How to Organize Your Move into Your New Home

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Moving into a new home can be an exciting yet stressful time, especially if this is your first time purchasing a home.  You can take plenty of steps to alleviate that stress and ensure a smooth transition into your new house, such as organizing your finances, securing moving plans, and planning the layout of your…

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5 Tips to Staying Organized When Moving

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On average, Americans move about 11.7 times in their lifetime. Moving to a new house can be a very stressful activity, and since you might have to move several times, you need to make the process more manageable. You can achieve this by getting a little bit organized. If you have disorganized items while moving,…

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The Ultimate Guide to Relocating During COVID-19

So, you’ve decided to take an exciting new step in your life and relocate to a new town or even a different state. You may be feeling stressed and overwhelmed with all the scheduling, packing, and expenses that go into relocating, not to mention you have to do it all while the Coronavirus pandemic is…

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Downsizing: A Guide for Seniors and Their Loved Ones

There are all kinds of benefits to downsizing in your golden years — lower energy bills, a smaller space to clean and maintain, and the potential of moving closer to loved ones. It’s a wonderful way to open the door to the next stage of your life. Even so, decluttering and downsizing can be a difficult…

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How to Move During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Moving is a daunting task during the best of times. Throw a pandemic into the mix, and you have a recipe for stress. If you’ve been considering moving, you may be tempted to postpone your move until life calms down. But what if circumstances won’t allow it? Maybe you need to relocate to another state for a…

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Time to Downsize Your Home?

Congratulations, you have made the tough decision it is time to downsize your home. Whether that choice was made to reduce your carbon footprint on our fragile planet or to make life easier with less to manage or born of the desire to age in place, thousands of little decisions await you. The challenge of…

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Will 2020 be a NEW CHAPTER for you?

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In addition to being the start of a brand-new decade or end of the decade, depending on what you believe, a host of significant things are happening in the upcoming year, which will affect us nationally and globally. What about those individual Earth-rattling life events. For instance a new job?  A new city?  A new…

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3 Tips for a Stress-Free Move

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May is National Move Month Are you, or do you know someone, who is moving to a new home?  Do you know that moving is considered by many to be more stressful than experiencing the death of a loved one?  It doesn’t have to be!  I have three tips to reduce the stress: #1 Make…

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THE MOVE

My mother, Priscilla, is 86 years old and her husband, Don, is 90. Until recently, they lived in a mobile home park for 18 years. Don has dementia and it has been progressing to a point that in recent years Priscilla has taken care of everything; the housework, their finances, meal planning, and preparation, arranging…

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