3 steps to Finding Great Renters
How to Find the Perfect Renters for your Unit You’ve put an incredible amount of time, money and effort into creating your rental unit so it’s desirable to renters. You want reliable, respectful …
Simple Tokens of Care and Our Cup of Love
Valentine’s day is right around the corner and many are planning big things to show their love. While these are part of a relationship, it is nice to be appreciated throughout the year. …
How to ROCK KonMari as a Couple
We previously shared our attempt to KonMari our House in a week. This was a spur of the moment decision – we were motivated and ready for a change so just went …
Guide to Deciding on Rental Renovations
As we’ve shared, our real estate investment strategy focuses on updating houses and adding basement suites. This increases the value and equity in our homes (which can be leveraged) as well as creates …
KonMari our House in a Week? Challenge Accepted!
This week we were planning on sharing our office remodel – but then the KonMari Method took our house by storm instead. We mentioned in our email that we have been hooked on …
10+ Proven Tips for Renovating as a Couple from Experienced Renovators and DIYers
With the time, money and decisions involved in renovations, it can quickly lead to stress and frustration. Unfortunately, this can get directed at our significant other and put a strain on any relationship. …
Prepare to Renovate Together: Relationship Puzzle Challenge **Freebie Alert
Renovating is stressful and can put huge strain on a relationship, especially if you don’t take time to prepare to work together. Just check out this article from houzz.com that found 12% of …
Happy Holidays 2018!
Our countdown to Christmas is over because Christmas is here! Thank you for reading our blog – we hope you have learned something from our experience. Please dont’ hesitate to reach out if you …
Find the Linchpin – and Your True Starting Point
You know those jobs on your to do list that seem to hang around forever? Or when you have a room that’s supposed to be used 1 way but never seems to be …
Why Every Couple Needs a No Reno Zone
During our first renovation together, we got to the point where the reno was all we talked about. There was constant assessing, planning and obsessing about the renovation. It didn’t help that we …