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Home Builder Spends More Than $50K Turning This Home Into a Cat Paradise

Move over crazy cat ladies of the world. Home builder Peter Cohen, of Goleta, California, has set the bar of feline fanaticism to an all

Texas Man Arrested After Attempting To Pay Property Tax In $1 Bills

Paying property taxes stinks; we can all agree on that. Sometimes you just want to give the tax collector a piece of your mind. Oh

This Isn’t Your Average Home Decor. This Is Up-Cycled Awesomeness.

Designer Inghua Ting has broken the mold when it comes to home decor. Her big idea? Vintage and reclaimed leather belts. Whatever happened to those

9 Manly Tables That’ll Have Your Wife Saying “Nope!”

Fellas, home furnishings now come in diesel… who knew?! Yep, there’s a recent trend of making glass top tables with high powered engines as their

During A Simple Home Renovation, A Man Discovered This Tunnel… To a Massive Underground City

During a home renovation In 1963, a man in the Nevşehir Province of Turkey demolished an interior wall of his home, and he found a

Real Estate Photographer Stumbles Across the Neatest Feature You’ll See All Week

Notice how some people accessorize their bars? Perhaps there’s a pool table, or a disco ball for when you get that sudden urge to reenact

Man Buys a 1950’s House. Its Best Feature? A Treasure Trove of Untouched Retro Appliances

Furniture craftsman Nathan Chandler, bought a home in 2009 with a history that could be considered quite unique. Unique because everything is exactly as it

This Family Turned Some Old Pallets Into a Fun Family Project… and Boosted Their Home’s Value in the Process

Ever dreamt of having gleaming hardwood floors in your home, but were snapped back into reality by the high cost? Would you like to be

Agent Notices Dead Birds Scattered About Her Listing, and That’s Not Even the Craziest Part…

Meredith Location: Pierre, SD Company: Linn Real Estate Website I got a listing a few years ago as a newer agent. I was pretty excited.

You’re Not Gonna Believe the Secret this Realtor Uncovered About Garden Gnomes

Megan Schenck Location: Carlsbad, CA Company: Three Lagoons Realty Website | Twitter What Do Swingers and Garden Gnomes Have in Common? There’s a very nice

The Best Open House Story Ever Told

Debbie Laffin Location: Oshkosh, WI Company: Adashun Jones Website Best Open House Story You’ll Hear All Year So I’m hosting an open house of a

The Barefoot Realtor

Jan Branyon Location: Greensboro, NC Company: Keller Williams of Greensboro Website The Barefoot Realtor I am known to some as “The Barefoot Realtor”. You see,