Thing 1. WHOLE-HOUSE SOUND SYSTEM. If you’re like most of us, you have different speakers all around the home—some bluetooth, some wired, some requiring an amplifier, some needing to be recharged or have their batteries periodically changed. Cut the cacophony and wire your home for sound. One of the hardest parts of putting in a whole-home sound system is cutting through ceilings and walls to run wires and install speakers, but if you’re still in the building stage, this part is a breeze. Working with a kit to wire your home for sound is one of the easiest ways to go. A kit typically contains a base station plus a series of controllers that can be placed in rooms around the home. This allows you to create various zones in your house to which you can send different music streams. After you’ve chosen a base station, you’ll want to select speakers that recess into the walls or ceiling and connect them to the station as well. Those with repositionable tweeters let you direct the sound exactly where you want it, while speakers with inbuilt bass and treble controls let you further tweak the sound for every room. When running speaker wire through the home, be sure to use UL-rated speaker wire marked CL2 or CL3. Thing 2. RADIANT FLOOR HEATING. When it comes to making a home feel at once modern, comfortable and eco-smart, it’s hard to beat radiant floor heating. Installed on or in the subfloor, radiant floor heating panels typically use channels of heated water that give off heat to the floor above them. The result is a wonderful, all over heat that doesn’t have any of the allergy concerns of forced-hot-air or any of the uneven heating problems and noise often associated with radiators or electric baseboard systems. One of today’s smarter choices for radiant floor heating is Warmboard as they make panels that are super-conductive, which means that more of the heat from the water that runs through the channels is transferred directly to your home. The enhanced conductivity also means there’s less heat loss, which makes the system extremely efficient, and that Warmboard is also very nimble, heating and cooling down more quickly than other systems when you change the temperature at your thermostat. Thing 3. SPA BATH. The bathroom can be a simple utilitarian space or, with a little planning, it can become one of the most luxurious retreats in your home. When designing the bathroom, be sure to leave ample space for your shower and tub area and reinforce the floor beneath it—so that you can install a heavy-duty spa tub. These days, you can purchase all-in-one units that contain a massage-jet tub, multiple shower heads, and steam and sauna functionalities—plus a computer to control them all. It’s also possible to mount moisture-resistant TVs in the walls of your shower or bath area so that you don’t miss a bit of news or sports action. If that’s all too extreme for you, consider installing a remote control for your shower or tub which allows you get the shower warming up before you even step out of bed. Thing 4. HOME AUTOMATION. There are several options for home automation systems that do everything from controlling your lights to alerting you when the doors or windows are open, or even when there might be a fire or flood. There are thermostats that learn from your heating and cooling patterns and can be controlled via smartphone. There are speakers that can also be phone-controlled and can play different tunes throughout your house. And at least one company makes a hub that can tie it all together. Even though it’s easy to install home automation equipment in an existing home, doing so while you’re still building will ensure that you get everything exactly where you need it before you take control of your smartphone and pilot your house like the Starship Enterprise. Thing 5. OUTDOOR KITCHEN. There was a time when homes had summer kitchens—separate buildings in which food was prepared during the warmer months to keep the heat out of the main living quarters. Even though summer kitchens are a thing of the past, the logic remains: cooking outside keeps you from having to turn on the oven when the weather feels oven-like itself. When planning your outdoor kitchen, keep in mind that you’ll want to have easy access to utilities to plumb in a line for the sink, drain and gas line, if your home has natural gas service (otherwise, you’ll run your grill and cooktop off of propane, so make sure you build in space to store the tank). While you can construct your open-air kitchen out of stone into which your sink and cook surfaces can be set, a more affordable option is to build the structure out of wood and face it with stone veneer which will weatherproof it and create an equally attractive look.
5 Things to Covet in Your Dream Home.
Thing 1. WHOLE-HOUSE SOUND SYSTEM. If you’re like mos...
The basics of etiquette are quite simple. This is a culture of speech, elementary politeness, a neat appearance and the ability to manage your emotions. All of these rules apply to each of us. 1. Saying the phrase:
Modern etiquette rules
The basics of etiquette are quite simple. This is a cu...
