Brionna is a writer specializing in home improvement, construction, and real estate topics. She leverages her background as a civil engineer and interior decorator as well as her love for ...

Kristin is a lead editor at Forbes Home and has nearly a decade of professional experience as a writer and editor. She's previously worked at sites like Talking Points Memo, Insider, Delish, Angi and ...

People often confuse the home appraisal with the home inspection. Appraisals are estimates of a home’s value — and they’re typically required before you can close on your mortgage loan. Inspections, ...

Home inspectors have the eye and experience to catch code violations and household damage before you, the home buyer, get stuck with them. Some problems, such as dirty filters and termites, need to be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (September 8, 2015) – The ...

Everyone is talking about doing more with less these days. I keep wondering when we will be discussing doing less with less. Some taxpayers are so naà¯ve about what government does that their ...