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Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

Green Remodeling

22 January, 2010| Green Living, Home Remodeling

In addition to being environmentally friendly, the benefit of green remodeling is to reduced the daily cost of operating your home by way of energy efficiency. Discuss these green opti... read more

Jean Risha Mitchell rating star

4.94/5 (122 surveys)
Trilogy Realty Group LLC

The Best Food You Aren't Eating

13 January, 2010| Green Living, General, Education

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/the-11-best-foods-you-arent-eating/?emThis really has nothing to do with Real Estate. However, if we intend to continue our careers as Realtors, we need... read more

Gail W. Nash rating star

4.85/5 (72 surveys)
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan

Houston's Green Leaders

7 January, 2010| Affordable Housing, Green Living, Home Builders

intown magazine, Jan/Feb, 2010, has great information regarding green builders in Houston, and how they are working with University of Houston's Gerald Hines College of Architecture and Texas A&M... read more

Jean Risha Mitchell rating star

4.94/5 (122 surveys)
Trilogy Realty Group LLC

Buy an Appliance - Get a Rebate ...

1 January, 2010| Green Living, Home Selling, General

http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009123105?OpenDocumentThe above article from Realtor.Org explains how you can get a rebate from the government by purchasing a new energy efficient appli... read more

Wendy Garcia
HomeSmart

Generation Y-ers and Real Estate.... are you one o...

29 December, 2009| Affordable Housing, Green Living, General

Who exactly are these Generation Y-ers?? Could you be a Millennial or an Echo Boomer? Well, if you were born anywhere between the late 1970's and the late 1990's, TAG, you are it! It seems... read more

Chris Schilling
Turbo Realty of Texas

Adding up to $6,000 to a VA Home Loan to make Ener...

26 December, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Mortgage...

Thinking About Going Green on a Houston Home? VA Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Program May Be The Solution The VA Energy Efficient Mortgage Program allows a veteran, using a VA Home Loan,... read more

Karen Sherrill rating star

4.98/5 (140 surveys)
Simien Properties

Let's Say You Drop Your Cell Phone in the Pool.......

22 December, 2009| Green Living, General

While this site is aimed at educating and informing you on issues related to Real Estate and your home, certain circumstances have made it obvious that sometimes we need practical information. L... read more

Roger Martin
Roger Martin Properties

Commerce with a Conscience

1 December, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, General

I have always appreciated double-duty gifting and practice it whenever possible. For example, if I am serving cookies at a real estate open house – they might as well be Girl Scout cookies, righ... read more

Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

An "Emerald City" in Houston?

20 November, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, Safety...

Some are calling the new FBI headquarters in Houston The Emerald City. The exterior glass is green and it is also a "green building". It's LEED certified. This $81 million project was dedicated... read more

Stephanie McClimon
Abundant Living Real Estate

The 1928 Woodland Heights Luna Park version of Dan...

17 November, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, Houston...

As the flat screens of the nation focus on on the final rounds of Dancing With The Stars, I was amused by a 1928 Houston newspaper article tha... read more

Gail W. Nash rating star

4.85/5 (72 surveys)
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan

Bamboo May Be Not So Great for Clothing

13 November, 2009| Green Living

For those who are wearing and/or sleeping on bamboo fabrics, this article from the Wall Street Journal will be enlightening: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529730229551324.... read more

Jean Risha Mitchell rating star

4.94/5 (122 surveys)
Trilogy Realty Group LLC

Green Gift Giving

11 November, 2009| Green Living, Home Remodeling, General

http://www.green-living.com/This is a link to a website that sells earth friendly goods for the home. The site includes items that can be used for remodeling as well as items for gifts... read more

Gail W. Nash rating star

4.85/5 (72 surveys)
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan

Composting--10 Items that might surprise you!

3 November, 2009| Green Living

Our family has been recycling since the early 70's, and composting is part of recycling, but most times, the end product is there for you to use in your garden. There are the obvious candidates... read more

Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

Want to Sell Carbon Credits?

1 November, 2009| Green Living, Education

Greenhouse gas regulation may offer rural land owners a new source of income! Selling carbon credits to companies that emit more gases than allowed by law. A few things may make rural land eligible to... read more

Melissa Walters
The MW Realty Group

10 Steps to Achieving Genuine Happiness

1 November, 2009| Green Living, General, Houston Living

10 Steps to Achieving Genuine Happiness? I have always been in search of true happiness. And at the ripe young age of ___, I think I'm really close! There are moments when every thing in life... read more

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