If you’re in the health and fitness business, you may think you’re selling health and fitness. Well, you are… but in order to sell your product or service, you have to think as though you’re not. You see, you’re really selling attractiveness, sexiness, desirability, and fun. That’s because the health and fitness movement revolves around vanity.It’s a fact of advertising that it’s harder to sell a negative than a positive. Sure, everyone knows we should be healthy and fit because we’ll live longer and better; we’ll be able to take care of our families better, do our jobs better, be better citizens, and never become a burden to anyone. A poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, and bad habits such as smoking, drinking too much, and recreational drugs are all risk factors for obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer–not to mention disabling and deadly accidents. Our health problems become society’s problem.Everybody knows this.But negative messages are seldom very effective. “Quit smoking or you’ll get lung cancer and leave your spouse bereaved,” “Give up cheeseburgers so you won’t die of a heart attack,” and “Get more exercise so you can work harder and not lose your job” are not popular messages. Nobody really wants to think about how to avoid having bad things happen to them.That’s why the selling of health and fitness needs to appeal to vanity. “Get our smoking-cessation program and look forward to white teeth and nice smooth skin.” “Follow our eating plan and be thinner and sexier than other people in your demographic.” “Use our exercise equipment so you can be toned and tan and look good in your Spandex running shorts.” All these are excellent motivators for people to buy a health-and-fitness product or service.Vanity sells. When you’re ready to sell your health and fitness product or service, find a copywriter who’s as passionate about health and fitness as you are, and who understands what really makes people in this market buy.
The property survey describes and indicates the boundaries of the land and other physical features. Each property owner should obtain a property survey before purchasing land and before building to avoid problems that may arise from incorrect assumptions. Individuals often become involved in a dispute when a neighbor decides to build on or near a property line. If the property owner crosses the line, this could lead to a dispute that results in numerous lawsuits. Disagreements have often occurred from fences that crossed property boundaries, buildings, houses, trees, livestock, and others. Whenever the property changes ownership, a survey should be conducted.Mortgage lenders require potential owners to perform a property survey prior to receiving a loan from the bank. Insurance companies may also require a land survey. The property survey is typically required whether or not there was one completed in the past. Some states have local laws and ordinances that mandate the survey when the property exchanges hands. The property survey will outline exactly what is being purchased and dispel any questions regarding the acreage, boundaries, zoning and the type of terrain. Most property surveys should be completed within 6 months of the closing date.Upgrades and RenovationsOwners usually receive property surveys before any renovations or property upgrades may occur. For instance, the property owner may want to add a secondary driveway, an addition to their home, or a swimming pool. A property survey will confirm the boundaries and indicate where the easements are located, as well as, public utility lines, telephone lines, sewage lines, or gas lines. Individuals who do not use a property survey may rupture a line. If this happens, not only will the owner have a dangerous and inconvenient interruption of service, but they may also incur the costly repair bills as well. This is an avoidable expense. Individuals who build on the wrong property may incur the expense of building the property and also tearing it down.Property DisputesUnfortunately, disputes over boundary lines between neighbors are common. Crossing a boundary line is called “encroachment” in most cases. These cases may be decided in court. Court fees add to the expense of building and “tearing down” a building that violates property lines. Land surveys can help owners avoid these problems. Detailed property surveys are required to resolve property disputes.Insurance PurposesBefore a property is insured, many insurance companies must know about the risks the property may pose for the insurance company. For instance, a property in a known flood zone will require a flood zone rider. The rider will increase the property insurance, but it will lower the risk for the insurance company. A home in a flood zone increases the likelihood that a claim will be filed.Although residential properties are the focus of this article, property surveys should be completed in both residential and commercial zones. There are two types of residential property surveys:House Location or “Drive-By” Survey: This survey is the most basic and least expensive survey on the market. This type of survey will show the location of the house, as well as, other structures located on the property. This type of survey may be suitable for mortgage lenders and land transfers.Detailed Survey: This type of survey involves a detailed description of the property through the use of precise measuring. The property survey will mark the boundaries of the property with metal or wooden stakes. Property surveyors often refer to old records to establish the original boundaries of the property. These types of surveys are generally more expensive. However, they are good for disputes and other legal matters. A detailed survey will save the owner incredible time and energy.A licensed professional should be hired to perform a property survey. Property surveys completed by individuals who are not licensed will not be deemed credible in a court of law. Disputes will not be resolved with a survey that is completed by a non-professional. Individuals should graduate from a four university or possess 10 years of experience prior to taking mandatory licensure examinations. Individuals with a 4 year degree may require 2 to 4 years of experience prior to becoming a property surveyor. After obtaining a license, the individual may also obtain a professional certification. Property surveyors also known as land surveyors should have proper training in Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Verifying the property surveyor’s credentials will ensure that the client will receive a credible survey and complete report.
