For many people considering condo life for the first time, having to ‘obey rules’ may sound intrusive to personal liberty. It is interesting therefore, to note that the large majority of condo residents approve of living under management rules and even think that their lifestyle is enhanced by doing so. A recent study shows hat 74% of condo residents like living by the rules.Perhaps it is not so...

Do you hate the idea of mowing your own lawn? Are you disgusted from pulling all the weeds in your yard and annoyed in doing the painting for your home? Do you have lots of hobbies you can’t pursue simply because you lack the equipment? Do you want a regular swimming exercise at the pool but you just don’t have any budget to have one, especially for the maintenance? Do you hate renting because it...

Sometimes it happens. The real estate agent you have selected is not performing up to par and you feel that your account could be handled better by someone else. What are you to do? Do you settle with the agent you signed up with or do you have the guts to do what needs to be done? How do you go about firing your real estate agent?Don’t be afraid to consider firing your agent if you are very dissatisfied...

Many people dream of owning their own home, but with the high prices of real estate today, it is just too expensive. Homes have doubled and tripled in price in the past few years, so more and more people are buying mobile homes. Mobile home foreclosures are a definite possibility for a more inexpensive home on today’s market. You can get just about anything you want in a mobile home these days and they...

Utah may not be the first place you think of when you are looking for a place to start a family, but look again. Utah is a place of industry and transportation, as well as the home to many new communities that are quickly becoming important ports of business and recreation for those seeking it. Maybe this is why people have singled out Utah real estate as the perfect opportunity to own or rent an affordable...

Maybe you’ve never heard of Blanding, Utah, but you’ve probably heard of Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, the Four Corners, Lake Powell and Moab. Well, Blanding is a small town that is big with motor home enthusiasts, because it sits in the middle of the southeastern Utah desert, right in the middle of all these attractions.Aside from the tourist destinations already mentioned, Blanding puts you within...

My grandmother’s first husband was killed in the Scofield Utah mine disaster on May 1, 1900. (See the URL after the fourth paragraph.)A coal dust explosion ripped through the Winter Quarters Number Four mine located west of Scofield. Many miners were killed directly by the explosion. Other miners, working in the Number One mine connected to the Number Four mine, died from deadly carbon monoxide gas or...