just 6 days, angering homeowners

Home Depot offers a $33k prefab home, millennials start dreaming of homeownership: ‘Sell for $300k 2 years later’

For many in my generation, the idea of homeownership is a fantasy. No matter how long and hard we work, the world is simply too expensive for us to scrape together funds to own a home. I’d love to be able to make improvements and changes to my dwelling. I’d love to paint a wall …
Seguir leyendo Home Depot offers a $33k prefab home, millennials start dreaming of homeownership: ‘Sell for $300k 2 years later’