People seeking for additional income usually end up making money online. Maybe it is because of Internet’s popularity in creating job opportunities for unemployed people. However, some cases involving these gateways also reported frauds and scams from unreliable websites offering easy money through effortless tasks. That is why people seeking to generate a stable or a part-time revenue from online activities must always consider some factors before trying to engage with an opportunity.• Is the website reliable in providing online opportunities?
• Do members need to pay before they can earn money?
• What are their proofs and that evidences that their registered members did start making money online?
• What are the jobs or tasks that they offer?Interested earners must also consider some other aspects in order to identify a legitimate online opportunity. It is essential to do so because engaging in false companies would waste of money, time, and effort before members realize what they have done.The list below only covers nominal legitimate ways to generate money online. These are brief summaries in order to provide informative data for the reads of this article. These making money online opportunities provide evidences that they are legitimate and will their pay members honestly.Freelancing
Freelancing nowadays became a trendy way to generate an extra income online. These jobs customarily offer tasks that can serve as a full-time or a part-time work. The work availability depends on the writer. Companies and clients usually let their writers choose the convenient time for them to work which lessen the job’s pressure.Product Selling
Internet had given birth to an innovative way of marketing goods. It enables many business owners and product sellers to present their products to the world market without spending too much. Small entrepreneurs can start small virtual stores that cater their products and can operate transactions through online services.Blogging
Bloggers could make money through posting advertisements and affiliate marketing programs. Usually, bloggers receive payments from other websites in exchange of generating leads and advertising their ad banners. Affiliate marketing now also provides six-figure income to successful web bloggers.Social networking sites’ popularity enables Facebook users to start making money online. The websites fame generated multiple employments and advertising opportunities for both entrepreneurs and job seekers. These prospects comprise an enormous number of tasks that involve advertising, application programming, and other technical jobs related to those niches. In addition, other projects requiring unsophisticated skills such as e-book writing can also find their way to generate earnings through Facebook.This list of Facebook opportunities only contains a small number of prospects that one can do to earn money with social networking sites.Facebook Apps
Applications development had created a profitable industry for most of the computer programming experts. The worldwide popularity of Facebook applications enables individual computer programmers to start making money online using their expertise. Computer programmers typically earn $500 up to $2, 000 for each Facebook program that they successfully created. Moreover, this income can still increase up to another thousand dollars if the application worked more than the expectations. On the contrary, this online job opportunity for computer programmers is seldom a one-time transaction only.Facebook Ads
Facebook also offers a way to earn income through aggressive advertising. The website enables their advertisers to set their affiliate program boundaries in exchange of a small fee. Affiliate marketers and online entrepreneurs can both begin making money online through this opportunity. They could promote their various products through the social networking site’s ads campaigns and programs. Furthermore, Facebook allows their advertisers to decide their advertisement parameters in order to target their customers precisely.Facebook E-books
Digital products such as e-books became viral due to the worldwide launch of various tablets and smart phones. The popularity became so viral that most of the creative writers found an opportunity to earn money through selling these digital products. Facebook’s advertisement programs can help these writers to conduct affiliate marketing campaigns. This will allow them to receive high leads to their products through social bookmarking and other advertisement strategies.Facebook created a phenomenon in the world of social networking. This phenomenon made a remarkable history not only because of its worldwide popularity but also because of the industries created from it.
Whether you’re in the market for a major interior overhaul or you’re simply looking to give your home a quick and easy update, chances are you’ve spent some time online hunting for ideas and inspiration. That said, it can be pretty deflating to stumble upon a look you love only to discover the price to achieve it is well above your budget.
Fortunately, there are some killer home decorating blogs that show you how to refresh, revive, and fall in love with your home anew without breaking the bank. For a home that looks far more expensive than it costs to create, check out the following blogs for all of the interior inspiration and DIY tutorials you’ll ever need.
Welcome back to the week 5 update for the One Room Challenge. Check out the blog posts and updates for week 1, week 2, week 3, and week 4 if you missed them. It’s crunch time now and I’ll be honest… I don’t know that this project will be completely wrapped up for the reveal date. The great thing is the reveal and hitting a deadline is not the only goal of reason for this challenge. Ultimately having a fully functional and hopefully beautiful bathroom is where we want to end up even it things are a bit delayed.
