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Selling My Home: Everything I Suddenly Feel the Need to Fix

The Line Between “Smart Update” and “Total Overhaul” Is… Fuzzy By Sarah AllenReal estate coordinator, homeowner, and human navigating life’s plot twists. In a past

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Why Do We Wait Until We’re Leaving to Make It Lovely?

Turns Out the Buyer Gets the Backsplash By Sarah AllenReal estate coordinator, homeowner, and human navigating life’s plot twists I’m in the thick of getting

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My Dad Paid $54K for a Home in Oakville. Today in 2025? It’s Worth 7 Figures.

By Sarah AllenReal estate coordinator, homeowner, and human navigating life’s plot twists The other day, I was talking to my dad about housing prices. He

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I’m Not a Hoarder, But I Might Be a ‘Saver’

Learning to let go By Sarah AllenReal estate coordinator, homeowner, and human navigating life’s plot twists I did a big purge last weekend. The kind

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What If Your Home Isn’t Really Working Anymore?

Not broken. Just not quite right anymore. Everything probably seems fine. Your home does what it’s supposed to do: it keeps you warm, holds your

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A Mortgage in My 50s Wasn’t the Plan—But Here We Are

By Sarah AllenReal estate coordinator, homeowner, and human navigating life’s plot twists I bought my first house at 22. Back then, the math felt simple: