Home Insurance Tips Why You Need Homeowner's Insurance The largest, single investment most consumers make is in their homes. The consumer...

Home Inspection Reports: What to Expect by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kenton Shepard Influenced by the changes in the economic and legal...

Electricity is an essential part of our lives. However, it has the potential to cause great harm. Electrical systems will function almost...

Choosing the Right Home Inspector Buying a home? It's probably the most expensive purchase you'll ever make. This is no time to shop for...

Choosing a Manufactured Home Manufactured homes no longer have to be the simple, rectangular, boxy trailer homes of the past. Depending...

Child-Proofing Your Home: 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kate Tarasenko About 2.5 million children...

Central Air-Conditioning System Inspection by Nick Gromicko, CMI® A building's central air-conditioning system must be periodically...

15 Tools Every Homeowner Should Own by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Ben Gromicko The following items are essential tools, but this list is by...

10 Easy Ways to Save Money & Energy in Your Home by Nick Gromicko, CMI®, Ben Gromicko, and Kenton Shepard 10 Façons Simples de Limiter...

Why Get a Home Inspection If You’re Buying “As Is”? by Nick Gromicko, CMI® Some sellers – often, those working without an agent – want to...

What Really Matters in a Home Inspection Buying a home? The process can be stressful. A home inspection is supposed to give you peace of...

Water Quality Drinking Water The United States has one of the safest water supplies in the world. However, national statistics don’t tell...

Protect Your Property From Water Damage Water may be essential to life, but, as a destructive force, water can diminish the value of your...

Tornado Safety and Inspection by Nick Gromicko, CMI® Tornadoes, also known as twisters or cyclones, are whirling columns of air that form...

Three Deadly Mistakes Every Home Buyer Should Avoid Deadly Mistake #1: Thinking you can't afford it. Many people who thought that buying...

The Top 5 Problems with Smart Home Tech and How to Troubleshoot Them by Eric Murrell Whether you’re buying a new home or looking at some...

The 10 Best Places to Hide Valuables in Your Home by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kate Tarasenko Burglary is a crime of opportunity.  And...

by Nick Gromicko, CMI® In many places where real estate advice is offered, from the Internet to advice columns and late-night...

Ice Dam Hazards by Nick Gromicko, CMI® An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow from...

Home Inspections in Minnesota; What does it consist of and what is to be expected? Just think you just discovered your dream house, you...