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    How Do I Make My House Feel Like Home? (Average Spent in Your First Year)

    Ever wonder about the cost of making your house a home? Let me show you the average spent annually, plus how to make a house a home on a budget. According to a study by Clever, the average annual spending on various items when making your house a home (decoration, appliances, painting, repairs...
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    Hernia Operation Cost (How to Shop Around for Surgery)

    Did you ever think to lower your hernia operation cost ($3,900 – $8,900) by shopping around? Let me show you why you want to shop around for your next surgery, and how to estimate your costs. Amanda’s Note: Do not shop around if you have an emergency. Shopping around is a luxury for procedures...
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    Direct Selling: The Potential to Increase Your Bottom Line and Your Cupboards

    Visualize this scene: I am sitting with my sister at a Tupperware rally (aka, a revival for consumerism). There are streamers, there is glitter all over the Berber carpeting, and there are spray-tan women with microphones. As an early-twenty-something still in college I don’t quite have my...
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    Disposable Clothing: Are there Circumstances Where it Makes Sense to Buy it?

    Has anyone else noticed the disposable clothing lines available at most retailers? These are the toilet paper-thin (and we’re not talking the quilted kind) shirts you can see your fingers through. There’s American Eagle, then there’s the American Eagle disposable clothing line. There’s Gap, and...
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    It is Seldom True that You Get What You Pay For

    Still buying into the idea that you get what you pay for? Let's discuss what this phrase means and why I think it's totally bogus. As I sit in a beautiful backyard nook we’ve created – the cascading grapevines bred to thrive in the harsh realities of Texas dirt, and a pot of vibrant...
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    20 Years Later, I Tested Out Tupperware’s Lifetime Warranty. Here’s How it Went.

    Is Tupperware replacement available after 20 years? Do old Tupperware pieces have BPA in them? Check out below as I navigate whether or not Tupperware will stand by their Lifetime Tupperware Warranty. It occurred to me the other day − while trying to gauge whether an overused, label-less...
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    Can You Get Any Cash for Your Old, Broken Cell Phone?

    Ready to trade up for a new iPhone or Android and you want to know what’s the best place to sell used phones (whether it’s broken OR still under warranty)? I’ve got you covered with both local and online places. It happened to me just a month ago. I was getting up from my chair to go into the...
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    Property Tax Revenue Outpaces Other Sources in 2024

    Property tax revenue collected by state and local governments reached a new high in 2024 and continued to make up a bulk of tax revenue. Total tax revenue for state and local governments also reached a high after falling in 2023, driven by higher revenue across all sources. In 2024, tax revenue...
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    Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Early March Drop

    Mortgage rates dropped significantly at the start of March before stabilizing, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage settling at 6.65%, according to Freddie Mac. This marks a 19-basis-point (bps) decline from February. Meanwhile, the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage fell by 20 bps to 5.83%...
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    Affordability Pyramid Shows 94 Million Households Cannot Buy a $400,000 Home

    NAHB recently released its 2025 Priced-Out Analysis, highlighting the housing affordability challenge. While previous posts discussed the impacts of rising home prices and interest rates on affordability, this post focuses on the related U.S. housing affordability pyramid. The pyramid reveals...
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    Soft Job Openings Estimate for Construction

    After a period of slowing associated with declines for some elements of the residential construction industry, the count of open construction sector jobs remained lower than a year ago, per the February Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The number of open...
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    Private Residential Construction Spending Rises in February

    Private residential construction spending increased by 1.3% in February, rebounding from a 1.2% dip in January. The growth was largely driven by higher spending on single-family construction and residential improvements. On a year-over-year basis, the February report showed a 1.6% gain...
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    Manufactured Homes: An Alternative Means of Housing Supply

    Manufactured homes play a measurable role in the U.S. housing market by providing an affordable supply option for millions of households. According to the American Housing Survey (AHS), there are 7.2 million occupied manufactured homes in the U.S., representing 5.4% of total occupied housing and...
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    U.S. Economy Added 228,000 Jobs in March

    The U.S. job market unexpectedly accelerated in March, while the figures for January and February were revised downward substantially. The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4.2% in March, from 4.1% the previous month. This month’s jobs report highlights the continued resilience of the...
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    Record, Rank & Publish: 8 Weeks of Alactic Training

    [mashshare] By Tony Holler The alactic anaerobic system is the dominant source of muscle energy for high-intensity explosive exercise that lasts for 10 seconds or less. I refer to alactic training as “phosphate training” because the fuel for this first 10 seconds of high-intensity explosive...
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    Learning From Everywhere

    [mashshare] By Ryan McNamara, 5or6 Over the last few years, I have been in the fortunate position to work with some of the best coaches, therapists, and athletes in the world at ALTIS. I’m not gonna lie; it’s been fun. At ALTIS, I deal with all things website related, and I love it. I’m...
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    How Coaching Science Can Set a 50m Freestyle World Record

    [mashshare] By Carl Valle Anyone involved in athletics should know how performances improve systematically. I use “systematically” because sometimes a great performance will be attained without knowing why or having the ability to repeat the process. This article has two goals: modeling...
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    Beyond Bar Speed Part 2: VBT Considerations and a Case for Propulsion Metrics

    [mashshare] By Carl Valle Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of articles showing how deeper metrics of bar tracking technology can improve the quality of training in the weight room. We have witnessed more investment into bar tracking technology during the past two years than the...
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    Planning Year-Round Training: Don’t be Married to the Paper

    ALTIS and Freelap — two of the biggest names in T&F — have come together to celebrate progress in our sport. We hope you enjoy this week’s blog-post. Share if you enjoy it! [mashshare] English | 中国语文 By Rohsaan Griffin Planning a long-range training scheme is a complex task involving...
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    Sports Medicine: Acupuncture’s Role in Trackside Therapy

    ALTIS and Freelap — two of the biggest names in T&F — have come together to celebrate progress in our sport. We hope you enjoy this week’s blog-post. Share if you enjoy it! [mashshare] By Donna Rebadow, M.S., M.Ac., L.Ac., SMAC. Many of the ALTS athletes and a few of the coaches call...
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