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A thermostat is simply a switch that turns on or off a furnace/air conditioner. A ‘programmable thermostat’ changes the parameters of the switching. Everyone understands that a furnace will run less if the temperature is set lower, obviously reducing the amount of fuel used to maintain the desired climate. There are 4 types of programmable thermostats; 5-2, 7-day, adaptive, and evolution style. 1. 5-2 refers [...]

We have a winner for a quote contest. Steve from Hobart was pulled from the hat. Steve said he is going to use his $50 Home Depot gift card to add an addition to the back of his house. Man he must be a better shopper than I am. Steve we’re happy for you even [...]

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Jeff Eriks owns Cambridge Construction and Cambridge Architects in NWI.  With twenty years of experience and the ability to design and build, leading to relevant design and construction practices has allowed Cambridge to become a leading NWI general contractor. After meeting Jeff I spent some time on his sites and found his take on the design side of [...]

I would always prefer to write answers to actual questions submitted by our readers, and in this case a perfect one for mid-January: QUESTION – Steve, I keep hearing you and others saying we should buy a home now, why? What’s so key that we need to buy now instead of waiting until this summer? [...]

With a lifetime of experience in real estate investing, home building, consulting and working as a  Valparaiso home mortgage lender anyone would have a hard time finding a more knowledgeable guide to mortgages and real estate. More than that no mortgage lender in northwest Indiana will be more fun to work with. If you building, [...]

One of our partners, Silveus Insurance, has been sending relief and supplies into Haiti, including 15 medical professionals, food and cell phones. Unfortunately they have found that many can’t get to where the food is or the relief team can’t get doctors to the injured. Someone has donated vehicles to the effort, but they will [...]

I hadn’t really thought much about the difference in real estate agents until I met Evelyn. Evelyn is the leading online real estate agent in Elkhart county. I always figured realtors got you a sign in the yard and a listing in the mls. Evelyn has used social media and online exposure to raise the [...]

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.[1] The blues form which is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll is characterized by the use [...]