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Jul, 2021
Whether you’re preparing to sell your home or looking to learn more about the home you’re living in, being able to determine the age of your water heater is an essential skill. Most hot water heaters have a lifespan between 10-15 years, and after that period passes they are less efficient and sometimes even damaged. … Continue reading How to Determine the Age of Your Water Heater
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Oct, 2020
As a realtor, taking care of your finances is one of the best things you can do for yourself, but don’t forget to take care of your physical and psychological needs. Mental and physical health play critical roles in the success of any business or company. We often forget both physical and emotional health these … Continue reading A Realtor’s Guide to Wellness
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Oct, 2020
From the desk of Arthur S. Lazerow Chairman, Alban Inspections, Inc. October 2020 What means Sticky? I was discussing marketing with my second son who owned one of the largest ad agencies on Facebook and merged it into Salesforce.com. The subject of logo handouts came up and he explained that anything my company’s’ gifts to Realtor, … Continue reading Closing Gifts Should be Sticky
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Aug, 2020
From the desk of Arthur S. Lazerow Chairman, Alban Inspections, Inc. August 2020 Home inspectors work hard and with great focus for our homebuying and homeselling clients. We also love what we do. We derive great personal pleasure helping our clients and the Realtors® who serve them. I worked as a home inspector from 1994 … Continue reading Be Kind to Your Home Inspector
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Jul, 2020
From the desk of Arthur S. Lazerow Chairman, Alban Inspections, Inc. July 2020 Summer is officially here and Mother Nature has paid attention. Yesterday, after a thunderstorm, I walked outside to pick up the mail and I could literally swim in the humidity over the 20 yards to the mailbox. Today was hotter, but without … Continue reading Summer Time and the Weather is Hot, Hot Hot: How to be Comfortable
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Nov, 2019
Many people know to take precautions outdoors to protect themselves from common allergens like pollen when the seasons change. However, when the weather gets colder and you start spending more time indoors, you are exposing yourself to many indoor allergens like pet dander and dust mites. These are often overlooked, but should be taken seriously … Continue reading How to Protect Your Family from Allergens and Irritants in the Home
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Aug, 2018
Alban Inspections has published and printed a new valve hanger identifying all important water and gas valves in the homes we inspect. Our home inspectors will place one of these hangers on each water and gas valve to help our clients, once they are living in the home, to find and operate each valve in … Continue reading Alban Inspectors Identify all Important Valves in a Home
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Apr, 2018
The Alban family of companies provides the complete range of real estate services. Through fully coordinated relationships among Alban Real Estate Services, Alban Inspections, Inc., Alban Management LLC, and residential and commercial Realtors®, we can satisfy every aspect of your real estate needs, from buying and selling properties, to pre-sale or pre-purchase* inspections, handyman repairs … Continue reading Alban Establishes Handyman/Renovations Division
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Feb, 2018
WOW!!! Arthur Lazerow, principal of the Alban family of companies, is so proud to celebrate having both Sandy Watkins and Terry Toms as colleagues for so many years. A forty-year and thirty-five year is fantastic and has been enormously productive – development of new businesses, working toward their success, experiencing personal growth with life cycle … Continue reading Sandy Watkins and Terry Toms Celebrate Important Anniversaries of their Alban Employment Tenure
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Feb, 2018
Why have a home energy audit, you ask? At the heart of owning a home is the simple idea that owners are better served by having thorough and accurate information about their new homes. If their homes are optimized, they are more economical to live in. If properly maintained, the various parts of a home … Continue reading Energy Audits Show How to Save Money, Increase Comfort