What's missing from your current home? Storage space? Decent parking? Privacy? There's no such thing as too much storage No one ever walked out of an open house thinking, "Nice place, but too many closets."  Visually strip away the furniture in a for-sale home and place your furniture and belongings. Or simply measure -- both the rooms and the closets -- and compare it to what you have now.  Ditto for kitchen cupboards, pantries and counter space. Those counter tops may look spacious until you get out all of your kitchen toys and discover there's not enough room, he says. Really look at a kitchen in terms of what you need when you cook to make sure the home offers the counter space you need. Test the commute BEFORE you commit You're only 15 miles from work. How long is that in traffic time?  Try the commute a few times, driving both ways, before you buy, at the times you would be normally commuting.  How well will you "fit in" with the ne...

Here are simple 8 tips to help you go green. Anything easy we can do to help save the earth, I say go for it! 1) Get a reusable water bottle and coffee cup, NO disposables. 2) Use ONLY energy saving bulbs. 3) Recycle ALL paper products. 4) Redecorating? Look at furniture and accessories you ALREADY have and change them from one room to a room for a new look, instead of tossing and buying new things. 5) Use the phone or video chat with Skype for meetings INSTEAD of driving your car. 6) BUY earth-friendly cleaning products when possible. 7) Try to BUY local produce and food. 8) Turn your car OFF while waiting in car-pool pickups to avoid idling. See these tips aren't so bad, I bet you can do all 8! You will love yourself for doing it, and the earth will thank you too! It's win win for everybody. Thank you USA Weekend for these wonderful suggestions.