Jay MacDonald
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DeLand, FL, United States
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Store Your Outdoor Tools Safely For Winter With Our Tool Maintenance Checklist
Late fall is traditionally the time of year when homeowners put their outdoor tools up for the winter. Unfortunately, early spring often reveals the moves they should have made to protect their lawnmowers, edgers, hoses,... Continue reading → Read More
House Not Selling? Here's How to Avoid the 10 Biggest Buyer Turnoffs
Pop quiz: What’s the biggest obstacle between you and a quick home sale? Answer? Look in the mirror. The reality is that what homeowners who don’t prepare their lair for market often end up sending... Continue reading → Read More
Kids Going to School? Make Sure Your Insurance Coverage Goes With Them
Kids headed off to college? Congratulations! But before they go, make sure that they are properly insured against unexpected surprises. “College campuses are kind of their own risk management cram course,” says Lynne McChristian, Florida spokesperson... Continue reading → Read More
Buying a House in Another Town? Here's How to Choose Your Long-Distance Realtor
Whether you’re buying a home out of town, state or country, chances are you’ll be working long distance with a real estate agent you hardly know or have never met to find and close on... Continue reading → Read More
Moving Movies: 8 Great Films Based on Home Moves
From Footloose to Toy Story to Cheaper by the Dozen, Hollywood has long captured both the comedic and dramatic possibilities of that quintessential love/hate life event: the home move. Let’s check out eight of the best moving movies and grade... Continue reading → Read More
Kids Freaked Out About Moving? These 8 Books Can Help
For kids, that first home move is often a major ordeal, filled with uncertainty and no small amount of dread. Fortunately, the theme is a popular one among writers of children’s and young adult fiction,... Continue reading → Read More
Calling All Collectors: These 9 Things Just Aren't Worth It
Is your storage unit filled with grandfather’s furniture and grandma’s vintage plate collection? If so, you may be spending good money to harbor bad investments. Collectibles of all types typically benefit from the passage of... Continue reading → Read More
The Best Kinds of Boxes to Use for Moving and Storage
Big home move coming up? Congratulations! Want to assure it goes as hassle-free as possible? Then you will want to make sure you select the right boxes for your move. Choosing the best boxes for... Continue reading → Read More
9 Things to Know About the Next Big Decluttering Craze: Swedish Death Cleaning – The SpareFoot Blog
Let’s face it, America: we all own too much stuff. We know it. We don’t like to think about it. And we sure as heck don’t want to bury our kids in it when we... Continue reading → Read More
What Every Man Should Know About Decluttering Their Closet – SpareFoot Blog
Dude, is your closet out of control? Have logo sweatshirts, vintage Air Jordans and nonwearable clutter turned a workingman’s wardrobe into a hoarder’s nightmare? Cheer up: there are easy ways to reclaim and maintain an... Continue reading → Read More
Real Life Moving Horror Stories and How to Avoid Them
Remember in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy closed her eyes and calmly chanted, “There’s no place like home?” Easy for her to say, right? All she had to do was click her heels and poof, back in Kansas... Continue reading → Read More
7 Haunted Objects You Can Be Glad You Don't Own!
Might the everyday items around us be haunted by spirits from the past? If you’re one of the legions of sentient humans who have experienced such paranormal encounters with otherwise inanimate objects, the answer is... Continue reading → Read More
Extreme Holiday Decorators Show Us Their Stuff
Do your holiday decorations stop traffic? Is your merry manse seasonally featured on local media? Or visible from space? You’re not alone. According to a new SpareFoot survey, there’s a little Clark Griswold in most... Continue reading → Read More
The Psychology of Stuff: The Things We Cling to And Why
Does your stuff drive you nuts? Welcome to the human race. Based on our behavior alone, aliens would likely view us as a species of crazy packrats, showoffs, impulse buyers, clutter bugs, sentimental donors and... Continue reading → Read More
6 Home Remodeling Project Tips To Avoid Overspending
Home remodeling isn't as easy as it looks on TV. Follow these tips to avoid overspending. → Read More
Medicaid Means Health Insurance For The Poor
The Senate health care bill would restrain Medicaid. Here’s how that could affect you. → Read More
How to avoid a low home appraisal
A low home appraisal can ruin the sale of a home. Here are tips to help you fight back. → Read More
Life insurance loans: Is it smart to borrow from your policy?
Need cash? Before you turn to your life insurance, understand the hazards. → Read More
5 Places to Move If You Are Worried About Climate Change (And 5 to Avoid!)
With Donald Trump announcing that the United States would pull out of the Paris climate accord, an international agreement to mitigate the effects of global warming, the topic of climate change has recently become a... Continue reading → Read More
Want Tidy Kids? Here's How to Turn Organization Into a Game
What’s the quickest, easiest way to put your rundown palace in order? Simple: Round up your young princes and princesses and turn home organization into a game. We are literally spoon-fed the power of play... Continue reading → Read More