What one thing can you do to keep or increase the value of your home?
Maintain it! It is not exciting, there are no cool TV programs about maintenance, there is usually nothing exciting to buy and no one will notice. That is, until you quit maintaining your home. Then everyone will notice including the neighbors, the in-laws, the lender, the appraiser and possible buyers.
Maintenance of your home (and your car, yourself, your data, your relationships) is THE wealth builder. Less money spent on replacement is MORE money available for investing and/or FUN.
Set up a schedule for routine maintenance and follow it. Ultimately, you will spend less time working on the house, less time working to pay for large repairs and the value of your home will be greater than similar homes that are not maintained as well. Simple as that.