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When we left off last time the countertops had been templated, the trim was freshly painted and the hardware had been ordered. The hardware took about 1 week to arrive. We chose the Menlo Park 4″ pull from Schlub in chrome because I think the pull has the perfect mix of square and some rounded elements that make it a great transitional hardware option. We went with all pulls for the drawers and doors since the knob option in that line weren’t our favorite.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
The quartz countertops are now installed and things can be put back together. Rectangle, undercount sinks were also purchased through the fabricator. The Marble look quartz from Pental and it is gorgeous with the warm gray veins running throughout. For the edge went for a flat polish eased edge for a clean, simple look.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
Two days after the quartz countertops were installed the tile installer came back to finish up tiling the niches, installing the tile base and grout everything.
Guest Bathroom Reno: Quartz Countertops and Grout – One Room Challenge Week 5
The electoral is being relocated for the new lights. There are some drywall and painting touch ups to do and plumbing fixtures to be hooked up. Plus adding all the finishing touches ???? All those little things like towel hooks, curtain rod, and accessories will bring this whole thing together.
It’s been too long since I’ve updated and even longer since this work has been started. This is me sharing remodel updates, mostly for myself (but also for my nagging family members). I’m sharing photos of the progress that has been made while also document the craziness that has gone on. This is just the beginning of the remodel.
Prior to moving in I had 3-4 weeks where my apartment lease overlapped with the possession of my townhome. This allowed me, with the amazing help of my family, to paint, tear-out carpet and somewhat put back together the upstairs portion of my place so that I could have a clean room to put a bed. At least one that wasn’t completely torn apart. One area that felt more livable that the rest. If you haven’t seen or don’t remember these are the before photos from when I took possession. To list it out here are the main things that I was tacking during those week prior to me moving in.
Phase 1 Remodel Projects
ripping out baseboard, carpet and tack strips upstairs and preparing for new hard surface flooring. (this flooring will go throughout minus the stairs and bathrooms/laundry)
installing flooring upstairs (one of my installers did this)
mostly gutting the master bathroom
installing a new tub and rough in plumbing for the master and powder bath
ordering and installing a rift white oak vanity for the master
Painting (and priming where needed) the ceilings and walls of the bedrooms. Caulking and painting the crown molding in the master
replacing and upgrading the baseboard heater in the master and patch the drywall
painting the hallway and down through the stairwell
adding skirt board to the stairs
installing new carpet and pad on the stairs (my carpet installer from work did this)
removing upper cabinets on the fridge side in the kitchen
partially demoing the wall diving the kitchen (prepare to move switches, outlets, heater and thermostat)
removing drywall on wall next to bar in dining area
painting the downstairs powder bath and removing vanity to prepare for a new floating vanity
Those were the main projects that took place and then I moved in the day after Thanksgiving. Getting rid of the original, nasty cat carpet and new flooring made a huge difference to the upstairs. Also neutralizing and lightening the paint made things feel so much more fresh. I still have no baseboards but I’ll get on that one day! For now here are some photos that I snapped along the way.
It’s been a while since been posting on here but I have some new updates and projects that I have been working on. Last summer into fall I was house hunting while knowing the lease on my apartment would be expiring end of the 2019. It felt a little crazy but was a fun process for me. After a bunch of searching I found and closed on a new home!
I was lucky enough to have a few weeks of overlap with my apartment (I ended up moving out 1 month early) so I was able to get started on projects and updates prior to moving in. I’ll share more about those in the coming weeks (there are still so many unfinished things!) but for now I think it’s best to start with some before photos. Also, follow along on Instagram where I post current project updates more often. The pictures show it in the state I bought it in. It’s a great first place to me and was functional as-is but as you might expect I’m here to make things my own by doing updates that I will enjoy while living here and that will also add value and functionality to the space down the line when I sell… or maybe even keep it as a rental. My dog, Nova, has been enjoying the space as well ???? There are a couple of things to miss about my Bothell apartment but I am very ready to have my own place and space.
In 2017 the guest bathroom was remodeled. You can see more photos and read about that here. Almost everything came out and all new things went back in. From emails and comments people have been asking for sources so I have rounded up what I could in this post to share paint colors, products and links that I could find for the bathroom.
Bathroom Sources and Details:
Wall color: BM Balboa Mist
Trim and door color: BM Chantilly Lace
Floor Tile: Pental Mark Chrome 12×24 matte
Shower tile: Jeffrey Court Weather Gray 4×12 gloss subway
Niche tile: Daltile clio mosaic
Bathtub: Maax Rubix tub
Cabinet: Spencer Cabinets – painted BM Cape May Cobblestone
Countertop: Pental Quartz Misterio polished 3cm
Cabinet hardware: Schaub Menlo Park Pull in chrome
Faucets: Hansgrohe Metris single handle in chrome
Shower trims: Kohler slide bar kit, wall mount supply and Hansgrohe tub spout in chrome
Mirrors: Homegoods
Towel Hooks: Delta Tolva robe hook in chrome