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5 Signs You May Need to Replace Your Home’s Siding

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Keeping your home looking immaculate can be a great source of pride and joy for you as a homeowner. You may love that you are able to personalize the home and make it as beautiful as possible for yourself and neighbors. One aspect of your home that can have the biggest effect on its appearance is your siding. Aged siding can make your entire home seem shabby and worn if not replaced. Included here are a few signs that it may be time for you to replace your siding.

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You Feel The Need to Repaint

Siding that is in good condition should hold high quality paint properly for 15-20 years and a minimum of 8-10. However, if your siding is aging and in poor condition, you will feel the need to repaint every 5-6 years when it begins to look shabby again. Paint that is chipping, peeling and cracking is an indication that there is a bigger fundamental problem with the siding. [Read more…] about 5 Signs You May Need to Replace Your Home’s Siding

5 Reasons to Buy Used Vehicles

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Purchasing a new car is a thrilling process. You can’t wait to hit the street rolling on your new-to-you wheels, but should you buy new or used? If this is your first time purchasing you may be overwhelmed by the wide range of car options to choose from in both fields. Once you have decided on a make and model of car, it is best to look for used options in your area first. Used vehicles are often the best choice, and included here are a few reasons why.

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Decrease Depreciation

Everyone knows that brand new items tend to lose value immediately after purchasing and this is applicable more than ever with vehicles. Most vehicles lose 20% of their value just by driving them off the lot and lose an additional 10% in their first year. This means, you could be buying a $30,000 car that will be worth only $21,000 after one year. Save yourself the depreciation dent and buy a one-year-old car used. [Read more…] about 5 Reasons to Buy Used Vehicles

Four Tips To Help You Save Money While Holiday Shopping

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The holiday season is here. It is not too far from Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, and Christmas will be here before you know it. If you are not one of those people that get a jump start on your shopping and already have a good deal of it done, you may be one of them that needs some tips in order to save some money while shopping.

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Many people go into debt when they do their holiday shopping, and who wants to pay for last Christmas the whole next year? The biggest lesson in this is to not use credit cards to Christmas shop. Instead, find the best deals out there so that you can afford to spend cash and not be in debt when Christmas ends. [Read more…] about Four Tips To Help You Save Money While Holiday Shopping

Tips For Teaching Kids To Be More Green

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You’ve heard it before, the children are the future, which means that you want to start teaching them now about how to be more green and how to do more for sustainable and healthy living. The best way to do this, of course, is to lead by example. Here are some things you can do to help your kids learn how to reduce their carbon footprint and help the earth.

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Stop Smoking, Or Don’t Start

There are plenty of bad things that put pollution into the environment, from the vehicles we drive to the factories that create the things we eat and use. However, one of the worst things people do to the air we breath is fill it with cigarette smoke, which is made up of many carcinogens. Not only do you work to kill or harm yourself as a smoker, but also those around you. [Read more…] about Tips For Teaching Kids To Be More Green

Top Four Dirty Jobs For 2015

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No one ever wakes up one morning and says to themselves, “I want to be a garbage collector!” It may not be a very fashionable job, but the dirtiest jobs in the nation tend to pay quite well. If you’re willing to dig through the muck and the mire, then there’s a job out there for you. Almost everything washes off, right? Here is a little more information about some of the yuckiest, yet high paying, jobs in the United States.

Hazardous Material Cleaner

When you’re a hazardous material cleaner, you will be faced with the biggest and baddest of messes created by people. You will clean up after a murder crime scene and dispose of any bodies or body fragments (depending on the nature of the crime). You’ll be faced with feces, hazardous chemicals, dead things, smelly things, and whatever else you could imagine to be disgustingly dirty. The sunny side of the job is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics claims the median pay for this job is somewhere close to forty thousand dollars a year. [Read more…] about Top Four Dirty Jobs For 2015

3 Tips for Saving Money at the Grocery Store

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With the ever fluctuating economy and world market today, finding ways to save money on your everyday items is a must for many individuals and families all across the globe. But with our demanding schedules and fast-paced lives, finding the time and energy to think of innovative yet effective ways to cut costs can be near impossible. So for those who are looking for ways to keep your weekly or monthly grocery bill lower, here are three easy tips for saving yourself some money next time you are at the grocery store.

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Come Prepared with a List

We have all been there: your kitchen is bare but you do not know exactly what you want or need to fill it with. When this happens, your grocery cart can end up being stuffed to the gills with food and personal items you do not actually want or need, causing your total to be sky high when you reach the cash register. [Read more…] about 3 Tips for Saving Money at the Grocery Store