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Suburban Family Still In Shock After They Hired Home Improvement Contractor Via HomeAdvisor, Only For The Contractor To Smash Up Their Property
FOREST PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A suburban backyard was left in tatters with the garage and furniture hacked apart – and you won’t believe who was responsible. As CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas reported, Jonathan Moody does not need video to remind him of May 15 – but there is video of what happened. READ MORE: Chicago Police Officer Shot, Wounded In Calumet Heights; One Suspect Also Shot “What are you doing?” his wife is heard yelling in horror as a man smashes the windows and siding on their garage – with their patio furniture already lying wrecked behind the man. “It brings up just a lot of the trauma of…
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Investors Snap Up Metaverse Real Estate in a Virtual Land Boom
Justin Bieber performed at a live concert this month, but the show wasn’t in a stadium or an arena. Like recent performances from Ariana Grande, the Weeknd and Travis Scott, this concert was held in the metaverse, the online world that stretches the corners of the internet into immersive, four-dimensional experiences. Fans from all over the globe watched Mr. Bieber’s avatar sing songs from his hit album “Justice.” Investors were watching, too. Preparing for a digital land boom that appears just months away, they are snapping up concert venues, shopping malls and other properties in the metaverse. Interest in this digital universe skyrocketed last month when Mark Zuckerberg announced that…
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Four tips for investing in real estate from four leading global luxury
U.S. wealth is on the rise: the population of individuals with a net worth of more than $5 million grew by 17{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} from 2019–21, according to Coldwell Banker Global Luxury’s “A Look at Wealth” report. At the same time, wealth allocated to real estate surged to $3.6 trillion in 2021. With so many turning to real estate to diversify their investment portfolio, how does one cash in? Thousands of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury specialists around the world are trusted advisors to clients looking to boost their real estate portfolio. I recently connected with four of them to find out their secrets. Jill Eber and Nathan Zeder are part of the…
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Green home decor market set to blossom
Environmentally friendly furnitures are on display in Beijing on Sept 25, 2021. [Photo/IC] Eco-friendly new buzzword in sector amid rising awareness by consumers Zhang Yifeng, 32, has spent days finding environmentally friendly home decor items for his newly bought apartment. “We are expecting a baby and we don’t expect newly-purchased home decor materials to harm the baby’s health. Our top picks were those environmentally friendly even though that means we have to pay a little bit more,” the Beijing-based accountant said. For a long time, the home decor industry has been criticized due to potential pollution and high carbon emissions caused by product processing, and the use of materials that…
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GARDEN COLUMN: Seasonal decorations | Home & Garden
KATE COPSEY T&D Garden Columnist The weather has turned seasonably cold with the first frost being seen by most of us. For most of the holiday season, our thoughts tend to be inside with family and indoor plants, some of which are popular as part of our seasonal decorations. Poinsettias, cacti and amaryllis are just some of the plants that we find in the stores right now. Poinsettias: The traditional Christmas poinsettia has been popular for decades with the bright red leaves still being the most popular color with shoppers. New colors such as variegated leaves or light-colored leaves dyed blue were a fad a few years ago and can…
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Vertical Focus | Home Improvement
November 15, 2021 | By Jaclyn Ix Tags: Retail, Materials Handling, Demand Planning Pre-Orders Build Up Home Improvement Inventory Many manufacturers have discontinued their less-popular products or increased prices across product categories as ships wait off the California coast, truck drivers face long wait times, and rail yards remain backed up. AAA Distributor, however, has all its kitchen cabinetry, shower doors, vanities, and flooring products ready to ship from its 120,000-square-foot warehouse in Philadelphia. The home improvement store placed pre-orders to avoid running out of goods during the pandemic, and the strategy paid off. It started to receive containers in early 2021 and accumulated more than twice its 2020 inventory.…
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