Note: This blog was written before COVID-19. Please use all safety precations when considering any of these tips.

Are you ready to make a move? Turns out, you’re not alone, and we can help. If you’re looking for reasons to consider fall homebuying, we’re creepin’ it real and giving you a snapshot of the Nevada housing market — as well as offering insight about rising interest rates and ways to get bonus money.

Lights that flicker for no reason, walking through a room and finding an unexplained cold spot, pickles on peanut butter sandwiches: spooky.

Rising interest rates: Totally not spooky!

In our last post, we talked about the dangers of tree roots and how they can not only  damage your home, but your neighbor’s as well. In this blog we’ll learn what to do about the darn things without starting a neighborhood feud.

Read: Touching up our Roots

But first, let’s talk legal

Trees add value to our lives in so many ways. They prevent erosion of the soil, they provide shade, they’re beautiful and, oh yeah, they help us breathe. But those roots can cause problems. Big problems. Read on to learn how to deal with them to save you hassle, as well as actual cash money.

We do love our trees in Nevada. And it’s important to remember that they need a little love and attention at times — for their own health obviously, but also to keep our home and neighborhoods feeling (and looking) fine as well.

Whether you rent or own your home, it pays to take care of your pipes and stick to a regular maintenance schedule. Not only will you avoid the hassle of a back-up or leak, you could save yourself the expense of a busted pipe and water damage.

If you have a yard in Nevada, you have weeds. No? Well, if not today, rest assured you’ll have them tomorrow because weeds happen. Even when the rest of our plants are struggling to thrive, the weeds seem to do just fine.

Keeping your landscaping weed-free requires a concerted effort. Regular efforts, timed well, will help ensure less common mallow in your grass and spotted surge in your rose beds. Prepare yourself, however, as weeding is a serious commitment. We’ve spelled out the three key techniques to a managing those pesky weeds.

Do you cling to clothes that no longer fit, stash paint you’ll never use and hold on to baby gates even though your kid is 12? If so, you may have U.A.S. — Unhelpful Attachment Syndrome. Before your house becomes something you may see on A&E, plan a garage sale. You’ll unload the things you no longer need, open up space in your home and garage and get organized. As usual, we’re here to help get you there.

Read: The Joy of Parking in the Garage

For the second year in a row, the Nevada Housing Division was recognized by US Bank for having one of the best homebuying programs in the country. In 2017, the Housing Division's Home Is Possible program originated more than $1 billion in mortgages and helped thousands of Nevadans realize the dream of homeownership. With this, Nevada was fourth in the nation in production behind only the much more populous states of Florida, Arizona and California.

When it comes to gardening and planting in southern Nevada, things could be easier. Like their counterparts to the north, southerners face some real challenges.

This was a very important Flag Day, as we celebrated it with a special presentation to the 1000th veteran we served through the Home Is Possible For Heroes program, which was created in 2014 as part of Governor Brian Sandoval’s mission to make Nevada one of the country’s most veteran-friendly states.