Why Moving to a Smaller Home After Retirement Makes Life Easier
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!Retirement is a time for relaxation, adventure, and enjoying the things you love. As you imagine this exciting new chapter in your life, it’s important to think about whether your current home still fits your needs.If it’s too...
The Price of Perfection: Don’t Wait for the Perfect Home
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!In life, patience is a virtue – but in the world of homebuying, waiting too long in hopes of finding the perfect home actually isn’t wise. That’s because the pursuit of perfection comes at a cost. And in this case, that cost...
Why Your Asking Price Matters Even More Right Now
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!If you’re thinking about selling your house, here’s something you really need to know. Even though it’s still a seller’s market today, you can’t pick just any price for your listing.While home prices are still appreciating...
Things To Avoid After Applying for a Mortgage
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Homeownership: The Heart of the American Dream
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!Everyone’s vision for the future is personal and unique. But for many, common goals include success, freedom, and prosperity — values closely tied to having your own home and the iconic feeling of achieving the American Dream.A...
Homeowners Gained Equity over the Past Year
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!If you own a home, your net worth has probably gone up a lot over the past year. Home prices have been rising, which means you’re building equity much faster than you might think. Here’s how it works.Equity is the current value...
Real Estate Still Holds the Title of Best Long-Term Investment
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!With all the headlines circulating about home prices and mortgage rates, you may be asking yourself if it still makes sense to buy a home right now, or if it’s better to keep renting. Here’s some information that could help put...
What To Do When Your House Didn’t Sell
BLOG provided by Keeping Current Matters!If your listing expired and your house didn’t sell, it’s totally natural to feel a mix of frustration and disappointment. And as you’re working through that, you’re probably also wondering what went wrong and what you should do...
Huntsville-Madison Summer Homes: Buy or Bye?
BLOG provided by Rosenblum Realty!Summer in the Huntsville-Madison area is not just about rocket science and space camps; it’s also prime time for vacation home shopping. The allure of finding that perfect retreat in our scenic region is strong, but diving into the...
Transform Your Huntsville Backyard Into a Summer Oasis
BLOG provided by Rosenblum Realty!As the Huntsville-Madison region greets the summer warmth, revamping your outdoor area into a vibrant entertainment zone can drastically enrich your seasonal enjoyment. Envision hosting lively barbecues, serene evenings under...
7 Things to Do About Estate Planning When You Divorce
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7 Things to Do About your Estate Plan When you Divorce
Divorce turns our world upside down, doesn’t it? Our once cherished dreams about the future are now nightmares. Some are happy it’s over, some people needed to get out of an abusive relationship, but regardless of how or why there was a divorce, our futures are...
Coping with the Loss of a Loved One and the Grieving Process
Coping with the Loss of a Loved One and the Grieving Process Not long after losing my son, my neighbors also lost theirs. I waited a few days to stop by because I know from experience the shock of the first few days. I remember the mom asking me how you “get over”...
Missing Kids’ Day: “A Mile A Minute . . .”
“A mile a minute, that is how fast your child can disappear.” Marc KlaasA child’s disappearance devastates a family and rocks a community. Today, May 25, is National Missing Children’s Day. Every year, thousands of people under 18 go missing. As of December 31, 2019,...
Starting a new business? Beware of these reputation risks!
Are you looking to create a new business and want to branch out into social media? Great! On social media, people can get to know you better, you gain their interest and trust, then they want to do business with you. However, watch out for four risky behaviors to...
How to Tell if Turquoise is Real – What’s In Your Jewelry Box?
Is Your Jewelry Box Full of Genuine Turquoise or Fake Turquoise? We all have those treasured pieces handed down from our mom or grandmother. Sometimes it's hard to know if pieces are real or costume. While nothing can replace the sentimental value of those things, if...
How does “Shelter in Place” Affect Custody Exchanges?
Today, Alabama’s Governor issued an order for Alabamians to “Shelter in Place.” The question everyone has is, “what exactly does this mean?”WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHILDREN AND VISITATION? Almost immediately after the breaking news of the shelter in place hit the internet...
Confidence Trick: Fraud as a Basis for Annulment
“If the NSA can be hacked, so can the average — or even exceptional — human mind. Our capacity to trust, which makes us successful, also makes us vulnerable — as does the natural bias to overrate our own bullshit detection.” Matthew Hutson, “Why We Fall for Con...
Top 5 Child Custody Myths
In my over 16 years as a child custody attorney, I’ve heard many myths. Below are some of the most common myths – in italics - followed by the truth. Moms always get custody: I’ve represented many dads who won physical custody of their children. It’s based on what is...
God’s Grieving Heart: Power of Faith During Hard Times
JESUS WEPTIn 2005 I went through a horrible personal experience. One day, as I sat on my bed crying uncontrollably - that hyperventilating type crying - I had an image pop up in my mind’s eye. The vision had a pinkish white backdrop. In the center was a throne. It was...
Long Term Care 101
What is Long Term Care? Long Term Care is a term used to describe various types of care or services provided to those with chronic or prolonged illnesses, disabilities, and cognitive disorders. The types of care included are: Nursing Home, Home Health Care, Adult Day...
It Could Happen to You
It happened to me…. Getting the call that everyone dreads… Your child has been in an accident…. Going to the hospital and then…. finding out that you don’t have the ability to make certain decisions regarding the care of your “child”, because she is over the age of...
Copper Jewelry: Potential Health Benefits, Aesthetic Beauty, and Durability
From ancient civilizations to modern times, copper has held an important place in human history. Beyond its industrial applications, copper has also been used to create exquisite and captivating pieces of jewelry. In recent years, the popularity of copper jewelry has...
Are You, Your Family and Your Legacy Protected?
Have Access to Money in Case You Get SickWith longer life expectancies, people rightly worry about the costs of chronic care. According to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine in 2018, more than 42% of 9.5 million diagnosed with cancer from 2000 to...
Why Chocolate Shouldn’t Be a Guilty Pleasure
Why Chocolate Shouldn’t Be a Guilty PleasureHow do you find happiness in your life? I eat chocolate.All of us walk through a world each day that is fast-paced and filled with so many different obstacles. Life is both beautiful and ugly at the same time, and with our...
The Best Gift Ever – Making a Will
The Best Gift Ever - Making a Will Losing Herman was one of the hardest things that had ever happened. It was so sudden, but what was even more unexpected was when Mary found out that the home she and Herman had enjoyed for their 12 years of marriage was now owned by...
How to Survive the Craziness of an Insane World
I don’t know about you, but these days it feels like we’re living in this Stealers Wheel classic song: I don’t know why I came here tonight, I got the feeling that something ain’t right. I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair; And I’m wondering how I’ll get down...
Why Optimism is Your Most Important Resource
Like it or not, "normal life" has changed. These COVID-19 pandemic circumstances have required us to adapt and/or change our normal routines. And that’s stressful. In fact, it’s the very “definition” of stress: being knocked out of homeostatic balance. And it’s...
It Doesn’t Have to be a Butterfly
Focus Your Joy: It doesn’t have to be a ButterflySo often people are looking for the perfect situation, the perfect place, the perfect circumstance. What I recently discovered, though, is that the best things come in many packages and are disguised in many...
How to Tell if Turquoise is Real – What’s In Your Jewelry Box?
Is Your Jewelry Box Full of Genuine Turquoise or Fake Turquoise? We all have those treasured pieces handed down from our mom or grandmother. Sometimes it's hard to know if pieces are real or costume. While nothing can replace the sentimental value of those things, if...
