Welcome to the November edition of the newsletter for CRTS™ certificants!
Mike Holmes: A guide to putting your house on the market
Eventually, after a few years, or a few decades — our homes are going to change ownership. Some homeowners might only do this once, while others may find themselves going through the buy-sell cycle a few times before they settle into a “forever home.” When it’s time to say goodbye to your current home, how can you make the process go smoothly for you and the new owners? Here’s how you sell it right.
Marie Kondo Helped, but What About the Extra Stuff?
Clean out your closets and cupboards, and invariably you are confronted with a pile of possessions in need of a new home. They have to go somewhere, ideally somewhere special, because otherwise you have to face the uncomfortable truth that all this stuff is headed for a landfill.
Perhaps, as part of your urge to purge, you try to foist these rejected items on unwitting loved ones. But you know what? Your friends, relatives and neighbors do not want that little black dress you’ve owned for over a decade but have worn only twice. They don’t want your tattered copy of “Ulysses.” Or your vinyl records, even the David Bowie ones.
How to Age Well and Stay in Your Home
Barbara Ehrenreich, popular author and self-described mythbuster, has written about how, having reached her mid-70s, she has lived long enough and now forgoes regular medical exams. And Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a 60-year-old oncologist and bioethicist, argues that we might all be better off, himself included, if he dies at 75. But many who have reached that age — yours truly included — may prefer to think our lives are but three-quarters over.