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A person holding a house key in their hand

Homebuyers Sitting Out This Year…

Sep 19, 20264 min read

Existing-home sales slid 2% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…

A mom holding an armful of her kids' belongings, next to her loading them into a bin, from her own Instagram reel explaining the 25-cent buy-back rule

Mom Breaks Down the 25-Cent…

Sep 18, 20264 min read

A mom’s demonstration of the 25-cent “buy back” system she uses to…

A woman in her car explaining her thrifted furniture flips, next to a dresser she bought for $25 and sold for $125, from her own Instagram reel

Couple Breaks Down Exactly How…

Sep 18, 20264 min read

A couple’s breakdown of how flipping thrifted furniture on the side ended…

A brass shell bookend held in a thrift store cart next to the styled crystal and brass vignette it ended up in, from the creator's own Instagram reel

Shopper’s Side-by-Side Comparison Shows the…

Sep 18, 20264 min read

A shopper’s side-by-side comparison video shows the exact same item, bought for…

a woman looking into an open refrigerator at night

Woman Breaks Down the Household…

Sep 17, 20264 min read

A woman’s video walking through the household freezer hacks she says save…

A fixer-upper house next to a move-in-ready renovated home on the same street

Buying a Fixer-Upper and Renovating…

Sep 17, 20264 min read

A fixer-upper listed at $150,000 looks like a steep discount against a…

Modern tankless water heater mounted on a utility room wall

Tankless Water Heaters Cost Nearly…

Sep 16, 20264 min read

A tankless water heater typically costs between $3,000 and $6,500 fully installed,…

Contractor installing a French drain trench with gravel and pipe along a house foundation

French Drains Cost a Small…

Sep 16, 20264 min read

A water stain the size of a dinner plate spreads across a…

Whole-house standby generator installed beside a home

Whole-House Generators Cost Roughly Ten…

Sep 16, 20264 min read

A whole-house standby generator costs about $5,160 installed on average, according to…

Suburban street with multiple for sale signs indicating rising housing inventory

Homebuyers Just Got Something They…

Sep 16, 20264 min read

New listings just hit their highest weekly level in four years, and…

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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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Start decluttering a packed room by clearing the floor first, citing a study on clutter and stress
Retired ER nurse splits her house into three cleaning zones because schedules fail by week two
Garage sale shopper pays $1 for a signed wrestling hat and waits 12 weeks to learn if it is real
Sellers triple wrap seven glass tumblers and still get a rude message when one breaks in the mail
Japanese families box up off season clothes and tape them shut with a date
Woman finally declutters dinner plates too big for her cabinet
Yard sale seller sells 30 bars of soap for $1 each after buying too many Easter gifts
A woman on a reel cover beside a stock photo of a dining table with chairs, for the story of boomers handing down wealth that their kids do not want, like dining sets, china and art
A woman on a reel cover beside a stock photo of an antique furniture sale, for the story of shoppers lining up and paying $20 admission to enter one estate sale