Williamsburg Real Estate and Homes Guide

To much publicized hype, the Wolfram Alpha search engine, the next “Google Killer” launched on May 18th.   I spent some time today playing around with it and was left completely underwhelmed.  It reminds me of the Segway launch in it’s failure to live up to the hype.
I tried some searches and found that anything that [...]

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Insuring Your Home
Many home buyers are concerned about whether they have an insurable interest in the property before the actual closing. The answer is an unqualified “yes”. Although the buyer is not yet the recorded owner of the property, he or she has an insurable interest in the property as soon as the agreement of [...]

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Plugins for Wordpress are what allow you to make your blog or website your own.
For these plugins to work you have to host your own Wordpress installation.   Plugins do not work with the free www.WordPress.com accounts.
My favorite WordPress plugins, so far:

Great Real Estate plugin.  Set up your own featured homes page
NextGen Gallery: Display [...]

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Financial Help
Home prices often cause many first-time buyers to seek help from their families for the down payment on a new home. If your parents are providing financial assistance for the purchase of a home, it is important that you have very clear agreements with them about the conditions under which their help will be [...]

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