• How to Get Started with Decluttering ,Jess Lex

    How to Get Started with Decluttering

    I look around my home and what do I see?  A million little things staring back at me! (Downsizing adaptation of the poem "I Look In The Mirror" by Helen H. Moore) As humans, we take joy in collecting for decades. Things pile up – some of them practical, others not so much. But none of that matters.

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  • Hoarding: When Clutter Crosses the Line,Jess Lex

    Hoarding: When Clutter Crosses the Line

    Everyone struggles with clutter. It is normal to collect a fair amount of things throughout life. There is a point though when a person’s level of clutter might be crossing a line from “normal” into a situation that might need to be labeled as “Hoarding.” Hoarding tendencies in a person can make dow

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  • Capital Gains Taxes,Jess Lex

    Capital Gains Taxes

    Many people think that in order to avoid/defer paying taxes on your home sale proceeds, all you have to do is re-invest the proceeds into another home purchase of equal or greater value within a certain time period. This was a tax rule until 1997 but the tax laws have since changed. Now, taxes are b

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