Tip 1. Costs of a rehab team. Build your rehab team before you start a project. This gives you time to thoroughly screen each of your team members. The last thing you need is to hire the wrong home inspector or contractor because you were closing on a deal and crunched for time.You want qualified people who understand your needs and investing as a business. If you’re wondering what your team should look like, here are the main players: Attorney Lenders Real estate agent Insurance agent Contractor(s) Home inspector Ask other, more seasoned real estate investors for recommendations. It’s a good way to find solid, trustworthy team members, and most investors will be glad to recommend who they use.The only possible exception to this is contractors. Good contractors can be hard to come by, and a real estate investor may not be willing to compete with you for their contractor’s time. So, you may be on your own. If you find yourself in that situation, ask employees at your local lumberyard or hardware store for recommendations. Once you assemble your team members, use their help to get more accurate rehab numbers. It could also be beneficial to enroll in a program for learning the ins and outs of real estate investment. Tip 2. Costs of purchase. The biggest chunk of this category is probably the money you’ll pay to close on the property. But also included here is any expense you might have incurred while hiring your team members. There are some other hidden costs here that you might not have thought of, such as flood certificates or various government fees. But in general, your main expenses will likely include the following: Purchase price Home inspection Home appraisal Surveys Lender fees (your bank’s closing costs, appraisal fees, origination costs, etc.) Attorney fees Tip 3. Costs of rehab. This includes contractor fees, permits, and any work done on the house. It can be difficult to get an accurate number for this category, but there are a few things you can do to get close.First, pay your contractor to do the walkthrough with you. Get their advice on things that need to be fixed or changed, and get a quote from them. Or, find a home inspector with construction experience, then ask questions and listen to their input as they inspect the house. You could also try partnering with another more experienced house flipper so they can teach you the tricks of the trade. Tip 4. Costs of ownership. These expenses happen while you are in possession of the home. This is a common area overlooked by inexperienced house flippers, so make sure you account for these expenses: Mortgage payments Property taxes Property insurance, including flood insurance, if necessary Utilities Yard upkeep Tip 5. Costs of selling. It might seem like this category should be all profit. That may be true if you do the job right, but it’s still important to budget for the costs that come with selling a house, like the following: Selling price Real estate commission Home warranty Radon and lead tests, termite inspection, and other tests buyers sometimes request Staging Attorney fees Get to work building your team today to get the best estimate possible for your house flipping project!
Rehabbing a Home? Be Ready for These 5 Costs.
Tip 1. Costs of a rehab team. Build your rehab team b...
1. In order for the rice to be white and crumbly, add one tablespoon of vinegar during cooking. Or add a few drops of lemon juice or diluted citric acid. 2. When preparing sour cream sauce, add a little milk so that the sour cream does not curl. 3. So that the cabbage does not lose color during frying, you need to pour it over with boiling water, and then pour cold water for a couple of minutes. Squeeze well before frying. 4. To make natural coffee tastier, you need to throw a pinch of salt at the end of brewing. 5. To replace white wine in a sauce, you need to dissolve sugar in a small amount of vinegar. 6. To preserve tomato paste for longer, apply dry mustard to the lid. 7. A quick way to cook beets, it is necessary to boil it for an hour, and then remove from heat and put under a stream of cold water, after this procedure it will be ready.
