by Diane Slawych | Dec 19, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
It seems that property owners in Hanoi, Vietnam would go to any length (or height) to reduce their taxes. When the city government decided, centuries ago, to base the tax rate according to the width of a property’s street-facing facade (the wider the home, the more...
by Diane Slawych | Jan 22, 2018 | Featured, Profiles
Unlike most people, Lloyd Kahn has gone through life without ever having to pay rent or a mortgage. Okay, there was one small exception when he was 23, when he and his wife bought a home for $15,000 and had a mortgage for three years. But then they sold the property...
by Dan St. Yves | May 29, 2017 | Columnists
Some interesting new options appearing across the country for struggling homeowners are the quaint, adaptable “tiny houses” – tiny little spaces that might make you compromise on what you can buy at the local furniture store, but allow for an affordable roof over your...
by Diane Slawych | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured, News
The world is full of quirky homes, something the average traveler eventually discovers. Some houses are perched on towering rocks in the middle of rivers, others border the sides of steep cliffs, while some are so tiny that you’re forced to hunch over when you go...
