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At HouseLogic, we love to find and share inexpensive solutions to household problems. Our five solutions this week—one a day—don’t even require a trip to your big-box home improvement store—not that we don’t love stocking up at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Instead, pay a call to your 99-cent store. Its aisles are crammed with the inexpensive (and multipurpose) wares to fix what’s ailing. Read Tax Day is behind us, but if some Washington policymakers get their way, so too might be many popular tax breaks, such as the mortgage interest deduction, which saves the itemizing American household about $3,000 per year. Several budget plans and proposals to reduce the federal budget deficit include eliminating or dramatically curbing the MID. Read Former Senator Russell B. Long famously described the concept of tax reform as “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree!” Assuming Long’s analogy accurately describes America’s take on taxes, one can’t help but wonder: Who is that poor sap hiding in the bushes? The answer is simple—he’s an American home owner, hiding for good reason: Read Updating the kitchen is probably the costliest project on most home owners’ lists. If it’s not in the budget, we hear all about the quick fixes you can do in your kitchen. Read Visit houselogic.com for more articles like this. Copyright 2011 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
99-Cent Store Solution #1: Scuffed Countertops
Attention, Lawmakers: Taxpayers Oppose Ditching Mortgage Interest Deduction
Home Owners Have a Good Reason to Hide: Uncle Sam Wants More
The Granite Look for Kitchen Countertops Is Just a Spray Away