In our ongoing “Advice for Desert Dwellers” series, we briefly examine the efficacy of those fancy new thermostats. We’ve seen them in the aisles at Home Depot, or perhaps even a friend or family member has boastfully added one to their home. Most manufactures of thermostats today offer a programmable thermostat. The most popular, Nest …

Searching for a house is an interesting and exciting task but it’s not without its hurdles. Proper scrutiny is needed before filling out a change of address card and all the actual moving begins. This scrutiny involves the meticulous creation of a checklist of big ticket problems, such as unstable foundation, shoddy electricity wires, property’s …