Disclaimer: While we’ve done our best to research laws, guidelines, and policies related to the topic of “how to sell a house by owner in Kansas,” HomeLight always recommends that you look into the local regulations for your area and when in doubt, consult with an advisor. When the time comes to move, some tenacious homeowners in Kansas are eager to take over the reins of their home sale and figure out how to sell a house by owner. A house is typically a person’s largest financial asset, and the decision to sell solo is often understandably driven by a desire to save on commission fees and pocket more equity from a hard-earned investment. In recent years, the previously hot...
20 Ways You Never Thought of Using a Shower Rod Shower rods, or tension rods, may not come to mind as a DIY tool, but you shouldn’t underestimate their power; there are few things that are more versatile than a shower rod. Not only can you use shower rods in multiply ways, but they are also cheap, install quickly, and are completely removable. There are some great ideas for using shower rods in those awkward, hard-to-fit areas where nothing else seems to work. In addition, they won’t damage walls, cabinets, or closets. Like most people, you probably only thought of using shower rods for their intended purpose, or perhaps for hanging curtains in a pinch, so most of these ideas...
Lowe’s has launched a new Kobalt 4-drawer ball bearing tool box, which suggests the brand is trying to reenter the tool storage market. The new Kobalt tool cabinet has fairly low specs – its ball bearing drawers are rated to 50 lbs, and its 4″ casters can support a total of up to 600 lbs. Features include a color-matched tubular handle, keyed lock, and precut drawer liners. It measures 26.7″ wide, 18.1″ deep, and 33″ tall, and weighs 83 lbs. There are 6 color options – black, blue, white, red, lime green, and grey. A top chest is also available. Price: $269 Buy it at Lowe’s Compare to Husky A similar Husky 4-drawer tool cabinet, measuring 26.5″ wide, 18″ deep,...
Oleg Shakirov/ShutterstockSuppose you are in a pub with friends. You drink a few beers, have a good time, and head home. The following morning you realise your headache is milder than usual. You then discover that you were part of an experiment where the glasses at the pub were 25% smaller. In their landmark 2008 book, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, behavioural economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein defined a “nudge” as an intervention “that alters people’s behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives”. Imposing higher alcohol taxes is not nudging, because it changes the costs to the drinker. Offering smaller glasses, by contrast, is. It does...
Do you have tons of preps but end up buying replacements of items you KNOW you have but just can’t lay hands on? Do you have everything you need for specific types of emergencies? How’s your emergency binder looking? And what about that prep closet (or room, or cabinet) – do you even know what’s in it? Getting organized as a prepper is almost as important as having the preps themselves. You know the saying, if you can’t protect it, you don’t own it? Well, if you can’t find it when you need it, you might as well not own it. This is why I swear by lists. I know, I know. A lot of experts in the survival industry...
