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Somewhere between Millennials and the Baby Boomers lies Gen X, or the sandwich generation. A growing number of people have children living at home and are finding themselves having to take care of an elderly parent. Making space for an elderly parent can be daunting. For many, it means leaving a p...

When I was in my 20s, I moved a lot, but the idea of hiring a moving company never even crossed my mind. Moving companies were for grownups, I thought, a distinction I apparently was not. Moving companies were for people with spouses and children, something I definitely was not. Moving companies wer...

How to be super organized with your move If you're anything like me, you start the moving process with the best of intentions and you swear that every step along the way, you will be organized. You make a list, you vow to pack a certain number of boxes every single day, you note that you need to c...

If you watch the local news, it seems that home burglaries are on the rise all over the Bay Area. The truth is that residential burglaries are holding steady, as not-so-good neighborhoods turn transitional and as transitional neighborhoods become upscale, security is a top concern among homeowners....

It's one thing to move when you're single or when you're a couple. All decisions are on you. For the most part, you're in control. If you have children, though, things are very different. In most moves, children are just participants and what they see is that they are being yanked away from everythi...

Even when you hire a professional mover, the process of moving is pretty all-consuming. The two months before a move are shockingly busy, and even for those who are organizationally gifted, moving seems like the time to put aside all the fun things we do in life. You're still human, though, and with...

You might have read last month about a house in Sunnyvale that sold for $782,000 over asking price. It pretty much shocked the entire Bay Area, but if you've been house hunting over the last few years, you might not be all that surprised. The house wasn't big. It was a modest four bedroom two bath...

Thanks to the internet, the world is much, much smaller. Through Facebook, you might be friends with someone half way across the world. Through Twitter, you might receive advice from the greatest minds of a generation. Through Instagram, you can see the world as if you are there. Not all is good o...

We all make mistakes in life, still, society isn't very forgiving when you are cursed with bad credit. If you're overwhelmed with student debt, you have a rash of late payments or have some collections on your record, it can be hard to find a job, get a phone or even find a place to live. If you a...

It's probably not a surprise that San Francisco is a very wealthy city, but a new American Community Survey (ACS) by the U.S. Census Bureau gives us a shocking new picture of just how wealthy the City by the Bay actually is. What might be surprising is that growth is slowing and that San Francisco i...