Mistress note
1. In order for the rice to be white and crumbly, add...
Sometimes there are situations when there is no refrigerator - rest or force majeure - there are all sorts of things, and you need to be ready for this. I suggest you learn about storing food without a refrigerator - how, how much and in what way. Dairy products. Butter is densely packed in cans and poured on top with cold salted water, which is then changed daily. Dairy products can be placed in a bowl, which is then placed in a large container of water. The food is covered with a piece of cloth, the ends of which are dipped in water. Water evaporates to keep the temperature low, and this prevents spoilage. Fish and crustaceans: To keep fresh fish for longer, it needs to be gutted and gills removed. Dry the fish, rub the abdominal cavity with salt and line with napkins or toilet paper. After that, each fish is wrapped in clean, dry paper. Crayfish need to be boiled, placed in a glass jar and filled with cold salted water (1 tbsp. Table salt per 1 liter of boiled water). Vegetables Vegetables are spoiled by excess moisture, so it is better not to wash them before storing them and keep them wrapped in paper. Meat and Poultry Important: Prevent air from reaching these perishable foods. To do this, they can be poured with milk (after 1-2 hours, the cream will “stick around” the flesh from all sides, without letting air in, and lactic acid will inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria). There are other ways to seal products: meat or poultry fillets can be poured boiling water (its surface will turn white, as the top layer of protein will cook) or smear with sunflower oil. In the summer, you need to protect meat or poultry from flies: rub the product with pepper, grated horseradish, or wrap it in a cloth soaked in strong pickle brine. Chicken eggs Eggs are sealed by dipping them in boiling water for 5 seconds (a layer of cooked protein forms under the shell). Unused yolks are stored in a glass container, filled with cold water. With these simple tips, storing food without a refrigerator will not be a problem for you.
Food without refrigerator
Sometimes there are situations when there is no refrig...

1. Sugar is a universal product, it is used in food by all peoples in all countries of the world, and the most developed cultures of mankind have long been aware of it. And his name is universal due to the fact that sugar is not only put in tea or food for sweets, it is also used for various preparations, pickles and even first and second courses.

2. A terrible statement that sugar is a white death has been heard by many in childhood. So parents often frighten their sweet-tooth children, so as not to eat a lot of goodies. For those who doubt, it should be noted that this is pure truth: sugar is able to remove nutrients from the human body, one of them is calcium, which is very important for the body. Due to this feature of white sweet crystals, bones can break down and tooth decay can appear. Because of it, arthritis and muscle atrophy develop, an excess of sugar often leads to blood diseases and hemophilia.

3. There are many types of sugar. In addition to the well-known granulated sugar and refined sugar, there is also sawn sugar; it is sawn off from a block of sugar. Baked sugar or candy can even be cooked at home; it helps with colds.

4. Among the most exotic varieties of sugar can easily be attributed to malt sugar, which is made from rice or millet. This species has been used by the Japanese for thousands of years. It is good for adding to baby food and for baking. Candis is prepared in China, it is found in 3 types - yellow, white and dark colors. It is very difficult and long to produce: first, the syrup is boiled for 10 days, then it is washed in water with lime and dried. The result is granules that dissolve in water for a long time. And the population of Southeast Asia uses the golden toffee of yageri to sweeten food. This sugar is made from the juice of sugar palm, it tastes good and is usually packaged in tiles.

5. The source of our usual sugar is usually sugarcane or beets. Even at the time of the discovery of America, Columbus experienced a real sensation associated with the cultivation of sugarcane and the extraction of sugar itself. For a very long time this sweet product was available only to the rich, since it was grown on plantations in America, and only then ships were transported to Europe. Beet cheaper, which served as a cheap analogue of cane, because it can be grown in harsher climates.

