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How to Clean a Backpack So That It Looks Brand New Again

Use these cleaning methods to care for fabric, clear plastic or PVC, and leather backpacks. Marty Baldwin Backpacks are high-touch items that are easy to overlook with routine laundry. However, keeping backpacks clean helps maintain their good looks and prevents the spread of illness by keeping germs and bacteria at bay. (It can also prevent a week-old forgotten lunch from turning into a...

Should You Be Soaking Your Dishes? Here’s How to Do It the Right Way

Is leaving your dishes in soapy water actually helping? Learn how to soak dishes the right way to remove stuck-on food. Courtesy of Getty Images // moodboard After making a meal and dirtying pots and pans, it might be tempting to push off the dishwashing until tomorrow and place items in the sink to soak. But does soaking dirty plates and bowls actually make dishwashing easier? Or is it just a way...

How to Make Pumpkin Spice Whipped Coffee for a Seasonal Spin on Whipped Coffee

Dalgona coffee—aka whipped coffee—meets the PSL in this tasty pumpkin spice whipped coffee recipe. Pumpkin Spice Whipped Coffee All you need for this pumpkin cookie recipe is some canned pumpkin and a few pantry baking staples. The warm pumpkin spices really create one of the most delicious pumpkin cookies you'll ever taste. In the beginning of 2020, dalgona coffee—aka whipped coffee—quickly...

25,000 Florida Homes at Risk of Storm Surge Damage from Hurricane Helene

As Hurricane Helene nears Florida's Gulf Coast, property data firm CoreLogic estimates approximately 25,000 homes are at risk of flooding due to storm surge. Helene, the eighth named storm of this hurricane season, is currently heading toward Apalachee Bay in Florida's Big Bend region. According to the National Hurricane Center's (NHC) advisory, Helene is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 or 4...

Stale Home Listings on the Rise in America

Half of all active listings were stale in August, highest share in 5 years Based on new data from Redfin, nearly half (48%) of all U.S. listings have lingered on the market for at least 60 days, the highest share for any August since 2019. That share was up from 43.2% a year ago and marked the fifth straight month in which the share of homes sitting for at least 60 days posted an annual increase. The...

Will Alabama Realtors’ efforts to change NAR membership lead to anything?

The Alabama Association of Realtors is calling out for change in national membership models. (Image created by AI in Midjourney.) The Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR) turned heads last week when it sent a letter to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and asked for greater flexibility in allowing members to decide which levels of Realtor associations they would like to join. But according to...

NRMLA honors longtime service as CEO announces retirement

The first day of this year’s National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego wound down with an announcement that marks the end of an era. The association honored two of its most prominent past and present members with distinguished service awards. These were given to Peter Bell, NRMLA’s current CEO and former president, and Scott Norman, its former...

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