Marty and Max: Real Estate Recipes

Today we will discuss two ways to buy an actively marketed home at a bargain, where you actually want to live.

Have a pest-free summer

With the start of summer comes a lot of great things—longer days, more time spent outdoors, and warmer temperatures. However, as with most things, you can’t have the good without the bad, and as we get into summer, we’re also getting into the heart of flea and tick season.

Rite Aid seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it deals with lawsuits and losses

Rite Aid Corp. said in its federal bankruptcy filing that it runs more than 2,000 stores. Most of its locations are on the East and West Coasts, including Idaho

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

Like the lives of the people taking them, recent injected drugs like Wegovy and its predecessor, the diabetes medication Ozempic, are reshaping the U.S. health and fitness industries

Nonresident deer and elk tags go on sale Dec. 1

Hunters should expect high demand for tags and long waits

Innovative selling, on a serious tip

A storekeeper had for some time displayed in his window a card inscribed "Fishing Tickle." A customer drew the proprietor's attention to the spelling. "Hasn't anyone told you about it before?" asked the patron.

Do I know you?

When prescient science fiction and reality start to blend, it really makes you think.

Excelling at selling, on a serious tip

Years ago, a salesperson friend told me a story about his daughter. She insisted on buying her favorite gumdrops from a particular candy store owned by Nick, even though a more convenient candy store had recently opened in a shopping mall.

Housing market off to solid start

Spring could see more inventory, sales

He said investors are coming back to the market and start buying property and homes again, showing an increased confidence.

Marty and Max:Should I Stay or Should I Go

Is now the right time to sell your home?

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: Don’t let economy depend on illegal labor

Although I am not fluent in Spanish, I speak it well enough that approximately 25% of my medical practice consisted of individuals from Latin America. Through years of experience, I noticed differences in attitudes between those who entered the country legally versus those who entered illegally. Legal immigrants had the objective of becoming American citizens, whereas Illegal immigrants arrived primarily for economic reasons.

The power of persistence

We've all heard the expression "the greatest thing since sliced bread." But how did sliced bread come to be?

Idaho Senate passes bill to let therapists refuse care if it violates beliefs

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS HEALTH Idaho Senate passes bill to let therapists refuse care if it violates beliefs Senate Bill 1352 would let counselors opt out of care due to ‘sincerely held religious, mora

The bill does not suggest or require care be terminated, Bjerke said. Counselors may continue to treat patients “in pursuit of other goals” that don’t violate their beliefs, he said.

Fewer Americans got jobs in July than expected. But a steady market suggests US may avoid recession

Unemployment fell to a notch above a half century low as 152,000 Americans entered the job force

$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10.

Elk tags go on sale Monday

All capped elk zones, other than the Sawtooth Elk Zone, will go on sale at 9 a.m. July 10. Tags are first-come, first-serve and available at all Idaho Fish and Game license vendors, Fish and Game regional offices, at Gooutdoorsidaho.com on Fish and Game’s mobile app, or by calling (800) 554-8685.

Legals for July, 7 2023

The Exhausted Dad: Saying yes to the dress and no to everything else

Shopping with my oldest daughter is a danger to my bank account.

Important housing bill signed into law

Gives property renters in housing communities chance to buy the real estate

The power of politeness

A pompous and arrogant customer in an antique shop was making the owner drag out fragile, old pieces, and then commenting on their poor quality and high prices. After about an hour, she looked at her watch and said she had to go.