Thing 1. WHOLE-HOUSE SOUND SYSTEM. If you’re like most of us, you have different speakers all around the home—some bluetooth, some wired, some requiring an amplifier, some needing to be recharged or have their batteries periodically changed. Cut the cacophony and wire your home for sound. One of the hardest parts of putting in a whole-home sound system is cutting through ceilings and walls to run wires and install speakers, but if you’re still in the building stage, this part is a breeze. Working with a kit to wire your home for sound is one of the easiest ways to go. A kit typically contains a base station plus a series of controllers that can be placed in rooms around the home. This allows you to create various zones in your house to which you can send different music streams. After you’ve chosen a base station, you’ll want to select speakers that recess into the walls or ceiling and connect them to the station as well. Those with repositionable tweeters let you direct the sound exactly where you want it, while speakers with inbuilt bass and treble controls let you further tweak the sound for every room. When running speaker wire through the home, be sure to use UL-rated speaker wire marked CL2 or CL3. Thing 2. RADIANT FLOOR HEATING. When it comes to making a home feel at once modern, comfortable and eco-smart, it’s hard to beat radiant floor heating. Installed on or in the subfloor, radiant floor heating panels typically use channels of heated water that give off heat to the floor above them. The result is a wonderful, all over heat that doesn’t have any of the allergy concerns of forced-hot-air or any of the uneven heating problems and noise often associated with radiators or electric baseboard systems. One of today’s smarter choices for radiant floor heating is Warmboard as they make panels that are super-conductive, which means that more of the heat from the water that runs through the channels is transferred directly to your home. The enhanced conductivity also means there’s less heat loss, which makes the system extremely efficient, and that Warmboard is also very nimble, heating and cooling down more quickly than other systems when you change the temperature at your thermostat. Thing 3. SPA BATH. The bathroom can be a simple utilitarian space or, with a little planning, it can become one of the most luxurious retreats in your home. When designing the bathroom, be sure to leave ample space for your shower and tub area and reinforce the floor beneath it—so that you can install a heavy-duty spa tub. These days, you can purchase all-in-one units that contain a massage-jet tub, multiple shower heads, and steam and sauna functionalities—plus a computer to control them all. It’s also possible to mount moisture-resistant TVs in the walls of your shower or bath area so that you don’t miss a bit of news or sports action. If that’s all too extreme for you, consider installing a remote control for your shower or tub which allows you get the shower warming up before you even step out of bed. Thing 4. HOME AUTOMATION. There are several options for home automation systems that do everything from controlling your lights to alerting you when the doors or windows are open, or even when there might be a fire or flood. There are thermostats that learn from your heating and cooling patterns and can be controlled via smartphone. There are speakers that can also be phone-controlled and can play different tunes throughout your house. And at least one company makes a hub that can tie it all together. Even though it’s easy to install home automation equipment in an existing home, doing so while you’re still building will ensure that you get everything exactly where you need it before you take control of your smartphone and pilot your house like the Starship Enterprise. Thing 5. OUTDOOR KITCHEN. There was a time when homes had summer kitchens—separate buildings in which food was prepared during the warmer months to keep the heat out of the main living quarters. Even though summer kitchens are a thing of the past, the logic remains: cooking outside keeps you from having to turn on the oven when the weather feels oven-like itself. When planning your outdoor kitchen, keep in mind that you’ll want to have easy access to utilities to plumb in a line for the sink, drain and gas line, if your home has natural gas service (otherwise, you’ll run your grill and cooktop off of propane, so make sure you build in space to store the tank). While you can construct your open-air kitchen out of stone into which your sink and cook surfaces can be set, a more affordable option is to build the structure out of wood and face it with stone veneer which will weatherproof it and create an equally attractive look.
5 Things to Covet in Your Dream Home.
Thing 1. WHOLE-HOUSE SOUND SYSTEM. If you’re like mos...
The basics of etiquette are quite simple. This is a culture of speech, elementary politeness, a neat appearance and the ability to manage your emotions. All of these rules apply to each of us. 1. Saying the phrase:
Modern etiquette rules
The basics of etiquette are quite simple. This is a cu...
