How to Create a Backyard Glamping Escape for Short-Term Rentals

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Plenty of homeowners are cash-strapped but house-rich as they sit on a low mortgage rate they don’t want to give up. As everyday costs keep climbing, many of those people are looking for creative ways to earn extra income from the property they already own.

The backyard is one of the best places to start. Glamping, or glamorous camping, has turned ordinary yards and garden corners into bookable getaways, and travelers will happily pay for a night under the stars that comes with a real bed and hot coffee in the morning.

A backyard glampsite costs far less to set up than a rental unit or an addition, and you can start small. Here’s how to build an escape guests will want to book.

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The End-of-Summer Home Reset: 10 Things to Do Before Fall Arrives

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Summer doesn’t exactly leave quietly.

After months of open windows, backyard gatherings, gardening, vacations, outdoor projects, and summer storms, your home may need a little attention before fall arrives.

And that’s OK. Your house has been busy, too.

The end of August is a great time to give your home a reset. You don’t need to deep-clean every room or tackle a dozen major projects. Instead, take a walk around your home and look at it with fresh eyes.

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10 Fall Maintenance Tasks Homeowners Often Forget

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Fall is a great time to give your home a little attention before winter arrives.

You probably already know you should clean the gutters, rake the leaves, and have your heating system checked. But those aren’t the only things on your fall home maintenance list.

Some of the most important tasks are also the easiest to forget. A clogged dryer vent, a leaky outdoor faucet, or a dead tree branch might not seem urgent today. But once freezing temperatures, snow, ice, and winter winds arrive, those little problems can quickly become expensive ones.

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What Type of Homeowner Are You? Discover Your Homeowner Personality

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Owning a home is funny.

You can be incredibly organized at work, manage a complicated family calendar, remember birthdays, plan vacations months in advance—and still have absolutely no idea when you last changed your HVAC filter.

Or maybe you’re the opposite.

You know exactly when the gutters were cleaned, have a favorite plumber saved in your phone, and can probably tell us the approximate age of your water heater without getting up from your chair.

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How to Track Non-Routine Cleaning Tasks Around Your Home

Most homeowners follow some kind of cleaning schedule. You dust, vacuum, sweep, and mop on some kind of regular basis, but what about those cleaning tasks that are done on an irregular schedule?

For example, it’s easy to let the busy days go by without remembering to clean the dryer vent or dust the coils on your refrigerator.

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