Have you heard? Home staging pays off. That’s why we regularly advise sellers to work with a stager—at the very, very least for an expert consultation about how to best showcase the home. Still, we wanted to do even better than this for our storage customers. At this...
Developed by the renowned social psychologist, Ellen Langer, the “illusion of control” is the tendency for people to overestimate how much they can control events and outcomes. The classic example is choosing to go on a long road trip rather than take a...
Making the decision to end a marriage is difficult. If you’re like a lot of folks, it’s impossible to understand the enormity of this choice until you find yourself in a truly intolerable position. Depending on your situation, you could be struggling to decide between...
In terms of the general financial commitment and the need to comb through fine-print details, buying a condo can very much resemble buying a single-family home. Yet, as most people know, there are also stark differences. Instead of doing your own exterior home...
Have you heard the news? Golf has been in a hole for two years, and a lot of these headlines are resurfacing in light of Nike’s announcement that they’re going to stop making golf balls and most other equipment. But as for the idea that golf is dying, we’re not buying...
Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without the costumes and decoration that create the illusion of horror and good old-fashioned spookiness. It’s a labor of love for many people, but we can make it more love and less labor. Let us take the fear out of the first weeks of...