Tip 1. Costs of a rehab team. Build your rehab team before you start a project. This gives you time to thoroughly screen each of your team members. The last thing you need is to hire the wrong home inspector or contractor because you were closing on a deal and crunched for time.You want qualified people who understand your needs and investing as a business. If you’re wondering what your team should look like, here are the main players: Attorney Lenders Real estate agent Insurance agent Contractor(s) Home inspector Ask other, more seasoned real estate investors for recommendations. It’s a good way to find solid, trustworthy team members, and most investors will be glad to recommend who they use.The only possible exception to this is contractors. Good contractors can be hard to come by, and a real estate investor may not be willing to compete with you for their contractor’s time. So, you may be on your own. If you find yourself in that situation, ask employees at your local lumberyard or hardware store for recommendations. Once you assemble your team members, use their help to get more accurate rehab numbers. It could also be beneficial to enroll in a program for learning the ins and outs of real estate investment. Tip 2. Costs of purchase. The biggest chunk of this category is probably the money you’ll pay to close on the property. But also included here is any expense you might have incurred while hiring your team members. There are some other hidden costs here that you might not have thought of, such as flood certificates or various government fees. But in general, your main expenses will likely include the following: Purchase price Home inspection Home appraisal Surveys Lender fees (your bank’s closing costs, appraisal fees, origination costs, etc.) Attorney fees Tip 3. Costs of rehab. This includes contractor fees, permits, and any work done on the house. It can be difficult to get an accurate number for this category, but there are a few things you can do to get close.First, pay your contractor to do the walkthrough with you. Get their advice on things that need to be fixed or changed, and get a quote from them. Or, find a home inspector with construction experience, then ask questions and listen to their input as they inspect the house. You could also try partnering with another more experienced house flipper so they can teach you the tricks of the trade. Tip 4. Costs of ownership. These expenses happen while you are in possession of the home. This is a common area overlooked by inexperienced house flippers, so make sure you account for these expenses: Mortgage payments Property taxes Property insurance, including flood insurance, if necessary Utilities Yard upkeep Tip 5. Costs of selling. It might seem like this category should be all profit. That may be true if you do the job right, but it’s still important to budget for the costs that come with selling a house, like the following: Selling price Real estate commission Home warranty Radon and lead tests, termite inspection, and other tests buyers sometimes request Staging Attorney fees Get to work building your team today to get the best estimate possible for your house flipping project!
Rehabbing a Home? Be Ready for These 5 Costs.
Tip 1. Costs of a rehab team. Build your rehab team b...
1. In order for the rice to be white and crumbly, add one tablespoon of vinegar during cooking. Or add a few drops of lemon juice or diluted citric acid. 2. When preparing sour cream sauce, add a little milk so that the sour cream does not curl. 3. So that the cabbage does not lose color during frying, you need to pour it over with boiling water, and then pour cold water for a couple of minutes. Squeeze well before frying. 4. To make natural coffee tastier, you need to throw a pinch of salt at the end of brewing. 5. To replace white wine in a sauce, you need to dissolve sugar in a small amount of vinegar. 6. To preserve tomato paste for longer, apply dry mustard to the lid. 7. A quick way to cook beets, it is necessary to boil it for an hour, and then remove from heat and put under a stream of cold water, after this procedure it will be ready.
Mistress note
1. In order for the rice to be white and crumbly, add...
Sometimes there are situations when there is no refrigerator - rest or force majeure - there are all sorts of things, and you need to be ready for this. I suggest you learn about storing food without a refrigerator - how, how much and in what way. Dairy products. Butter is densely packed in cans and poured on top with cold salted water, which is then changed daily. Dairy products can be placed in a bowl, which is then placed in a large container of water. The food is covered with a piece of cloth, the ends of which are dipped in water. Water evaporates to keep the temperature low, and this prevents spoilage. Fish and crustaceans: To keep fresh fish for longer, it needs to be gutted and gills removed. Dry the fish, rub the abdominal cavity with salt and line with napkins or toilet paper. After that, each fish is wrapped in clean, dry paper. Crayfish need to be boiled, placed in a glass jar and filled with cold salted water (1 tbsp. Table salt per 1 liter of boiled water). Vegetables Vegetables are spoiled by excess moisture, so it is better not to wash them before storing them and keep them wrapped in paper. Meat and Poultry Important: Prevent air from reaching these perishable foods. To do this, they can be poured with milk (after 1-2 hours, the cream will “stick around” the flesh from all sides, without letting air in, and lactic acid will inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria). There are other ways to seal products: meat or poultry fillets can be poured boiling water (its surface will turn white, as the top layer of protein will cook) or smear with sunflower oil. In the summer, you need to protect meat or poultry from flies: rub the product with pepper, grated horseradish, or wrap it in a cloth soaked in strong pickle brine. Chicken eggs Eggs are sealed by dipping them in boiling water for 5 seconds (a layer of cooked protein forms under the shell). Unused yolks are stored in a glass container, filled with cold water. With these simple tips, storing food without a refrigerator will not be a problem for you.
Food without refrigerator
Sometimes there are situations when there is no refrig...